AP Human Geography 2016-1-19 Chapter 4 Folk and Popular Culture I. KEY ISSUE 1 Where Do Folk and Popular Cultures Originate and Diffuse? A. Origin of Folk and Popular Cultures 1. Origin of Folk Music ? Music exemplifies the differences in the origins of folk and popular culture. Folk songs tell a story or convey information about daily activities such as farming, life- cycle events (birth, death, and marriage), or mysterious events such as storms and earthquakes. Folk customs may have multiple origins owing to non- communication among groups in different places. Within the Upper South, geographer George Carney identified four major hearths of country music during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 2. Origin of Popular Music ?