Folk music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIzb9kWW_V8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boQ0g6P1yy8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtmItgF8g8s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOkJcvg4Q9g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXIs5nvU978

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dld01O0grk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoddtUn77do&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWfN9R3zyx8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOBRHeqvHOU&feature=related

  On 8/28/2010 at 3:57 AM, yek said:

my fave folk group is the incredible string band

i first heard about them when boc name dropped them in an interview

they play psychedelic folk and i even heard they influenced the stones

 

their best album probably:

 

beatles and stones were influenced by isb in recording sgt peppers and their satanic majesties respectively. zeppelin are fans and claimed to have "found their way" after listening to hangmans. im a huge isb fan and play lots of their tunes. i like the 5000 spirits/layers of the onion best personally but its hard to pick a favorite the first three are wonderful...later albums are a little spotty but there are still gems. i cant get into much other "psych-folk" that forest stuff seems to imitate but lack the naive charm of isb. besides this my folk picks are bob dylan and skip spence. jug bands are cool.

forgot nick drake and that lady josephine foster who someone posted in the vocalist's thread has some cool albums. also noticed that just now that the famous jug band was formed by clive palmer who was a part of isb for the debut...cool

  On 9/1/2010 at 9:19 PM, Scrambled Ears said:

  On 8/28/2010 at 3:57 AM, yek said:

my fave folk group is the incredible string band

i first heard about them when boc name dropped them in an interview

they play psychedelic folk and i even heard they influenced the stones

 

their best album probably:

 

 

 

beatles and stones were influenced by isb in recording sgt peppers and their satanic majesties respectively. zeppelin are fans and claimed to have "found their way" after listening to hangmans. im a huge isb fan and play lots of their tunes. i like the 5000 spirits/layers of the onion best personally but its hard to pick a favorite the first three are wonderful...later albums are a little spotty but there are still gems. i cant get into much other "psych-folk" that forest stuff seems to imitate but lack the naive charm of isb. besides this my folk picks are bob dylan and skip spence. jug bands are cool.

how's their newer stuff/? - seems like they kept making music but they don't look as hippy.

  On 9/1/2010 at 6:33 PM, kaini said:

  On 9/1/2010 at 6:18 PM, fox said:

  On 8/28/2010 at 4:39 AM, kaini said:

:wub: :wub:

http://www.pickled-egg.co.uk/Sunne%20Song.mp3

 

kaini, who is that? it's sounds a bit like Jasper Leyland to me.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalle

 

their first album is absolutely beautiful, and seeing them live in a room of <100 people was one of the best gigs i've ever been to.

thanks. siren's wave? i'll have to check. is that you in the avatar, btw?

  On 9/1/2010 at 10:59 PM, yek said:

how's their newer stuff/? - seems like they kept making music but they don't look as hippy.

meh...hit and miss they became scientologists at one point which freaked out a lot of fans...not as good as any of the first few albums though thats for sure

lúnasa

altan

the chieftains

solas

  On 9/2/2010 at 12:26 AM, fox said:

  On 9/1/2010 at 6:33 PM, kaini said:

  On 9/1/2010 at 6:18 PM, fox said:

  On 8/28/2010 at 4:39 AM, kaini said:

:wub: :wub:

http://www.pickled-egg.co.uk/Sunne%20Song.mp3

 

kaini, who is that? it's sounds a bit like Jasper Leyland to me.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalle

 

their first album is absolutely beautiful, and seeing them live in a room of <100 people was one of the best gigs i've ever been to.

 

thanks. siren's wave? i'll have to check. is that you in the avatar, btw?

the siren's wave is their second album. 'by chance upon waking' is their first. check your pms in a while.

in my avatar is super hans, celebrated crackhead and heroin addict in the comedy peep show.

  On 9/2/2010 at 1:17 AM, Scrambled Ears said:

  On 9/1/2010 at 10:59 PM, yek said:

how's their newer stuff/? - seems like they kept making music but they don't look as hippy.

 

meh...hit and miss they became scientologists at one point which freaked out a lot of fans...not as good as any of the first few albums though thats for sure

ah, good to know. lol at scientologists...

  On 9/2/2010 at 4:19 AM, kaini said:

  On 9/2/2010 at 12:26 AM, fox said:

  On 9/1/2010 at 6:33 PM, kaini said:

  On 9/1/2010 at 6:18 PM, fox said:

  On 8/28/2010 at 4:39 AM, kaini said:

:wub: :wub:

 

 

kaini, who is that? it's sounds a bit like Jasper Leyland to me.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalle

 

their first album is absolutely beautiful, and seeing them live in a room of <100 people was one of the best gigs i've ever been to.

 

thanks. siren's wave? i'll have to check. is that you in the avatar, btw?

 

 

the siren's wave is their second album. 'by chance upon waking' is their first. check your pms in a while.

in my avatar is super hans, celebrated crackhead and heroin addict in the comedy peep show.

good. i was worried it was you.

  On 8/28/2010 at 3:24 AM, MAXIMUS MISCHIEF said:

tunng is very good

they have electronic elements but oh well.

Tunng are fantastic, yeah. I love all of their shit.

oh wow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7VBeNUVTp4&feature=related

i feel like Iron and Wine should be mentioned

a) thanks to kaini, i'm with him on nalle

b) tunng? oh hell yes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTZcqTE_w_A

I'm going to bump this because i want suggestions ..

i really like this one ..

  On 9/1/2010 at 1:38 PM, tidbit said:

synanthesia ..

 

This is why i love the internet .. search their last.fm similar artists page .. and i got this band ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVIfjpuXBU0

fucking love this shit. LSD induced folk.

I can't see the youtubes, but most stuff posted here is nice.

I'll only add three, relatively unknown, albums.

Sibylle Baier - Colour Green

Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday morning, 3 am

Leonard Cohen - The Best of Leonard Cohen (fuck yeah it's a compilation, 1975)

Seriously though, all three are essential listening.

Judee Sill

Arlo Guthrie

FTW

this mioght be pushing it but everything Simon and Garfunkel.

also

There is some great Scottish and Irish artists out there too, how about Dick Gaughan, an amazing guitarist and singer.

Saw them a few years ago in a really small bar just outside of Manchester, I can honestly say it was the best gig I have ever been to. The main guy and girl are a couple and they were so adorable looking over at each other when they sung lyrics obviously written for each other. Really lovely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig0FZVnwec4

  On 8/28/2010 at 12:32 AM, xxx said:

I got this old album from my dad called "Folk Music From Norway". I can't even find it on the internet.

Can you name some of the artists?