I need to get some good folk.

May 30, 2011

Long story short, my girlfriend got an hour long radio show at her college. Unfortunately, she just got notification today that she got the show, and it starts tomorrow. She's got a pretty healthy library, but it's diverse, and her show is primarily about folk music. She's got/we've got enough to cobble together an hour or two and not have repeat artists, etc, but she wants to get more so she has a bit of a safety net. It'll help a lot with her nerves if I can give her some more suggestions soon.

So, with that said, can you WATMMers give me some suggestions for good folk songs/artists, or any other cutesy acoustic/lofi music?

May 30, 2011

clannad - dulaman

May 30, 2011

I adore these guys, I think they would be classed as Folk?

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May 30, 2011

also

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Folk? I'm shit with genres...

May 30, 2011

the only folk i am versed in is traditional irish folk

May 30, 2011

Shooglenifty?

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May 30, 2011

Bittová + Václavek – Bílé Inferno

http://www.discogs.com/Bittov%C3%A1-V%C3%A1clavek-B%C3%ADl%C3%A9-Inferno/release/2040822

May 30, 2011

how about pentangle?

**kaini** · May 30, 2011

john fahey and robbie basho.

there is nothing finer imo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXcwqC-oAJA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bKOzAQibzA

and nick drake, but see the big thread on one of the first two pages of this subforum for that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABAi5jWvxbU

May 30, 2011

Thanks all, especially acidburp and kaini. Keep up the good work!

**YEK** · May 30, 2011

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**kaini** · May 30, 2011

a lot of people dismiss gordon lightfoot as a cheesy canadian alcoholic folk-lite dude

but i grew up with this shit, and some of it is awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0DqPSF2fyo&feature=related

**kaini** · May 30, 2011

and here's a bit of folk-fusion from moving hearts, christy moore's old band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT_RGgFSN3M

and another bit from horslips (chassis's gonna have a lol at this one)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5G8AJf4Xzw

Edited May 30, 2011 by kaini

**YEK** · May 30, 2011

On 5/30/2011 at 5:47 AM, yek said:

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these guys influenced a lot of great music from the stones to boards of canada. this particular album is exceptional. psychedelic folk, totally hippy.

**kaini** · May 30, 2011

one more fahey. fuck, i could listen to fahey forever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReW9uUYm-DA

i particularly love this because of the closeups on the fretboard.

master of the alternate tuning, along with nick and in a different context jimmy page.

Edited May 30, 2011 by kaini

May 30, 2011

maybe some leo kottke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gh-U9T7T4Q

Edited May 30, 2011 by tht tne

May 30, 2011

Daniel Johnston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46HEC4brycA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIYxE17dNBY

Ramblin Jack Elliott

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO1VVSJ1S78

Edited May 30, 2011 by Ricky Downtown

May 30, 2011

there is a gem from carolyn hester's debut album called "when jesus lived in galilee," album features bob dylan's recording debut (playing harmonica)

but i don't really like carolyn hester's vocals on it; i just remember my dad and his mother used to sing this at christmas when we would get together

there is a cool song on there called "yarrow," though.. i also remember mom playing peter paul & mary records before i went to school, getcha some

**YEK** · May 30, 2011

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**chenGOD** · May 30, 2011

Not everything the Mountain Goats do can be classified as folk - but they do do some. And damn is it ever good.

Kaini beat me to it with Gordon Lightfoot, but Daniel Lanois offers some good Canadian folk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er1d2MtglWw

I would post video of King Creosote and Jon Hopkins album "Diamond Mine" but WMG is a bunch of cunts and have blocked it. Anyhow - I guess you could call it ambient folk - but guaranteed you will love the shit out of it.

If she's already versed, she probably knows all about Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Iron & Wine, but I'll just throw em out as a reminder :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSvtCX3lalg

May 30, 2011

She told me to thank all of you, and that she will be playing some of the songs posted here.

You'll be able to listen to her show streaming at http://www.wiux.org/radio/ at 4:00 pm eastern us (9:00 pm GMT) every Monday.

In a couple months, I'll be a guest co-host on the show once or twice as well.

And of course, more suggestions are still welcome.

Edited May 30, 2011 by ganus

May 30, 2011

Bert Jansch is well wicked, and funnily enough John MacLaughin did some really beautiful, restrained acoustic folk-jazz stuff on My Goal's Beyond that I cannot recommend highly enough