Gorgeous

This is sort of undeniably awful, but great fun to watch nonetheless:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=y2OavLPpPVw

I sort of like the song quite a bit. But wow these guys would get punched hard if they even breathe.

John Martyn (With Danny Thompson) - Make No Mistake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1kWi...elated&search=

That's exactly how I feel. The song's really quite good but you get the feeling from the video that they're playing it too much for laughs. shame really.

Nice one.

And this is of course quite astonishing. Again, this really does need to be heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYLVM560Fok

Fahey is the greatest.
by the way, nice avatar.

^ indeed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYDrkG2EGwg

Michelle Shocked became deeply unfashionable very quickly, but wasn't THAT bad.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KHwkY291z1Y

This myspace has Judy Collins' "Since you asked", which is another beautiful song that's to her personal credit.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=651 55566

There's a lot to dig through this thread already. I've really enjoyed Tim Buckley and John Martyn.

Edit: And Bridget St. John


Edit Edit: I can't believe I haven't used this opportunity to plug Hayden. I don't know how folk he is, but he's pretty influenced by it. Depends on your definition of folk really.

Bad as they seem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LodP0...elated&search=

Tree's lounge (from some Steve Buschemi movie I haven't seen yet):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IM_umZumBQ

Dynamite Walls:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04due...elated&search=

thats one of my favorite songs\youtube clips!
and SRC-thanks.
they both are some some of my biggest inspirations

Trying to keep thoughts short:

Folk music to me means wandering around a field/ pub and seeing things and not really remembering them. Folk music also means any 'traditional' (in the broadest sense) music. I like a lot of English folk, I tend to see a lot of it live this year, but I almost never buy it. There's absolutely nothing wrong with C93/ Pentangle/ Planxty (or whatever) and it can be very enjoyable.

I would like to say, however, that the 'folk music' being talked about in this thread strikes me as one particular strain of folk music - I'd have to include Tuvan Khoomei or Congolese Soukous (itself a misecegenation of r n' r and traditional Congolese stuff) or any number of things. This isn't a criticism, merely an observation. Obviously, the folk music on a message board that's predominantly Anglo-American is going to be (drumroll please) Anglo-American folk music.

Right, so do I have an actual point then? Does it really matter?

You're certainly right about there being an Anglo-American bias on this thread. I only really know that tradition so it would be impossible for me to bring in other ones. However, I do wonder if the world music thread isn't itself a form of folk music thread, but dealing exclusively with music outside of Britain and America.

I'd just like to say thank you all for not mentioning the shiteawful Death In June. Thank you, sweeties.

That Circulus stuff is like the Spinal Tap of Ye Olde Albion Folke.

I was thinking more in terms of The Darkness, but I know what you mean. The annoying thing is that it's not THAT bad a record.

Anyway, lots of mentions for Pentangle, but no clips I think, so here's one:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_q9of8OhkeQ

And while he might've been as much a hindrance as a help long term, so far as the British Folk scene goes, you can't deny the importance of Ewan MacColl:






http://youtube.com/watch?v=MFl4RpKTiEk

And in 1966, this moment changed everything:


http://youtube.com/watch?v=bqUFHEyu5hM

Richard and Linda Thompson's 'Withered and Died'. Maybe not the happiest of songs, but certainly one of the most beautiful.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kcKyZEnPWBQ

Ditto this absolutely amazing performance of 'A Heart Needs a Home' from 1975.

Warning: this song can radically change your life.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xGhhAcjA-Ks

"In 1952 Folkways issued Harry Smith's multi-volume Anthology of American Folk Music. The Anthology was comprised entirely of recordings issued between 1927 (the year electronic recording made accurate reproduction possible) and 1932, the period between the realization by the major record companies of distinct regional markets and the Depression's stifling of folk music sales. Released in three volumes of two discs each, the 84 tracks of the anthology are recognized as having been a seminal inspiration for the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960 (the 1997 reissue by the Smithsonian was embraced with critical acclaim and two Grammy awards). Traditional American music was only one of Smith's musical interests. From the late 1940s, he was a passionate jazz enthusiast, going so far as to create paintings that are note-by-note transcriptions of particular tunes. He spent much of the fifties in the company of jazz pioneers like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Thelonious Monk. Smith's involvement with recording continued into the sixties and seventies as he produced and recorded the first album by the Fugs in 1965. His long term friendships with many of the Beat writers led to the release of Allen Ginsberg's First Blues in 1976 as well as unreleased recordings of Gregory Corso's poetry and Peter Orlovsky's songs. Smith spent part of this era living with groups of Native Americans, and this resulted in his recording the peyote songs of the Kiowa Indians in 1973. "

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TgY9pAAXu1A

beg to differ, i like fairport's version better.

ace thread though, the article is pretty good too.

i agree with many mentions.

i'll think of others to add to the list.

angels of light have elements of folk alongwith many others, been on a gira kick lately.

Thanks, been meaning to check these out.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WO5DQEUksmU

how about the hilarious power folk metal of turisas?

^ You say hilarious, I wonder how seriously they take themselves. Their fans certainly seem to be an entirely earnest bunch. All very confusing, really.

all the more it makes it hilarious.

speaking of metal bands, and i know they don;t have acoustic guitars or have donde protest or pagan songs, but my dying bride, especially their most recent material, certainly have that atavist folk idiom in there.

My banjo is my pride and joy.

Unfortunately, no one wants to hear or see some douchebag show off his banjo.

Let's see.. I really like Kazuki Tomokawa (hope I spelled that right); acid folk singer from Japan...

I also like ... I found this band recently called Empylver, I believe that's the name... it's like folk songs that turn into black metal songs... great shit.

I also like Jandek. Folk as fuck.

Some shit that I love..

Woody Guthrie

Is epic once you get past the hillbilly accent.

Leadbelly

Is a badass. Every aspect of his songs are perfect. They heavy bassy voice. punding guitar with impeckable rhythm.

Blind Willie McTell

Is one of the greatest song writers of this or any generation
http://www.mediafire.com/?4uznkdiwmoc
Proof. Please download that.
That's all I gotta say.

i see basho and fahey and davy graham and paul metzger but has anyone mentioned jack rose?

jack rose, mama.

8000 posts!!!

oh shit, approaching 8,000 posts!!!!!!

i did, 8001 with this one.

i'm a lifeless nerd, or so it seems by the post count.

check out the band White Magic , theyre from new york, there the best new folk band, sharing my favorite with sonic youth, im gunna go all out and say their the best band of the 00's and they only came out with two albums, check em out if you looking to be engulfed in unique and original mind enlightenment, dat rosa mel apibus and through the sun door are brillant accomplishments and you would be missing out if you didnt check em out.

espers > white magic.

white magic actually only released half a good ep.

I was looking for vids of Fred Neil (there aren't any unfortunately) and I stumbled on that awful cover of Dolphins:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4nQ-xCkcAI

:eek:

End of the night song
Although this sounds better in a room full of plastered people.

Drinking song complete with Saturday night's 'bollocks'.

Shanty/ drinking song

Japanese choir doing a sea shanty.

At the beginning, these indie urchins did some great sea-shanty inspired stuff:

The Coral, Skeleton Key
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6yXK2R-GI9c

Wonderful stuff. Something about it reminds me of the young@heart schizophrenia cover that's been doing the rounds here. Maybe it's the sheer inappropriateness of it.

That reminded me more of Beefheart. Still, not a bad band, in parts.

Definitely. They do more typical sea shanty stuff on some of their ltd eps. That was the best youtube had to offer though. Still, a decent band spoiled by bad associations.

I have a real problem with Vashti Bunyan. Always think she's a cynical music industry invention. But listening to her she's really quite good.

Vashti Bunyan, Glow worms:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FmeLl8wn0ts

How can someone who made an obscure LP in the early 70s, only to have a cult following of the faithful go nuts over her LP for so many years that she eventually came back out of obscurity to make some new music be an "industry invention?" She's one of the old guard.

Oops. I never knew that. Thanks for the nod.:o