Since Glasgow, Scotland is my native soil I’ve been delving more and more into the weird and wonderful underground scene of the city. Since Scotland has a rich heritage of folk music (even Glice has done a traditional folk song, though he is a Scottish hating cunt, but I digress) I thought of exploring the fruitful, burgeoning contemporary folk scene. Alasdair Roberts, Alex Neilson (and his many projects including Trembling Bells and Scatter), Richard Youngs, Ben Reynolds, Daniel Padden etc. are the type of things I’ve been investigating.
Here’s some links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u_Xww0vafw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Z9ftNcl8o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otmFhzNzJng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPOqado8AXs
And for some fun, here’s Richard Youngs and Alex Neilson backing Jandek in his first ever live performance at Glasgow’s Instal festival:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5hJ8LFMCbI
Now, here’s where
you come in (that’s right, you!). If you know of any Scottish experimental folk luminaries that I’ve somehow overlooked, then mention it. Or even, the recommending of more traditional sounds. Not that I expect many replies to this, but I'm sure someone reading this knows
something.