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Re: Folkiness

Unread post by rhowaldt » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:38 am

@pids: ja, Lisa Hannigan's voice is insanely nice, imo. i get the same feeling from Joanna Newsom's voice, although it is a lot less easy to like i think.
Hem sounds really nice, thanks! never heard of them.
never knew Feist became famous through an Apple advert. on the other hand, Edward Sharpe became famous through an IKEA advert, so no shame in that. just a way to get the music to the masses. awesome song, that, too :)

like The Weepies as well! i dont care whether they are commercial or not, the thread is "folkiness", so anything that sounds like folky stuff is fine :)

did not know Ingrid Michaelson, really like her voice. love that acoustic punk version! thanks!
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Unread post by rhowaldt » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:54 am

so, Regina Spektor. a website will probably say it totally isnt folk, but i dont care. i hate the term "indie" because it is meaningless, so not going with indie pop or whatever the fuck. i love her music because her songs have character and often don't follow along default structures. also, proper fucking lyrics. to be honest, all i really know is her one album, What We Saw From The Cheap Seats, so the following songs are from there.

Small Town Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU_YMzHtjhk
The Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq0VMZmkcb4
Don't Leave Me (Ne me quitte pas): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWXWivwhi14
Firewood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgMutAOEQ5I (my favourite, and a good example of the strange pianic excursions she sometimes takes in songs that otherwise sound quite "normal")
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Unread post by ivanovnegro » Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:43 pm

^ Fantastic.

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Unread post by GekkoP » Fri Mar 27, 2015 11:57 am

Happy to know Sufjan Stevens is back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJJT00wqlOo
Listening to the album right now. Closer to Sevens Swans, I like it. But, honestly, I like almost everything he did.

Fun fact: I think I was one of the first in Italy to actually get how good this man is. When I was writing about music, I always supported him despite the other in the magazine saying shit about his music. Now that I am not writing anymore, they all love him. Glad to have left all that behind.

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Unread post by machinebacon » Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:37 pm

Not sure if they are folk, but yeah, I think so - First Aid Kit, from Sweden. Never heard of them before :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ytDW4zJvk
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Unread post by pidsley » Fri Jun 19, 2015 5:40 am

I put this here; the Roches; progressive folkiness; tight three-part harmony, like Andrews Sisters in the late 1980s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA-U5H4VoX8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq5Qaukjvj4

"Discovered" by Robert Fripp. he plays a guitar solo on the first track.

A little more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ8MdYsgELs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-WtqSYdBns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTcw6E4FsO8

And I had this one on an EP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-_3uWOWXMY

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Unread post by rhowaldt » Fri Jun 19, 2015 10:05 am

good to see you back pids. checking out The Roches, i like this track that you hadn't posted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtD27d2dKI4
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Re: Folkiness

Unread post by pidsley » Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:44 am

The Sallyangie (Sally and Mike Oldfield.) When they released this, she was 22, he was 15 (4 years before Tubular Bells.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY9PQ9-c3to

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Unread post by pidsley » Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:50 am

Another family duo, Kate and Anna McGarrigle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_WQKYrlsTM

Kate McGarrigle was married to Loudon Wainwright, and her children with him are Rufus and Mary Wainright.

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Unread post by GekkoP » Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:00 am

^^ Never heard of Sallyangie before, thanks for sharing. Oldfield is always great music.

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Unread post by pidsley » Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:20 am

^ you're welcome.

To continue in the Pentangle/Fairport Convention groove, don't forget Steeleye Span.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkUQ0I_qc7o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAkOkUCTYfs

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Unread post by rhowaldt » Fri Aug 28, 2015 2:32 am

discovered this through one of Iggy Pop's radioshows for BBC Radio Six, and been listening to it more often again recently. love it.
First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining.
still gotta check out their other work, see if that is any good.
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Unread post by Dr_Chroot » Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:36 pm

rhowaldt wrote:@Dr: just listened to your friend's song. i think his playing is good, he definitely has an ear for nice melodic lines and making stuff work together. i think there is too little going on in the song currently to warrant it being over 4 minutes long, things get repeated too often, imo. i'd advise him to cut away non-essential stuff. also, it might need a bit of singing, but no idea if he plans on adding that at some point. anyway, it certainly isnt bad, but it sounds to me like somebody just trying to figure out what he wants to do instead of doing that thing and doing it well. there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, he should explore, it's good. just keep going and trust yourself :)
I can't believe I didn't reply to this 0_o Thanks for the thoughts, rhow! He wished to put out an album in the future; we talked about it over the past Spring/Summer but he decided to stick with live performances. He did take the aforementioned song and clipped it down quite a bit - he plays it as an instrumental piece with his guitar at the hipster coffee shop/brewery he works at when things get slow! He will play at the local brew fest in town once a summer - always a treat to see him live :D

Anyway, I have been digging some Sufjan Stevens and The Last Bison (similar to The Mountain Goats, if you like Indie-Folk!) recently.

The Last Bison - "Switzerland"
The Last Bison - "Setting Our Tables"
The Last Bison - "Sandstone"
The Last Bison - "Carol of the Bells"

Sufjan Stevens - "Get Behind Me, Santa!"
Sufjan Stevens - "Put The Lights on The Tree"
Sufjan Stevens - "All The King's Horns"
Sufjan Stevens - "Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid)"
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Re: Folkiness

Unread post by maso » Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:07 pm

One of the best things to come out of the Greenwich Village, New York City, folk revival scene of the early 1960s was The Holy Modal Rounders. Serious American roots music -- based on banjo and fiddle -- with a little dash of drugs. Below is a sampler of my favorite tracks. "The Cuckoo" and "Bound to Lose" are beautifully sad.

Flop-eared Mule - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PoL5s5KGO4
The Cuckoo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4CUiX64MmQ
Moving Day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au5NxDjiyJc
Bound to Lose - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOTfzPJUz8o
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Re: Folkiness

Unread post by GekkoP » Mon Feb 22, 2016 1:22 pm

Still one of the record I love the most: 3-disc 69 Love Songs, by The Magnetic Fields

1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgHBsc1P12s
2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpkYSI0Fxyg
3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71deAleEWqw

I love it so much I have it on CD and on vinyl. I also have this funny, useful guide book: http://www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Fields-6 ... 0826419259
And I used to check out this website everyday when I first discovered this record: http://69lovesongs.info/wiki/

It's more than folk, actually: it's like the story of American love songs in a mix of music styles.

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Kitty Day - Life is Warfare and a Journey Far From Home
https://kittyward.bandcamp.com/album/life-is-warfare-and-a-journey-far-from-home

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Mother's Favorite Daughter - Caroline
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Unread post by franksinistra » Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:54 pm

https://sirom.bandcamp.com/album/i-can- ... ay-snapper

Slovenians, play slightly post-rock/shoegaze-ish folk music, with multiple layers and instruments (some of them i can't even guess whatever the fuck those are).
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