Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
We caught him as part of the Celtic Connections festival. There was another band on the same bill, Blue Rose Code (I think!), who were also very good.
Folk Music
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weepiper
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Are you an Athlete then?
Definite respect though!
I think I qualify as an ex-Athlete
been too busy having children to contribute much for the past few years. I see them all pretty often though 
Dillinger4
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I am looking through my folk stuff now.
If you want to hear Welsh Folk Music, in Welsh, modern stuff like, there is an album called Welsh Rare Beat, which is quite good. I will have a look for some others.
If you want to hear Welsh Folk Music, in Welsh, modern stuff like, there is an album called Welsh Rare Beat, which is quite good. I will have a look for some others.
cliche guevara
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I've just had a look for this but can't find it... A little help would be nice
Dillinger4
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I think I qualify as an ex-Athlete
I am very impressed. So do you know other fence collective people, like King Creosote and that? I love all that stuff quite a lot.
You are a celebrity to me now.
Dillinger4
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I've just had a look for this but can't find it... A little help would be nice
You have what.cd? I will link you to it. PM on its way.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
I've just had a look for this but can't find it... A little help would be nice
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Folk-Off-Va...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1235940959&sr=8-1
Then look for other Rob Da Bank compiled stuff, particularly The Blue Room and Blue Balearic.
cliche guevara
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Cheers people
Dillinger4
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Yeh.
His Fabric one is not bad, for stuff I wouldn't normally like that much.
And the Sunday Best/Bestival compilations have some quite good stuff on them as well.
weepiper
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I am very impressed. So do you know other fence collective people, like King Creosote and that? I love all that stuff quite a lot.
You are a celebrity to me now.
*breathes on nails and polishes them on sleeve*
I've met KC and HMS Ginafore, to be honest though I know more people on the slightly more trad side of the folk music scene.
Dillinger4
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*breathes on nails and polishes them on sleeve*
I've met KC and HMS Ginafore, to be honest though I know more people on the slightly more trad side of the folk music scene.
Can I have your autograph?
What do you play by the way? So I can listen out for you.
weepiper
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Can I have your autograph?
What do you play by the way? So I can listen out for you.
will pm you so as not to hijack thread
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*eyes weepiper's username nervously*
weepiper
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danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
Some good English stuff already recommended. But you could also try Shirley Collins and Davy Graham, Folk Roots, New Routes. (I saw some Shirley mentioned, but not this one. And you need Davy Graham).
Also Kathryn Tickell, Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny...I could go on.
Have you tried Scottish folk?
- Dick Gaughan: Handful of Earth
- Silly Wizard: Sadly not enough of their stuff is on CD. There were 2 great live albums, but I think they were put together on the CD Live Wizardry.
- Martyn Bennett: Bothy Culture, and Grit.
Also Kathryn Tickell, Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny...I could go on.
Have you tried Scottish folk?
- Dick Gaughan: Handful of Earth
- Silly Wizard: Sadly not enough of their stuff is on CD. There were 2 great live albums, but I think they were put together on the CD Live Wizardry.
- Martyn Bennett: Bothy Culture, and Grit.
not really sure I'd call that Rob da Bank comp folk exactly. Well, not in the "traditional music" sort of way. I mean, Sufjan Stevens, Baby Dee, Animal Collective are many things, but folk music? When you listen to some Harry Cox or Walter Pardon or Seamus Ennis... even if you set aside the music, it's a whole different aesthetic and practice and philosophy.
a propos of zilch, I'd recommend the music of Sarah and Rita Keane for some great Irish sean nos song. One album, from 1969, "Once I Loved" is all they recorded.
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/keane.htm
if you like Shirley Collins you'll like it.
a propos of zilch, I'd recommend the music of Sarah and Rita Keane for some great Irish sean nos song. One album, from 1969, "Once I Loved" is all they recorded.
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/keane.htm
if you like Shirley Collins you'll like it.
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Walter Pardon ftw! Man, I love that man's voice.
Have you got this one?
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/pardon1.htm
Basically, all the stuff that isn't on World without horses (which is a cracking album in iteself, obviously).
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Wow, just checking the thread again, thanks for all the feedback guys, I had no idea that people would have so much to say about Folk Music.
Will be checking all this out, but one thing, some Folk Music seems fundamentally different from some other Folk Music. The traditional stuff I tend to like, where it's all made with traditional instruments (and the guitars/violins as honorary inclusions in that) seem consistantly more 'Folk Music' than the stuff made with modern band setups... just a thought. Maybe that's Folk Rock?
Having said that I recently caught the Music of Freedom (iirc) series on Al Jazeera where a Tuareg folk band that uses electric guitars were jamming pretty nice... I liked that. I guess here we enter the fuzzy cloud called World Music, whatever that means. Maybe the World/Folk audiopause.
Some Folk Music makes me feel like I've joined a cult if I try to listen to it, I don't like that at all. Is there a name for that sort of thing so I can avoid it?
Will be checking all this out, but one thing, some Folk Music seems fundamentally different from some other Folk Music. The traditional stuff I tend to like, where it's all made with traditional instruments (and the guitars/violins as honorary inclusions in that) seem consistantly more 'Folk Music' than the stuff made with modern band setups... just a thought. Maybe that's Folk Rock?
Having said that I recently caught the Music of Freedom (iirc) series on Al Jazeera where a Tuareg folk band that uses electric guitars were jamming pretty nice... I liked that. I guess here we enter the fuzzy cloud called World Music, whatever that means. Maybe the World/Folk audiopause.
Some Folk Music makes me feel like I've joined a cult if I try to listen to it, I don't like that at all. Is there a name for that sort of thing so I can avoid it?
er, I think that's folk music you're thinking of.
yeah, there's some great Touareg albums out there by Tinariwen and by their sort of offshoot Terakaft. The compilation CD Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara sums up that scene pretty well. Though of course the daddy of the West African bluesy guitar playing is Ali Farka Toure, who you probably already know about.
yeah, there's some great Touareg albums out there by Tinariwen and by their sort of offshoot Terakaft. The compilation CD Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara sums up that scene pretty well. Though of course the daddy of the West African bluesy guitar playing is Ali Farka Toure, who you probably already know about.
Idris2002
Stay Alive in '25
If English folk is pants, why did IRISH folk legends Planxty include a (very good) version of the old English folk song 'Little Musgrave' on their 2004 live album?
For some nice mostly upbeat not dreary english trad folk,
I like The Druids - Burnt Offering
I think it's out of print,
but available here
for foreign folk,
I rate Hedningarna album Kaksii,
they're scandinavian, mainly finnish - not trad folk but using some great folk instruments.
I got a nice cd called Rapa Iti,
which is a Tahitian acappella choir singing old traditional songs,
I'm a big sea shantie fan too,
Blow Boys Blow by ewan maccoll and a l lloyd is a great cd to pick up.
I like The Druids - Burnt Offering
I think it's out of print,
but available here
for foreign folk,
I rate Hedningarna album Kaksii,
they're scandinavian, mainly finnish - not trad folk but using some great folk instruments.
I got a nice cd called Rapa Iti,
which is a Tahitian acappella choir singing old traditional songs,
I'm a big sea shantie fan too,
Blow Boys Blow by ewan maccoll and a l lloyd is a great cd to pick up.
I would've said this, but I don't think OP wanted any moany unions songs,
a Dick specialty
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
It's a great album, and I think the OP can overlook the lyrical intent behind the one union song. The rest: Now Westlin Winds - pure lyrical Burns. Both Sides The Tweed - anti nationalist beauty. Every track is a blinder.
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
These are great
http://www.myspace.com/saltandblue
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Having a great time hunting down suggestions in this thread and giving em a listen. Now I've met plenty of Folk Music I don't like.
That Planxty stuff, nice instrumentals and that but I wish the bloke would just shut up, his lyrics are rubbish and the style is some sort of mockery.
Didn't think much of that Shirley woman either, the 14th centuary was a long time ago. Having said that I really like this:
Anyone who knew and loved the game EU2 knows the great Falalalalan.
Also some suggestions of my own
Polish band Kapela are brilliant, I love every single tune of them.
Tinariwen, Toumani Diabate and Ali Farka, that desert sound is another favourite, especially the Malian harp-sounding instrument playing Toumani Diabate.
Zurgo, a band that plays the music of the Hungarian community living in Bulgaria
Checking out others like Baba Zula and the Scottish guy mentioned before. But I wonder... what is the difference between what's called "World Music" and what's called "Folk Music"? I never respected the term World Music as I find it as meaningless and inacurate as the term Black Music (Black American and Jamaican music would be more accurate) but World Music is used out there so...
That Planxty stuff, nice instrumentals and that but I wish the bloke would just shut up, his lyrics are rubbish and the style is some sort of mockery.
Didn't think much of that Shirley woman either, the 14th centuary was a long time ago. Having said that I really like this:
Anyone who knew and loved the game EU2 knows the great Falalalalan.
Also some suggestions of my own
Polish band Kapela are brilliant, I love every single tune of them.
Tinariwen, Toumani Diabate and Ali Farka, that desert sound is another favourite, especially the Malian harp-sounding instrument playing Toumani Diabate.
Zurgo, a band that plays the music of the Hungarian community living in Bulgaria
Checking out others like Baba Zula and the Scottish guy mentioned before. But I wonder... what is the difference between what's called "World Music" and what's called "Folk Music"? I never respected the term World Music as I find it as meaningless and inacurate as the term Black Music (Black American and Jamaican music would be more accurate) but World Music is used out there so...
maya
timewasting fool (in every universe)
eastern-european 'gypsy brass band' music- fantastic party music, with unbelieveable tempo/time signatures-
try 'Fanfare Giocarlia' (sp?) or 'Goran Bregovic' (professional soundtrack arranger, but featuring a lot of the aforementioned mental brass band madness) for starters...
try 'Fanfare Giocarlia' (sp?) or 'Goran Bregovic' (professional soundtrack arranger, but featuring a lot of the aforementioned mental brass band madness) for starters...
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
Ron Merlin
Jus de chaussettes
Can vouch for Fanfare Ciocarlia - got quite a bit of their stuff. "Speed kings of Gypsy brass" they call themselves. Incredibly fast! I'd recommend the Gili Garabdi album.
Don't know so much Goran Bregovic apart from his collaboration with George Dalaras on one of the Balkanbeats compilations. They're a good place to start with your balkan brass.
Boban Markovic is pretty decent too - his Live in Belgrade album has me jigging quite a bit in the kitchen most evenings while attacking the parsnips.
Obligatory mention of Loyko, the Russian gypsy trio. Two violins, one guitar. Soulful as fuck. I mean, wow. Seriously
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