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Folk recommendations?
BillieTheBot
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Having heard the Seth Lakeman album (which is a work of pure genius) I'm loving the folkey scene a lot more than I ever used to.
A punt in the dark this, but would anyone recommend other bands that are of a similar style? Already ticked off the Levellers, btw, who fucking rocked last week.
A punt in the dark this, but would anyone recommend other bands that are of a similar style? Already ticked off the Levellers, btw, who fucking rocked last week.
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You could listen to Mike Harding's program on radio 2 too.
Anything by Bob Dylan. Just a genius.
Bert Jansch - Jack Orion, Nicola & Lucky Thirteen - the guy that most of LedZep I is ripped from
Anything by Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. I guess Simon and Garfunkel are kinda folk.
I'm told that Rufus Wainright is a good modern folky person.
Roy Harper
Christy Moore
His songs are great (and his versions of traditional folk songs), but live, he is out of this world. He's really, really funny in between songs with the stories and jokes he tells.
Imagine a cross between Bob Dylan and Billy Connolly.
And yes, Kermit you do need to listen to Fairport Convention, especially their earlier stuff with Sandy Denny. The History of Fairport Convention is an excellent place to start.
I saw them once in Ayr and got autographs from Rik Saunders and Chris Leslie.
PJ Wright (Dylan Project, Little Johnny England, among others)
The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain
Tickled Pink
Richard Digance
and a local band who I can't remember the name of, possibly Big Fish? And another guy from Fairport Convention, erm Gerry Conway. He was a right grumpy bugger. Peggy was cool though, really smiley and hyper, I got 'to Heather with love Dave Pegg' and my friend got 'To Zoe with Love, Peggy'.
I love the festival, it's so great. Also if it didn't go ahead our canoe club would cease to exist, because it's our only income; we make about £3000 from selling breakfasts and quizzes. If you are there in 2006, come and find me at the canoe club!
old blind dogs,
salt dog are a local band to me, theyre kind of punk folk and are becaoming quite well known now. They even played glastonbury a few years back. Nice guys too.
Old blind dogs are mates of my dad, its scottish folk music. Really getting quite big in scotland now. Get a lot of radio play. Really fucking good stuff - worth a listen. I recommend the albums`new tricks` and `close to the bone`
depends what sort of folk you mean, but id recommend listening out for either of those.
http://www.oldblinddogs.co.uk/
http://www.oldblinddogs.co.uk/
Folk is such a generic term, I know. I'm loving ceilidhs at the minute, so that's the sort of style I mean. Christy Moore is great.
Cropredy sounds like a good crack.
The only problem with "old blind dogs" as a search term is that it gave me grannydoesdlido.com or something. erm.
Also, The Saw Doctors, whom I love so much they're even currently gracing my sig (reminded as I was by this thread). They're fabulously tongue-in-cheek and in keeping with the ceilidh theme, you should check out their song "Joyce Country ceili Band". "Bless Me Father" is a hoot!
Even though he's been mentioned before and it's an obvious choice, I couldn't post in this thread without singing the praises of Dylan. Joan Baez is a must, too.
Tool, that Vin Garbutt you mentioned definitely sounds worth checking out!
Joni Mitchell
Ani Difranco
Dar Williams
Jeff Hanson
It is, definitely. Except the portaloos, but I have the key for the club one! tee hee hee
From South Bank in Middlesbrough. One of his live cd's, like 'Plugged', from 1996 gives you a feel for what he's like. I first saw him at the Sidmouth Folk Festival in 1976.
His early vinyls are only available on places like ebay, due to legal wrangles, but worth looking for.
:yes: I don't know if I'd call it Folk, per se, but his music is absolutely divine. I'd second that recommendation.
Do they even count?
Saw them live in Liverpool once. Great fun.