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been really getting into folk music lately, some great albums we're put out this year. bon iver and samamidon are in constant rotation.

anyone else I should be checking out?

also any older stuff that you're into. already into joni mitchell, neil young, jackson c frank, nick drake. any more suggestions?

On the singer-songwriter tip I totally love James Yorkston,Current album When The Haar Rolls In is amazing imo.Alasdair Roberts is also worth checking,[particularly the albums Forever Sorrow and The Amber Gatherers]for his unique voice and guitar style.On the free folk/psyche folk tip i'd go for Espers, Akron/Family, Voice Of The Seven Woods, The Accidental,Hush Arbors and Megapuss.I could list more stuff but reckon that's enough to start with.

PHIL OCHS
great topical singer, voice of the workers!
check out this video from the midnight special, phil is introduced by the equally great curtis mayfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlbMFRK9I9s

bassmonk wrote:On the free folk/psyche folk tip i'd go for Espers, Akron/Family, Voice Of The Seven Woods, The Accidental,Hush Arbors and Megapuss.

i love this type of stuff,my picks: barn owl,badgerlore,pocahaunted,fursaxa[/url]

Check these mixes of modern electronic folk...

Voice Of The Seven Woods - Return From Byzantium
Nancy Elizabeth - I Used To Try
Six Organs Of Admittance - Bless Your Blood
Vetiver - Been So Long
Espers - Moon Occults The Sun
White Magic - The Light
Little Annie - Freddy And Me
Hanne Hukkelberg - A Cheaters Armoury
Jonquil - Sudden Sun
Tunng - Jay Down
Acid Casuals - Bowl Me Over
http://oloradio.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html


Rob McDowell Live @ Green Man Festival 2006
http://www.samurai.fm/player/index.php?id=2003

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Riding (Domino)
Vetiver - You May be Blue (FatCat)
Troll - Mexicana (Orange Sun)
Nick Castro- Sun Song (Strange Attractors Audio House)
Psapp - Eating Spiders (Domino)
Adem - You & Moon (Domino)
Tunng - The Wind up Bird (Full Time Hobby/Static Caravan)
A Hawk and a Hacksaw - Maremaillette (The Leaf Label)
The Shadow Orchestra - Spring 2005 (Shadow)
Blue States - Metro Sounds (Four Tet Remix) (XL)
Espers - Dead Queen (Drag City)
Pentangle - Sweet Child (Castle Music)

cheers guys, definitely going to checking these names

Gotta second Phil Ochs, basically the depressive, unsuccessful version of Bob Dylan. Also, cannot recommend Shirley Collins enough for traditional English folk, her voice is just chilling. Other recs:

Townes Van Zandt (on more of a country tip, but so good and bleak)
Mellow Candle (melodic folk-rock)
Comus (terrifying dark folk)
Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention are great too, but I prefer her solo stuff)

I'll work on some more recs tomorrow, I'm an obsessive when it comes to obscure acid folk/folk rock from the 60s/70s.

don't have a clue about recent stuff, but some artists i really enjoy:

UK - dick gaughan (seen him loads of times, amazing guitarist), billy bragg, ewan maccoll

US - leadbelly, woody guthrie, ramblin' jack elliot, derroll adams

bassbeyondreason wrote:Gotta second Phil Ochs, basically the depressive, unsuccessful version of Bob Dylan. Also, cannot recommend Shirley Collins enough for traditional English folk, her voice is just chilling. Other recs:

Townes Van Zandt (on more of a country tip, but so good and bleak)
Mellow Candle (melodic folk-rock)
Comus (terrifying dark folk)
Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention are great too, but I prefer her solo stuff)

I'll work on some more recs tomorrow, I'm an obsessive when it comes to obscure acid folk/folk rock from the 60s/70s.

Yeah got to second Sandy Denny and Shirley Collins both amazing female voices,check out Anne Briggs as well though,her vocal delivery is so sparse and minimalist yet so moving as well.

billy bragg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO56Krg1e8A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4v8VJ0LRgA

http://www.myspace.com/soyuncaballo

beautiful music

UmkhontoWeSizwe wrote:
US - leadbelly, woody guthrie

Both amazing. Not easy to get hold of their material but its well rewarding when you do.

Thomas wrote:

UmkhontoWeSizwe wrote:
US - leadbelly, woody guthrie

Both amazing. Not easy to get hold of their material but its well rewarding when you do.

interesting to hear it's not easy to find their material

here you can go to a bookstore or walmart and get a 5 disc woody guthrie box set for $14 bucks, leadbelly is less widespread but still can be found with relative ease

staas wrote:

Thomas wrote:

UmkhontoWeSizwe wrote:
US - leadbelly, woody guthrie

Both amazing. Not easy to get hold of their material but its well rewarding when you do.

interesting to hear it's not easy to find their material

Your right, ive just done a search online and it seems ive ignored this method. now i can try to complete my collection.

I'd also like to point out that if anyones not listening to Bob Dylan they are missing A LOT!

Akron/Family really are amazing stuff. They're one of the best live bands around at the momment too. A good start is their recent album "Love Is Simple"..........also their split with Angels Of Light is superb!

The Bothy Band and Boys of the Lough are great for trad irish stuff. Both fairly old, check the 60's / 70's stuff and then check out anything else by their members eg Tommy Peoples, Matt Molloy, Paul Brady etc

I'm currently feeling Spiers and Boden for English stuff and also a new sheffield based band called Crucible. There's some really interesting stuff out there, a number of bands coming through at the moment seem to be pushing the weird wonkyness of english traditional tunes and it's very cool.

For less traditional stuff there are lots of good calls already in this thread, but I'd add Richard Thompson as well.

Oh, and RIP Davy Graham.

bassmonk wrote:On the singer-songwriter tip I totally love James Yorkston,Current album When The Haar Rolls In is amazing imo.

Thanks for the tip. I've just purchased "The Haar.." and "Just Beyond The River" from amazon. Look forward to kicking back and listening to them with a nice cuppa!

bassmonk wrote:Yeah got to second Sandy Denny and Shirley Collins both amazing female voices,check out Anne Briggs as well though,her vocal delivery is so sparse and minimalist yet so moving as well.

and June Tabor's early records

Thanks for all the replies, theres loads of stuff I'm gonna check out. Definitely feeling Sandy Denny and Anne Briggs so far.

Nice one