Anyone Here Love to Listen to Folk Music?

What you Americans refer to as "folk Music" is little more than rawling self pity-apart from bluegrass of course which is authentic, indigenous culture; it`s lively and free of the decadent death wish of the west.

"Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. Folk music arose, and best survives, in societies not yet affected by mass communication and the commercialization of culture. It normally was shared and performed by the entire community (not by a special class of expert performers), and was transmitted by word of mouth.

During the 20th and 21st century, the term folk music took on a second meaning: it describes a particular kind of popular music which is culturally descended from or otherwise influenced by traditional folk music. Like other popular music, this kind of folk music is most often performed by experts and is transmitted in organized performances and commercially distributed recordings. However, popular music has filled some of the roles and purposes of the folk music it has replaced.

Folk music is more or less synonymous with traditional music. Some would use either term with a more specific meaning, restricted to just popularized-folk/traditional music or just not-popularized; however, both terms are used interchangeably among the general population and are not strictly defined."

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Nancy Grifith

Other Voices/Other Rooms

Sings a variety of sungs by popular folk musicians/writers

In my humble opinion did a very good job.

Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger

A 2 disk set, very nice

The duet of "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" by Jackson Brown and Bonnie Rait is really cool, kind of a reggae beat.

love bonnie and jackson, but does anyone listen to slick cobb band?

And The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Will the Circle be Unbroken" (1972). Lotsa bluegrass, fiddles, banjoes.

Orange Blossom Special. Woo...Woo

SHEEP,

The N.G.D.B. YaHoooo

How about "New Riders of the Purple Sage"

But methinks I may be straying into "Country" land ;-)

Daniel Lanois.
But does he play folk?

Ry Cooder, Neville Bros.

daniel l. from the big easy produced an aaron neville album, but not folk
slick cobb is fok

Older Floyder:

Ouch. Country. I remember the Riders but can't place any of their music.
How about the Flying Burrito Brothers?

Dilatoriness:

Yeah. Daniel Lanois. Good Canadian boy.
Folk , in his own way, I think.

OP:

Good question, apparently.

You want THE folk, you can't take the Folk!


Sounds folkish...saved Older Floyder. Great Folk.

" Folk , in his own way, I think. "

Thought that too SHEEP.

I like it when it's not pure but has rock, blues, jazz and world music influencies in there also, even classical.

Hi Fish,

WUMB
[link to www.wumb.org]

Is a really great folk station, and they offer several Internet feeds, MP3 included so the non-MS-mediaplayer folk are welcome :-)

People falling through the ice here, winter vanished for a while, outdoor folkfests in planning stages ;-)

New Riders of the Purple Sage links:
[link to en.wikipedia.org]

[link to www.nrpsmusic.com]

i believe daniel is from n. orleans he has produced u2, willie nelson, bob dylan a. neville
blues, bluegrass, rock and roll, country --american folk music-- celtic music from the scotch-irish of the appalachian mountains

He has the NO sound but he's a Canadian.
Bob Dylan definitely sounds different everytime when DL had him produced.

I like most of the stuff he does cause of that distinct spacy psychedelic feel he brings into the sound.

no one has mentioned w. & a. guthrie, joan baez, or the kingston trio
peter, paul & mary
Remember the Christopher Getz movie that spoofed folkies? What was the name of that movie?

Daniel Lanois:

Born Hull, Quebec and grew up in Hamilton, Ontario. He probably left Canada for greener pastures. Good music crosses all boundaries anyways.

>>Remember the Christopher Getz movie that spoofed folkies? What was the name of that movie?<<

Was that "A Mighty Wind"?

Hell no you trailer trash. Chew some more hay.

Someone scare you off a "view your own poo" thread 56085

If you like folk music you'd probably like the movie "Songcatcher" - check it out!
Also an album by that name...

The fugs
Melvina Reynolds
the Carter family

David Wilcox

No.

I have XM 14(bluegrass) & 15(folk) preset in the car. Listen a lot.

Got some cool old LPs - P, P, M, The Irish Rovers, Carter Family and my fav is a Commodore Classics called "The Soil and the Sea" with performances by Pete Seeger, Woodie Guthrie, Lee Hays, and Peter Hawes. It's an oldy but a goody.

Also, Blues, Rags, and Hollers and More Blues, Rags, and Hollers, by Koerner, Ray, and Glover, both originally released in early sixties. Spider John still plays around here quite a bit. Dave Ray died a couple years ago, and I think Tony Glover is still around.

Death Chants and Plantation Favorites, and The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death , both John Fahey albums are right up there.

Also, the Holy Modal Rounders were a great psychedelic folk band.