Folk

sun-star · 05-21-2003, 02:04 PM

I know this a long shot, but there's all sorts of people here, so I'll give it a go

Is anyone interested in folk music? I've recently discovered traditional English folk songs, and I really like what I've heard. Does anyone else like this kind of music and if so, do you have any recommendations? Thank you.

congressmn · 05-21-2003, 03:26 PM

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Originally posted by sun-star
Does anyone else like this kind of music and if so, do you have any recommendations? Thank you.

thanks taken. u r so polite.

***IronParrot*** · 05-21-2003, 05:30 PM

English folk I'm not as familiar with, but Canadian folk (both W. Canadian and Newfie, and even a bit of native folk - Kashtin, anyone?) is definitely something in which I indulge.

Sheeana · 05-21-2003, 05:53 PM

Heh. I replied to this. Guess I *was* effected by the twilight zone of entmoot.

Anyway, the only English folk singer I'm really familiar with is Sandy Denny from Fairport Convention. Good music. I'm more into Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and Joan Baez though. Does Cat Stevens count as folk?

Coney · 05-21-2003, 06:31 PM

Lessee........

Levellers do some traditional arrangements.

Revered Hammer.

The Oyster Band.

The Incredible String Band.

The soundtrack to the Sharpe TV series (the artists on there are all famous folk singers/musicians should with their own work released, should be a good starting point).

Steeleye Span.

And a list of performers is here - http://www.entsweb.co.uk/musicians/folk/

***azalea*** · 05-21-2003, 10:31 PM

Where have all the flowers gone?

I like folk too, although I only listen occasionally. (I like most kinds of music, so I'm likely to reply to a thread someone starts about almost any genre of music.)

As far as traditional type music, I really like the soundtrack to The Secret of Roan Inish, which is Irish traditional folk music.

Coney · 05-21-2003, 10:39 PM

Try this band, saw 'em years ago.........good fun (site has some free song downloads as well).

Banoffi

Baby-K · 05-22-2003, 05:28 AM

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Originally posted by Sheeana
Heh. I replied to this. Guess I *was* effected by the twilight zone of entmoot.

Anyway, the only English folk singer I'm really familiar with is Sandy Denny from Fairport Convention. Good music. I'm more into Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and Joan Baez though. Does Cat Stevens count as folk?

I also remember posting here - was also wondering 'bout Cat Stevens, IMO I'd count him as folk (love his music, so wherever he's slotted in I'd still buy it). I also mentioned Joni Mitchell. What about Rodriguez, how does he get classified? Just wondering. Also like Neil Young & Bob Dylan.

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Levellers do some traditional arrangements.

Yup,yup - gotta agree there (but ye knew that right

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Matta · 05-22-2003, 05:34 AM

Is there still any Folk music going on these days?

I have a vague memory of SteelEye Span from my past, but I can't remember what they sound like!

All the classic folk people have all evolved into something else.

Maybe Jewel could be considered 'folk' - I don't know. But she's almost old hat now, too. (but I like her voice and lyrics).

I guess I have ray'ed out from around folk music to -> retro 40's, Bluegrass, Connie Dover, New Age, World music (ethnic), traditional (did anyone see 'Songcatcher'), etc.

I used to really love Pentangle - remember them?

(By the way - I saw Joan Baez just last year at our small concert theater nearby. She is still great, and has really kept in shape and looks beautiful.)

sun-star · 03-15-2004, 10:53 AM

Doing some dredging…

I’m very happy because I’m going to see my favourite folk singer, Kate Rusby, in concert this weekend. So if you’ve heard of her, you should be jealous, and if you haven’t (as I expect) you’re missing out

Nerdanel · 03-17-2004, 05:27 PM

I'm not familiar with English folkmusic, but I do listen to Nordic and Finnish folk. It's very different from the popular music today, and that's great.

Lalaith_Elf · 03-17-2004, 06:19 PM

Yeah I like English Folk, but I prefer Scottish Folk. I hear alot more Scottish than English as I live near the border.

Forkbeard · 03-18-2004, 01:39 AM

Not precisely folk, but anyone here like Wolfstone?

Forkbeard

Draken · 03-18-2004, 06:09 AM

I saw Fairport Convention once, but I must admit I preferred when they veered to the rockier side of folk rock.

btw I hear the team that did 'Spinal Tap' or doing the same for folk with a spoof docu-film about an American folk group, I think it's being released this year but can't remember what it is called.

Forkbeard · 03-18-2004, 12:50 PM

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Originally posted by Draken
I saw Fairport Convention once, but I must admit I preferred when they veered to the rockier side of folk rock.

btw I hear the team that did 'Spinal Tap' or doing the same for folk with a spoof docu-film about an American folk group, I think it's being released this year but can't remember what it is called.

Yes, it was released last year and was called A Mighty Wind, supposed to be hilarious, but I haven't seen it yet regrettably.

Forkbeard

sun-star · 03-18-2004, 01:52 PM

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Originally posted by Lalaith_Elf
Yeah I like English Folk, but I prefer Scottish Folk. I hear alot more Scottish than English as I live near the border.

Since I started this thread I've got into Scottish folk too. They overlap quite a lot anyway, don't they?

Janny · 03-26-2004, 04:03 PM

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Originally posted by Matta
I have a vague memory of SteelEye Span from my past, but I can't remember what they sound like!

Steeleye Span are still about, about mark 95 now though. They still have Peter Knight but that's about it. I saw them at a tiny theatre a while back. They were okay, but the singer was a little weird.
They're not really folk, they're folk rock. That is, a rock band playing folk music to be quirky. Some of it worked (Thomas the Rhymer) and some empatically didn't. What possesed them to do 'To Know Him is to Love Him'? The insanity of that is only eclipsed by their redition of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'. Awful.

Either way, I saw Kate Rusby recently. She is quite good, but as a guitarist she offends me as she knows about as much about the guitar as 'Busted'. At least she doesn't cheoriagraph jumps, but she doesn't half jabber on!

I also had brief dabbling with a publ;ication from the 'English Folk Song and Dance Society'. The mere thought of a bearded and an accordian scares me! And there's a folk festival in my town this summer...

The Gaffer · 03-27-2004, 02:42 PM

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Originally posted by Janny
The mere thought of a bearded and an accordian scares me!

He he. Me too. And if you take the accordion away, fill the room with a load of other beards, and get one of them to stand up and start droning about how they didst meet a maiden fair upon a summer's day, it's time to get very, very afraid indeed.

Grey_Wolf · 03-28-2004, 01:19 PM

I kind of like the Corrs.

Has anyone bought the Celtic Ring CD:s? Are they really good?

sun-star · 08-08-2005, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Janny

in 2004

And there's a folk festival in my town this summer...

And this summer too, and every year

In fact it's this week - the town's been taken over by morris dancers, players of archaic instruments, people with bells on their ankles and, yes, men with beards... I love Folk Week. Waterson:Carthy are coming on Thursday and even Janny's looking forward to that

05-21-2003, 02:04 PM	#1
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Folk I know this a long shot, but there's all sorts of people here, so I'll give it a go Is anyone interested in folk music? I've recently discovered traditional English folk songs, and I really like what I've heard. Does anyone else like this kind of music and if so, do you have any recommendations? Thank you. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

05-21-2003, 05:30 PM	#3
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	English folk I'm not as familiar with, but Canadian folk (both W. Canadian and Newfie, and even a bit of native folk - Kashtin, anyone?) is definitely something in which I indulge. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

05-21-2003, 06:31 PM	#5
Coney The Buddy Rabbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Trapped in the headlights.. Posts: 3,372	deja vu Lessee........ Levellers do some traditional arrangements. Revered Hammer. The Oyster Band. The Incredible String Band. The soundtrack to the Sharpe TV series (the artists on there are all famous folk singers/musicians should with their own work released, should be a good starting point). Steeleye Span. And a list of performers is here - http://www.entsweb.co.uk/musicians/folk/ __________________ Blessed are the cracked, they let the light in Beatallica Last edited by Coney : 05-21-2003 at 06:34 PM.

05-21-2003, 10:39 PM	#7
Coney The Buddy Rabbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Trapped in the headlights.. Posts: 3,372	Try this band, saw 'em years ago.........good fun (site has some free song downloads as well). Banoffi __________________ Blessed are the cracked, they let the light in Beatallica

03-15-2004, 10:53 AM	#10
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Doing some dredging… I’m very happy because I’m going to see my favourite folk singer, Kate Rusby, in concert this weekend. So if you’ve heard of her, you should be jealous, and if you haven’t (as I expect) you’re missing out __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

05-21-2003, 05:53 PM	#4
Sheeana Lord of the Pants Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,382	Heh. I replied to this. Guess I was effected by the twilight zone of entmoot. Anyway, the only English folk singer I'm really familiar with is Sandy Denny from Fairport Convention. Good music. I'm more into Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and Joan Baez though. Does Cat Stevens count as folk?

05-21-2003, 10:31 PM	#6
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Where have all the flowers gone? I like folk too, although I only listen occasionally. (I like most kinds of music, so I'm likely to reply to a thread someone starts about almost any genre of music.) As far as traditional type music, I really like the soundtrack to The Secret of Roan Inish, which is Irish traditional folk music.

05-22-2003, 05:34 AM	#9
Matta Sapling Join Date: May 2003 Location: KCMO - Valentine Posts: 2	Is there still any Folk music going on these days? I have a vague memory of SteelEye Span from my past, but I can't remember what they sound like! All the classic folk people have all evolved into something else. Maybe Jewel could be considered 'folk' - I don't know. But she's almost old hat now, too. (but I like her voice and lyrics). I guess I have ray'ed out from around folk music to -> retro 40's, Bluegrass, Connie Dover, New Age, World music (ethnic), traditional (did anyone see 'Songcatcher'), etc. I used to really love Pentangle - remember them? (By the way - I saw Joan Baez just last year at our small concert theater nearby. She is still great, and has really kept in shape and looks beautiful.)

03-17-2004, 05:27 PM	#11
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	I'm not familiar with English folkmusic, but I do listen to Nordic and Finnish folk. It's very different from the popular music today, and that's great. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

03-17-2004, 06:19 PM	#12
Lalaith_Elf Her Infernal Majesty Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,188	Yeah I like English Folk, but I prefer Scottish Folk. I hear alot more Scottish than English as I live near the border. __________________ "It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

03-18-2004, 01:39 AM	#13
Forkbeard Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 369	Not precisely folk, but anyone here like Wolfstone? Forkbeard

03-18-2004, 06:09 AM	#14
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	I saw Fairport Convention once, but I must admit I preferred when they veered to the rockier side of folk rock. btw I hear the team that did 'Spinal Tap' or doing the same for folk with a spoof docu-film about an American folk group, I think it's being released this year but can't remember what it is called. __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

03-28-2004, 01:19 PM	#19
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	I kind of like the Corrs. Has anyone bought the Celtic Ring CD:s? Are they really good?

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