Guest Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Long story short, my girlfriend got an hour long radio show at her college. Unfortunately, she just got notification today that she got the show, and it starts tomorrow. She's got a pretty healthy library, but it's diverse, and her show is primarily about folk music. She's got/we've got enough to cobble together an hour or two and not have repeat artists, etc, but she wants to get more so she has a bit of a safety net. It'll help a lot with her nerves if I can give her some more suggestions soon. So, with that said, can you WATMMers give me some suggestions for good folk songs/artists, or any other cutesy acoustic/lofi music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 clannad - dulaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest placidburp Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 I adore these guys, I think they would be classed as Folk? [youtubehd]AiqhuYe_Z70[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest placidburp Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 also [youtubehd]DrQRS40OKNE[/youtubehd] [youtubehd]ePatJIwB-sI[/youtubehd] [youtubehd]Wpgc39VqYQ8[/youtubehd] Folk? I'm shit with genres... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tht tne Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 the only folk i am versed in is traditional irish folk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest placidburp Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Shooglenifty? [youtubehd]sxf2kzoN_iU[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest headonist Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Bittová + Václavek – Bílé Inferno http://www.discogs.com/Bittov%C3%A1-V%C3%A1clavek-B%C3%ADl%C3%A9-Inferno/release/2040822 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tht tne Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 how about pentangle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 john fahey and robbie basho. there is nothing finer imo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXcwqC-oAJA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bKOzAQibzA and nick drake, but see the big thread on one of the first two pages of this subforum for that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABAi5jWvxbU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Thanks all, especially acidburp and kaini. Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 [youtubehd]TWJO_pfyOho[/youtubehd] [youtubehd]NRkLyF_r_wI[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 a lot of people dismiss gordon lightfoot as a cheesy canadian alcoholic folk-lite dude but i grew up with this shit, and some of it is awesome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0DqPSF2fyo&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 and here's a bit of folk-fusion from moving hearts, christy moore's old band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT_RGgFSN3M and another bit from horslips (chassis's gonna have a lol at this one) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5G8AJf4Xzw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 [youtubehd]TWJO_pfyOho[/youtubehd] [youtubehd]NRkLyF_r_wI[/youtubehd] these guys influenced a lot of great music from the stones to boards of canada. this particular album is exceptional. psychedelic folk, totally hippy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 one more fahey. fuck, i could listen to fahey forever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReW9uUYm-DA i particularly love this because of the closeups on the fretboard. master of the alternate tuning, along with nick and in a different context jimmy page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tht tne Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 maybe some leo kottke http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gh-U9T7T4Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ricky Downtown Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Daniel Johnston http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46HEC4brycA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIYxE17dNBY Ramblin Jack Elliott http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO1VVSJ1S78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tht tne Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 there is a gem from carolyn hester's debut album called "when jesus lived in galilee," album features bob dylan's recording debut (playing harmonica) but i don't really like carolyn hester's vocals on it; i just remember my dad and his mother used to sing this at christmas when we would get together there is a cool song on there called "yarrow," though.. i also remember mom playing peter paul & mary records before i went to school, getcha some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 [youtubehd]BRxvUneWcdQ[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Not everything the Mountain Goats do can be classified as folk - but they do do some. And damn is it ever good. Kaini beat me to it with Gordon Lightfoot, but Daniel Lanois offers some good Canadian folk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er1d2MtglWw I would post video of King Creosote and Jon Hopkins album "Diamond Mine" but WMG is a bunch of cunts and have blocked it. Anyhow - I guess you could call it ambient folk - but guaranteed you will love the shit out of it. If she's already versed, she probably knows all about Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Iron & Wine, but I'll just throw em out as a reminder :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSvtCX3lalg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 She told me to thank all of you, and that she will be playing some of the songs posted here. You'll be able to listen to her show streaming at http://www.wiux.org/radio/ at 4:00 pm eastern us (9:00 pm GMT) every Monday. In a couple months, I'll be a guest co-host on the show once or twice as well. And of course, more suggestions are still welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greg Reason Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Bert Jansch is well wicked, and funnily enough John MacLaughin did some really beautiful, restrained acoustic folk-jazz stuff on My Goal's Beyond that I cannot recommend highly enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauhid Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7sktnUKkgM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p34dReSyPBk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gFQJQG7a4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTtdSyFB-M8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeVKAPlyx2s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxWNWq21GUE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB1aRHYiK4E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSFUKmmcRBU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 If she is worried about filling time this will be perfect, 10 minutes of sublime folk goodness. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDwLGjbmUo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 'dark was the night' compilation album... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t9ac7-uMRc&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoaY8tFoPLA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irhiIeDZsFg&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h821NjeKA9Q&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FwU230utKY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMndkU_WtnE&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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