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What's your favorite Folk artist and why?
For me Robin Pecknold has now surpassed pic related and Nick. He's literally the chosen one, he's Tim Buckley level. If Tim Buckley loved playing little ditties.
As of right now I love Roy Harper and Van Morrison.
Are the rest of Harper's albums on par with Stormcock?
John Fahey. He has a huge discography and most of it is fantastic. He's not for everyone though.
Nick Drake is second place by the way.
Lifemask is pretty good. But I haven't really checked out a lot by him.
cool choice.
Mine is Robbie Basho, he is one spectacular musician, had a great unique voice, and a droney songwriting style which I find pretty interesting.
Also lots of feeling
Boyd Rice because he's a nazi
FINE DAY, SUNDAY
The Dubliners
And out of them, Ronnie
The feels
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Babatunde
Basho is great. I read about his death once, and now I'm too afraid to go to the chiropractor that my mother wants me to go to
Pretty generic but Townes van Zandt. I just love the way he writes about love and life. People say it's depressing which I guess it is but it's also uplifting to me in a way.
Orphan's Lament is one of my favourite of his, like you said, so much feeling.
I'm a big fan of Townes Van Zandt but his recordings can be a bit hit or miss. I understand he's a bit surface level though.
Does Babatunde have any other releases than the Drums of Passion series?
He does. Such as Zungo!
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And all sorts of other stuff. Just check his page on discogs
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Not necessarily my favorite, but I've been listening to a lot of Bert Jansch recently. As someone who's been struggling with an addiction "Needle of Death" is particularly relatable. Pentangle is fucking awesome too.
Bob Dylan
Objectively best at American folk music
so the nicest thread at the moment was ruined.
you're getting it wrong. folk is anonymous
folk is the way people call music rooted in folkloric music.
The same way we call "classic" music that is baroque, romantic, modern etc etc etc
>mu
>implying there are nice threads
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this was a comfy thread 10 minutes ago
Bert Jansch. Just great guitar playing, nice songs, nice voice... That's all.
I know I was just trying to be contrarian
thanks for being a nice guy tho :)
I've had a hard time getting into his solo work, I find it rather bland, what approach should I have?
>implying Dylan's acoustic works in the 60s alone don't put him in the running
>exactly implying that
Dylan was a direct influence on at least 6 of the musicians mentioned in this thread.
Anyone know the name of that artist who in, like, middle or elementary school saw a bunch of his fellow students burn to death after a furnace exploded or something like that?
And, in my opinion surpassed by those 6.
Don't misundestand me, I don't hate Dylan, but I think he was a pretty mediocre performer.
That was Jackson C. Frank
Good god, it's the guy in the op. I should've known, he looks like he's seen trouble. Thanks, friend. Much appreciated.
Jack Orion is a great album, have you tried listening to that? It sounds like an old fashioned english countryside.
cool, I'm liking the dorian mood
Is Paul Robeson considered folk? Or more like gospel or blues?
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Kind of gives his first album more meaning. This man suffered more tragedies than imaginable. It shows how much potential he had. It could've all been different.
Sir Richard Bishop
Has a very unique take on the American Primitivism style and isn't just trying to be Fahey like a lot of the modern ones.