suggestions and education for this clueless folkie, please

[Orang Utan]

Folk music band names tend to make me grit my teeth in embarrassment

 

[BobDavis]

There is an app called Radio Garden that allows you to find & listen to radio stations literally all over world. I found it a bit too random but it might be of interest to some. Available for both iPhone & android.

 

[killer b]

This album by the guitarist David Jaycock from last year is lovely (he also did a great LP a few years ago with Marry Waterson, Lal Waterson's daughter)

 

[nogojones]

This is great and a rather 'interesting' video.

Flashbacks to rockin up at midnight mass on a mircodot

 

[sojourner]

Tunng.

 

[cyberfairy]

Churches and drugs are an amazing combination! That was to Nojo Jones, not a sudden ephiphany.

 

[cyberfairy]

Tunng.

The new album has an amazing song about death on it

 

[sojourner]

The new album has an amazing song about death on it

It's mostly about death isn't it?

Oh also - Pete Morton. He's ace.

 

[cyberfairy]

It's mostly about death isn't it?

Oh also - Pete Morton. He's ace.

Yeahm didn't narrow things down much...this one...keep singing it at work.In my primary school. Beats The Rubber Bandits I guess.

 

[hitmouse]

Oh, thought of a few more - questionable degrees of new-ness, especially since Molina died in 2013, but if we're using the sensible objective definition that everything released since I started listening to music is new and everything before that is old, these pretty much all count:
Jason Molina/Songs:Ohia - brilliant cold empty music that sounds like the end of the world. Has loads of music, including lots that I've never listened to, and apparently went all 70s rock at some point, but I love Protection Spells and Didn't It Rain. Recommended if you like vaguely mystical lyrics that sound very wise even though you have no idea what they actually mean:


Lonely Tourist - some good tunes and a lovely Scottish accent. Also "Smells Like Team Meeting" is a truly great song name:


Just Joans - speaking of lovely Scottish accents, What Do We Do Now? proper fucks me up.

 

[Rebelda]

Stick in the wheel, but don't start with their last album (no shade but let them get you there)

 

[cyberfairy]

Stick in the wheel, but don't start with their last album (no shade but let them get you there)

I loved their last album especially this one

 

[cyberfairy]

I love this mixture of different folk traditions- and the use of the word 'bum'. .

 

[Boru]

This is beautiful too.. and fairy tale style video..

 

[cyberfairy]

i just dipped into the middle of this at around the 3 minute mark



and i got a hint of U2 - Im not trying to do the music down, more to say I hadnt picked up on the idea that U2 has an irish folk strain within it...its the little guitar arpeggios particularly i think....echoing irish folk fiddling perhaps

as you were

You have ruined The Spook of The Thirteenth Loch for me now

 

[neonwilderness]

I've got this on now and it's better and more varied than I remember - really nice.

I came here to post that

This one of theirs is nice too




Also this by Shirley Collins which I think you posted on last year's album thread

 

[neonwilderness]

Stick in the wheel, but don't start with their last album (no shade but let them get you there)

The concept album they did a track for and produced last year is good too

 

[sojourner]

Yeahm didn't narrow things down much...this one...keep singing it at work.In my primary school. Beats The Rubber Bandits I guess.

I've not actually heard the album. Will have a listen to this when I have a mo to pay attention to it. Ta

 

[cyberfairy]

Hate Jools Holland but this is a cracker

 

[hitmouse]

Shit, I've just got around to listening to that and realised that they're the same as Lynched. Anyway, I think Cinder Well who I mentioned earlier was involved with Lankum at some point, as well as being ex-Blackbird Raum. I wasn't sure if Blackbird Raum are quite the sort of thing Campanula was after, since they're far from lush, but thinking about it you can't really go wrong with Honey in the Hair:

 

[cyberfairy]

Shit, I've just got around to listening to that and realised that they're the same as Lynched. Anyway, I think Cinder Well who I mentioned earlier was involved with Lankum at some point, as well as being ex-Blackbird Raum. I wasn't sure if Blackbird Raum are quite the sort of thing Campanula was after, since they're far from lush, but thinking about it you can't really go wrong with Honey in the Hair:

Lankum changed their name from Lynched due- have albums under both names- love it and now liking Blackbird Raum-thanks for heads up

 

[cyberfairy]

. A disturbing amount of sensible coats :-(

 

[editor]

Lonely Tourist - some good tunes and a lovely Scottish accent. Also "Smells Like Team Meeting" is a truly great song name:

Reminds me of this song which I loved

 

[pseudonarcissus]

Megan O’Neill is lovely, maybe a bit more county.

 

[cyberfairy]

 

[editor]

 

[killer b]

I picked up a split tape this week from a band called Shovel Collective which was great, and found they released this album last year which I've had on all day and am really into - it's a mix of songs and dance numbers, all trad folk but with a real nice unsettling edge to it all. They're all radical socialists, feminists etc and apparently try to bring this to the music, but other than a couple of songs (The Blackleg Miner etc) I don't know exactly how they do this... it's a good album anyway. Will be keen on seeing these guys when we're allowed.

The Shovel Dance, by Shovel Dance Collective

7 track album

shoveldancecollective.bandcamp.com

 

[Knotted]

Been getting into Lankum as mentioned above. Totally up my street.

Also I've just "discovered" Gwenifer Raymond who does Bill Fahey style instrumental guitar. She's immensely talented.

More obscure but I've been enjoying Leveret who are a more traditional English accordion/melodeon/violin instrumental group.

 

[RubyToogood]

Been getting into Lankum as mentioned above. Totally up my street.

Also I've just "discovered" Gwenifer Raymond who does Bill Fahey style instrumental guitar. She's immensely talented.

More obscure but I've been enjoying Leveret who are a more traditional English accordion/melodeon/violin instrumental group.

LOL @ Leveret being obscure.

 

[Knotted]

LOL @ Leveret being obscure.

Fair enough but that was the first mention they've ever had on urban. Same with Gwenifer Raymond.