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post #1 of 10
2/4/07 at 11:51pm
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hey people, i've been lurking here for a while..found alot of good bands through this site. right now im digging folk music and i need some more, hopefully you guys can help me out. here's the kind of stuff ive been listening to lately.

William Elliot Whitmore

Ora Cogan

The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
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post #2 of 10
2/5/07 at 12:10am
Joan Baez
Miriam Makeba
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post #3 of 10
2/5/07 at 12:15am
Having listened to the clips by Ora Cogan, may I suggest by the album Lowlands by Susan McKeown and New York Tenderberry by Laura Nyro.

P.S. Thank you for tipping us on William Elliott Whitmore; he is wonderful.
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post #4 of 10
1/26/10 at 6:14pm
check out the following -

Lúnasa
Solas
Flook
Planxty
Bothy Band
Danu

YouTube - Lunasa - Boy in the Boat
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post #5 of 10
1/26/10 at 8:20pm
a couple...
Fairport Convention (esp. first couple albums with Sandy Denny and Richard Thompson)
Townes Van Zandt (this video has a long intro. but so worth watching...guy can make a 79 yr. old crusty blues guy break down...)
Espers (currently around and really great take on British-sounding 70's folk with a touch of Black Sabbath ?!, yep)
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post #6 of 10
1/29/10 at 5:12pm
Check out:
Karen Dalton
Loudon Wainwright
Bert Jansch
Iron And Wine
Judee Sill
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The list could be long, depending on the definition of folk.....
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post #7 of 10
1/29/10 at 5:19pm
I'm no folk aficionado myself, but the soundtrack from "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" is a really neat (and diverse) offering.

Also, I've saw this up-and-coming group at an artist showcase a few years ago. They're *really* good:

Bearfoot
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post #8 of 10
1/29/10 at 6:34pm
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Originally Posted by jonnyhambone View Post
a couple...
Fairport Convention (esp. first couple albums with Sandy Denny and Richard Thompson)
Townes Van Zandt (this video has a long intro. but so worth watching...guy can make a 79 yr. old crusty blues guy break down...)
Espers (currently around and really great take on British-sounding 70's folk with a touch of Black Sabbath ?!, yep)
May as well check out Richard Thompson's later work too. Extremely versatile.

+ YouTube Video
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post #9 of 10
1/29/10 at 7:25pm
Some new offerings are pretty good:

The Avett Brothers
Iron and Wine
Fleet Foxes
Langhorne Slim

Little less straight traditional folk, though.
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post #10 of 10
1/29/10 at 9:25pm
Bluegrass or folk? The artists the OP's mentioned I would not put necessarily squarely in either category...Kind of alt-folk perhaps. Here's a few suggestions based on listening to your picks (I liked the Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir, btw):

The Be Good Tanyas
Po' Girl
Alexi Murdoch
Gillian Welch (moving towards bluegrass)
Wailin Jenny's
Nick Drake

many more, many mentioned already....
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