I love when a UK folk band expands their horizons to adopt the propulsive electric bass grooves and backbeat that characterized US folk-rock of the era. This LP is a great example, but Shirley Collins’ otherworldly voice and the song choices keep the vibeS trending traditional pic.twitter.com/q8v8E5zAiD— the modern folk (@themodernfolk) August 1, 2022
― dow, Monday, 1 August 2022 22:29 (one year ago) link
Keep meaning to buy Show of Hands' Singled Out, but I'm little puzzled by what it's meant to be exactly. A compilation of assorted post-2001 songs(?), with two rare recordings from the early 90s Columbus EP and "Crazy Boy" from 1997's Dark Fields. But why? What's it for?
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 1 August 2022 23:30 (one year ago) link
since the season is officially here and there has been a lot of “brit folk = chilly weather” discourse lately, here’s that uk folk mix i did for @aquadrunkard a while back https://t.co/NPzE7kYLlW— jocelyn romo (@theeroamer) September 25, 2022
― dow, Sunday, 25 September 2022 16:32 (one year ago) link
Lankum album (despite the album art) is really as good as they say
heavy, droney, druidic tradhttps://lankum.bandcamp.com/album/false-lankum
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 13:29 (ten months ago) link
Lankum are not British! And there's already a thread for them!
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 13:42 (ten months ago) link
lol true on both counts, sorry!
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 13:49 (ten months ago) link
Oops.
― Renaissance of the Celtic Trumpet (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 14:07 (ten months ago) link
have been spinning shearwater multiple times this last week so seeing this was a nice surprise today: https://thequietus.com/articles/33584-martin-carthy-bakers-dozen-favourite-albums-jon-wilks
― no lime tangier, Monday, 13 November 2023 04:36 (five months ago) link
Lovely Martin Carthy. My grandfather played and sang with him in Bath and Sidmouth. I'm reliably informed their singing voices were very similar too.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 13 November 2023 06:24 (five months ago) link
I saw Martin Simpson at a local church last weekend. He was great as ever, and just as pissed off. He played mostly stuff off his new album; Deportee, a Woody Guthrie cover, was probably the highlight. It's a predominantly conservative area, so some of his barbed comments about Rwanda and Gaza were met with a mixture of soft applause and awkward silence.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 18 April 2024 20:14 (five days ago) link