Briks' exploration of folk starts NOW!
Pet_Sounds said in the shouty yesterday that more people needed to post in the folk subforum. I'd totally post there, but I can't really do that right now, as I'm not that well-versed in the folk landscape (even though I dig most of what I've heard). So I'm starting a folk section, where I do mini-reviews of folk albums. Simple enough. A couple of them will be ones I've already heard, but ultimately I'm doing this to branch out and discover new stuff. I'll be doing contemporary folk music, traditional folk music, indie folk, folk rock, folk pop, country folk (that's a thing, right?) etc.
Albums to be featured (red albums have already been done):
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà vu
Neil Young - Harvest
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds - Fifth Dimension
Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence
Paul Simon - Graceland
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Loreena McKennitt - The Visit
Planxty - Planxty
The list will be edited over time. Feel free to throw recommendations at me (Pet_Sounds already has): I'll write them up and try to listen to most of them.