The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

[Drjohnrock]

Originally Posted by Safar

The Durutti Column - Sketch For Summer (England)

This is yet another of the seemingly millions of musical acts I've heard of but never heard anything by--until now. I really like the sounds Mr. Reilly gets from his guitar. I'll be sure to check out more music from The Durutti Column/Vini Reilly.

As always, your posts are enjoyable and informative, Safar.

[Safar]

Glad, my recent find was helpful Drjohnrock, but my info is a little thin. Here is some more.

...having developed a completely new and unique guitar sound in the late 1970s, which had a decisive influence on the following decades, one would expect an extroverted media personality with rock star gestures. But Vini Reilly, the mastermind behind Durutti Column, is completely different.

Spoiler for The Durutti Column - Never Known:

[Safar]

The name probably derives from the Masovia region around Warsaw. The dance was first mentioned in writing in the 14th century. However, it only really took off 200 years later, when the mazurka made its way beyond the borders from rural festivals. There is no such thing as one type of mazurka: rather, it is a generic term for several dances that vary in tempo and character... To some ears, the mazurka may therefore sound like a somewhat bumpy waltz. But that is precisely its secret: the accent shifts between the second and third beats, making the dance lively, unexpected, and distinctive.

Sarah Loughran and Paul Young - The Origin Of The World (England)


Paul Young - Septembre (England)


Konstantin Klabunde - The joy of Joyce (Germany)

Blowzabella is a genuinely unique band that makes an inimitable, driving, drone-based wall-of-sound played with a fabulous sense of melody, rhythmic expertise and sheer feeling They compose their own music which is influenced by English and European traditional folk music and song – a shared culture with ancient roots. Many of their tunes are “standards” in the modern British/European folk repertoire and are played by people all over the world.

Blowzabella - Neylis (Track 5 Tilham) (England)

[Safar]

Brìghde Chaimbeul (Breech-huh Campbell) is a leading purveyor of celtic experimentalism and a master of the Scottish smallpipes; a bellows-blown, mellower cousin to the famous Highland bagpipes. A native Gaelic speaker, Brìghde roots her music in her language and culture. She rose to prominence as a prodigy of traditional music, but has since begun a journey to take the smallpipes into unchartered territory.

Brìghde Chaimbeul - Bog an Lochan (Scotland)

[Carpe Mortem]

I haven't been on this site in years, but I was pretty balls deep metalhead when I was last.

And I still am! But bluegrass has taken a big part of my heart, too. Love these ones.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sp33WgVWMA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjDYWYHCYaY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19-574GhCWU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h51p37GSiks


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2mP..._8UN7s-7wgs4Wy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQWtS-Xf7jA

[Safar]

“My voice is my gift from God,” she said in an interview. “If I don't use it, I'm abusing my gift.” Listening to the once powerful alto of the 86-year-old, it has become gentler, softer, but can still conjure up a dark storm front when she raises her album “Sad And Beautiful World” with “Chicago.”...

Mavis Staples - Sad and Beautiful World (USA)

Born into a lineage of activism, Eric's father, the late Leon Bibb, was a key figure in the civil rights movement, marching alongside Dr. Martin Luther King. Immersed in the Village folk scene during his youth, Eric found inspiration in the visits of luminaries like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Pete Seeger. Influenced deeply by the sounds of Odetta, Richie Havens, and Taj Mahal, he synthesized these elements into a style uniquely his own.

Eric Bibb - This One Don't (USA)

[Safar]

The music group Reality 7 comes from Matikwe, Inanda, in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is a six-member, all-male gospel group known for its style, which combines traditional South African Is'cathamiya music with modern gospel sounds.

Reality 7 - Travelling Home (South Africa)

[Stephen]

The Other Years

Sparse instrumentation and harmonies for wonderfully uplifting folky vibes.

[Safar]

Although born in the North West of England she has had a passion for Irish music since childhood and growing up in a musical home she started playing the whistle at an early age before getting her first set of Uilleann pipes in her mid teens. Self taught, Catherine regards her early influences as Planxty, The Bothy Band, Lunasa, and Paddy Keenan.

Catherine Ashcroft & Maurice Dickson - Táimse im' Chodladh/King of the Pipers (England)

[Safar]

The song was composed by Michael Considine from Spancil Hill (also written ‘Spancilhill’) in County Clare, Ireland. Born circa 1850, he emigrated to the United States around 1870 with a plan to work and make enough money to bring over his sweetheart Mary McNamara, ‘Mack the Ranger’s Daughter’ in the song, so that they could be married.
In the ballad, the writer dreams he has travelled to his home place the night before the village’s famous horse fair which is held every year in June. Observing the people who have gathered for the fair which is to be held the following day, he also visits old neighbours and of course his true love Mary.
At the time the song was written Michael Considine had made his way to California. By 1873 his health was failing, and in the realisation that he would never see Mary again sent the poem home to his nephew in County Clare.

Christy Moore & Shane MacGowan(The Pogues) - Spancil HILL (Ireland)

The quartet La Rue Kétanou grew up on the streets of Paris. Even after twenty years and seven albums, this is still unmistakable. La Rue Kétanou sing about a just world, about freedom, and about the beautiful and seductive women of this world. Today, they can count on a loyal following, playing in clubs across the country, and even booking the Zenith in Paris from time to time. The songs are straightforward, with choruses made for singing along. Three guitars, an accordion—that's all you need for a party.

La Rue Ketanou - Ma Faute à Toi (France)