Transient Folk

Sam Amidon – Bright Sunny South

by Roy on 29/11/2013

Looking through the programme for the Woodford Folk Festival which I attend every year, which everybody should go to even if you have to fly to Australia for it, and I saw that one of my favorite folk artists was on the bill, hell yeah.

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Sams latest album is a good one too. A collection of classic folk tunes done right. I am really looking forward to see his skills on show for us to see.

You can get his albums and such through his website: http://www.samamidon.com/

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Micah Blue Smaldone – The Red River

by Roy on 25/11/2013

Man was this different to what I was expecting.

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The sparse guitar driven Piedmont blues style of his previous albums has transformed into something much more full bodied and much more folk driven. It didn’t take too long to appreciate the change.

You should be able to grab the album here if you would like: http://immunerecordings.net/catalog/the-red-river/ if you want the mp3s you will have to go to one of those other site I don’t like to link to.

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Waxahatchee – Cerulean Salt

by Roy on 24/11/2013

Another artist to get two albums on my blog, at least that may start sorting out that weird tag cloud thing on the side over there.

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This album strips away some of the lo-fi-ness of her previous album, and adds a little more electric into the mix. The resulting album is different in many ways, and the same in others. I think this album may be even better than her last, and definitely has some catchy numbers on board.

Grab the album here: http://dongiovannirecords.com/release/cerulean-salt

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Bill Wells & Aiden Moffat – Everything Is Getting Older

by Roy on 06/11/2013

Walking the line between poetry and storytelling can be a very murky place . Are song lyrics poetry? Is a story read aloud poetry?…. I would say yes, but I’m not sure my definition is the one to be quoted out there in the real world.

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Moffat has one of those accents that I could listen to forever. I would love to listen to audio books read by him that’s for sure.

His words paint a gritty dark picture of real life. We don’t need more a glamorised version of reality, real life and real people are more interesting by far.

Get the album here: http://shop.chemikal.co.uk/acatalog/Bill_Wells_Aidan_Moffat.html

or look at Aidens other stuff here: http://www.aidanmoffat.co.uk/

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The Deep Dark Woods – Winter Hours

by Roy on 04/11/2013

Some nice folk music to help you get through the day. Or if you are more like me then some nice folk music to nurse your hang-over to lying on the floor. Not that I’m doing that right now, just that when I do this is my album of choice.

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This album has some catchy tunes and some great lyrics. This is another one of those albums that after a few background plays the non-folkies will be singing in their heads and then come back demanding to know what song has these lyrics and want more.

Grab some here: http://thedeepdarkwoods.com/

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Shovels and Rope – O’ Be Joyful

by Roy on 02/11/2013

When I first hear something my brain does a quick analysis, and in this case decides that yes, these guys must be pretty big and well known with a sound like that.

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Well apparently they are not as well known as I expected. But with raw passionate vocals and catchy riffs these two should be well on the way up and up if this industry is anywhere close to just.

Grab there music here: http://www.shovelsandrope.com/

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The Heavy Horses – Murder Ballads & Other Love Songs

by Roy on 30/10/2013

Outlaw Folk. You know the stuff, on the run toward the mexico border, nothing but the pistol in your pocket and the clothes on your back.

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The Heavy Horses specialise in storytelling that romantic vision of the wild west that we all have buried in our collective subconscious. I have a lot of time for this stripped back acoustic country folk that takes you to an older, tougher time and place.

You can get their music from their website: http://www.theheavyhorses.com/

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Tin Horn Prayer – Grapple The Rails

by Roy on 10/10/2013

I still listen to a lot of punk music, even though as the name of this blog professes that I really love folk. What would be better than all of this at once? (Well maybe just some mandolin punk really). Well not much when its done this well.

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This album is what I can call great car music, especially turned up so loud that there in no chance of conversation. As it may have become clear by now I am not going to say much more than that about a band on this blog, as I would just be copying what somebody else that wrote about them earlier. So have a listen and let the music speak for itself.

Looks like you can this one pretty cheap here at the moment http://paperandplastick.com/artistdetail.php?id=81

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Jim White – Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See

by Roy on 05/10/2013

At a gig waiting for a band and the sound man is playing a real good album over the PA system. Should I ask him what it is… nah, I’ll just remember the lyrics and search them. The next day all I could remember was the words “Girl” and “Brownsville”. Which luckily was enough.

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So after that bit of sleuth work I was rewarded with this fantastic album. Jim White is a man with his own style and one that definitely stands out in the crowd.

Not to sure where you can get hold of this one universally, but I’m sure you can work it out.

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Gill Landry – Piety And Desire

by Roy on 15/09/2013

Gill has the honor of being the first artist to get two albums up on this blog. That is because he is really that good. Really.

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I am really getting into this particular style of Louisiana folk music and have found myself listening to more and more bands with this sound. I will try to get some of the lesser known ones up on the blog so you can have a bit of a listen as well.

You can get the album from his website http://www.gilllandrymusic.com/

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