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Old 05-15-2017, 06:19 PM   #730 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rostasi View Post
Cumbia meets Raggamuffin:

^ Well, that is some severely de-constructed cumbia rostasi! It certainly doesn't resemble the cumbia that is a radio staple here in Mexico.

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Originally Posted by Chiomara View Post
I'm in the same situation. I require my folk music to leave me feeling as though I've been kicked in the gut (in a good way) afterward, and I've just not been finding that lately. Overall I have slightly better luck (at least in terms of not being bored to tears) with Slavic folk as well as African and middle eastern folk/blues. Warsaw Village Band (the one I showed you a while back) is the last one I found that I truly loved.
And sadly it seems a lot of freak folk veers a bit too close to forgettable coffee shop background music.
^ HaHa! That is a great description! The difficulty is finding anything, though.
Petula07, who used to post here ages ago, strongly recommended the band Altan Urag from Mongolia, and in return I recommended Andrey Vinogradov to her. I hope one of them kicks you in the gut, Chiomara - in the nicest possible way of course.

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P.S. Yes, surely there is some angry freak-folk genius who does more with the genre than play coffee-shop background music, or horror-movie soundtrack music, which is what it makes me think of usually. Perhaps I'll check out some more Fursaxa as Frownland speaks highly of them.
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