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The Folk And International Roots Album Club Opens Its Doors !
A new album club is now open in the folk forum for anyone interested in contemporary or traditional folk music, and all its sub-genres, from around the world. Take a look at the FAIR Album Club thread and join in.You can read about the club or nominate an album that you`d like to share for our next poll by going here :- > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-folk-world-music/57617-folk-international-roots-album-club.html#post1086287 Right now, though, we are voting to choose the first album for discussion, so why not join us by voting for an album here:- > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...july-30-a.html |
Strategies Against Architecture II - The (New) Avant Garde/Experimental Album Club
is back :) http://www.musicbanter.com/avant-gar...ml#post1088225 |
The Music Banter General Album Club
Has selected Butthole Surfers - Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac as the first album for group discussion! Discussion is open for one month, come give a listen and join in. Also, THEME NOMINATIONS are now being accepted for the next club until Saturday, July 30! |
It's New Age Week!
"New Age music is music of various styles intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism. It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation,[1] and reading as a method of stress management[2] or to create a peaceful atmosphere in their home or other environments, and is often associated with environmentalism and New Age spirituality.[1]" |
I`m currently running two great threads on the forum, the first is the long running Album Wars which I`ve just recently taken over on. Check it out and place your votes and suggest new battles by sending me a PM.:finger:
http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...-wars-241.html |
The second is Metal Wars which was has only just been started and works exactly the same way as Album Wars, but as the name suggests it just covers metal albums. Again check it out and place your votes and PM me your album battle choices.:bringit:
http://www.musicbanter.com/rock-meta...etal-wars.html |
The Folk And International Roots Album Club has chosen its first album:-
Passion, Grace and Fire by John McLaughlin, Al Di meola and Paco de Lucia There`s a week from today to track it down and listen, then on Aug 7 a discussion thread will open for the album. In the meantime you can read about the club or nominate an album that you`d like to share for our next poll by going here :- > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-folk-world-music/57617-folk-international-roots-album-club.html#post1086287 |
It's Romantic Week!
"Western Classical Music that was initially developed in the period from 1815-1910. While predominantly practiced in Europe in the 19th century, Romantic music possesses stylistic qualities that make it more than a mere geographical or chronological category. Romantic music can be characterized by its expressive and emotional qualities, especially in terms of melody." |
The Music Banter GENERAL ALBUM CLUB...
Is taking nominations for the chosen theme: Albums that make you feel badass when you listen to them! Suggestions are taken for one week from today, please get your nomination in! |
It's Southern Rock Week!
Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music, and genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals. Although it is unknown from where the term southern rock came, "many people feel that these important contributors to the development of rock and roll have been minimized in rock’s history." |
The Music Banter General Album Club
Is casting votes for the next album to discuss! The theme is "Albums That Make You Feel Badass When You Listen To Them"! Join in the sheer awesomeness! |
It's Big Band Week!
"The big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz, a style of music which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late 1950s. Big Bands evolved with the times and continues to today. A big band typically consists of approximately 12 to 25 musicians and contains saxophones, trumpets, trombones, vibraphone, singers (or vocalists), and a rhythm section. The terms jazz band, jazz ensemble, stage band, jazz orchestra, society band and dance band may be used to describe a specific type of big band." |
The Music Banter General Album Club
Has chosen Dalek's Absence for August's theme: Albums that Make You Feel Badass When You Listen To Them (what a mouthful)! Come join the fun. The Club is now accepting theme nominations for September's club! Get your say in now! Open for one week. |
^ After you`ve visited the Music Banter General Music Album Club, why not try
The Folk And International Roots Album Club On this thread you can check us out or nominate an album for us to vote on:- > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-folk-world-music/57617-folk-international-roots-album-club.html#post1086287 We have two albums up for discussion so far, so you could also post a comment about them on these threads :- > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...-de-lucia.html > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...hieftains.html Or you can help choose our next album for discussion by voting in this poll :- > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...gust-30-a.html Time to get clicking; time to get voting ! :) |
It's Instrumental Hip Hop Week!
"Instrumental hip hop is hip hop music without vocals. Hip hop as a general rule consists of two elements: an instrumental track (the "beat") and a vocal track (the "rap"). The artist who crafts the beat is the producer, and the one who crafts the rap is the MC. In this format, the rap is almost always the primary focus of the song, providing most of the complexity and variation over a more or less repetitive beat." |
The Music Banter General Album Club
Is voting on a theme for September's club! If you didn't care for the last theme, then make your vote count now! |
The MUSIC BANTER GENERAL ALBUM CLUB
Is taking nominations for September's winning theme: CONCEPT ALBUMS! Nominations will be accepted for ONE WEEK. |
It's Ambient Week！
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This week
The Folk And International Roots Album Club are voting on the next album up for discussion. Why not join in the vote here: http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...sept-14-a.html Or you could post a comment about our latest pollwinner, here :- http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...bum-exuma.html :) |
The Music Banter General Album Club
Is voting on concept albums for September's club! |
It's Acid Jazz Week!
"Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop,[1] particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are often credited as forerunners of acid jazz.[2] Acid jazz has also experienced minor influences from soul, house, and disco." |
The Music Banter General Album Club
Picked Iced Earth's Dark Saga for September's theme of Concept Albums. Give a listen, share opinion! |
Funk Off: It's Funk Rock Week!
"Funk rock is a music genre that fuses funk and rock elements.[1] Its earliest incarnation was heard in the late 1960s through the mid-1970s by acts such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience (last two albums), Eric Burdon and War, Trapeze, Parliament-Funkadelic, Betty Davis and Mother's Finest. The 1990s were known for acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rage Against the Machine. After over a period of time where the genre had died down in popularity, Audioslave revived the genre with the release of their 2006 album Revelations." |
^ "Funk Off" That`s brilliant ! :rofl:
Something else you can do this week is check out what`s happening in The Folk And International Roots Album Club You can either visit our clubhouse page :- > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-folk-world-music/57617-folk-international-roots-album-club.html#post1086287 Or you can post a comment about our most recently-chosen album :- > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...bob-dylan.html Or you can vote for our next album up for discussion. Rather in the style of The Weakest Link, or Big Brother, one of the albums in the poll is up for elimination. Be part of the drama, and cast a vote :- > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...sept-30-a.html |
The Music Banter General Album Club
Is voting for October's theme! Come make your vote count. |
It's Hardcore Punk Week!
"Hardcore punk (sometimes referred to simply as hardcore) is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock.[1] The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A. may have helped to popularize the term with the title of their 1981 album, Hardcore '81.[2][3][4] Hardcore has spawned the straight edge movement and its associated submovements, hardline and youth crew. Hardcore was heavily involved with the rise of the independent record labels in the 1980s, and with the DIY ethics in underground music scenes. It has influenced a number of music genres which have experienced mainstream success, such as metalcore, grunge, thrash metal, emo and post-hardcore." |
The Music Banter General Album Club
Is taking Instrumental Album nominationsve for October's club! This was an overwhelming victory, and surely everyone has something to submit! |
It's Samba Week!
"Samba (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃bɐ] (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...r_Icon.svg.png listen)) is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil (Rio De Janeiro) and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival. Considered one of the most popular Brazilian cultural expressions, samba has become an icon of Brazilian national identity.[1][2][3] The Bahian Samba de Roda (dance circle), which became a UNESCO Heritage of Humanity in 2005, is the main root of the samba carioca, the samba that is played and danced in Rio de Janeiro." |
The Music Banter General Album Club
Is picking an Instrumental album for October's Club. Get in on it! |
Bodacious! It's Surf Rock Week!
Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Orange County and other areas of Southern California. It was particularly popular between 1961 and 1965, has subsequently been revived and was highly influential on subsequent rock music.[6] It has two major forms: largely instrumental surf rock, with an electric guitar or saxophone playing the main melody, pioneered by acts such as Dick Dale and the Del-Tones... |
The Folk And International Roots Album Club
There are only a few days left to vote if you want to take part in chosing our next album, so why not vote here today :- > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...-oct-14-a.html You can also visit our clubhouse page :- > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-folk-world-music/57617-folk-international-roots-album-club.html#post1086287 Or you can post a comment about our most recently-chosen album :- > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...ml#post1110391 |
The Music Banter General Album Club
Has chosen Yo La Tengo's Sounds of the Sounds of Science as October's discussion album! Come tag along! |
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The Music Banter General Album Club
Is voting on a theme for November's club! If you find yourself getting bored of the available themes, then submit some new ones! Thank you! |
^ And when you`ve voted for November`s theme, there are two new polls in the Country, Folk and World Music forum:-
To choose the next album in The Folk And International Roots Album Club :- > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...-oct-30-a.html To pass judgement on Mamani Keita`s album, Gagner L`argent Francais :- > http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...ita.html<br /> |
It's No-Wave Week!
"No Wave was a short-lived movement in NYC in the late 70's which took the ethics of punk but discarded melody and catchiness and replaced them with such features as extreme noise, distortion, feedback, angular rhythms, stream-of-conciousness lyrics, psychotic vocals, minimalism, abnormal tunings, dissonance and other unusual factors. The original movement essentially lasted from 1976-1979 and featured bands like Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, Mars, DNA and James Chance & The Contortions. The most well-known document of the era is the Brian Eno-produced No New York compilation." |
The Music Banter General Album Club
Is accepting album nominations for November's theme: Albums from 1971. A lot of classics came out of this year, so it should be a great club! |
It's Avant-Folk Week!
And I'm going to bed having done a halfassed job, because I barely remembered to make the thread this week! |
The Music Banter General Album Club
Is voting on an album from 1971! Come pick your classic! |
It's Lovers Rock Week!
"Lovers Rock is a smooth, quieter reggae beat with lyrics focusing on romance and love. Its origins lay in the UK with the producer Dennis Harris and his recordings with artists on his Lovers Rock label from which the genre gained its name. It was seen as an alternative to Roots Reggae and its heavy lyrics and style which was popular at the time. As it developed, it became popular back in Jamaica where older reggae artists embraced it as a way to broaden their appeal and attract new fans." |
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