The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

[Lisnaholic]

I'm listening to Kathy Smith's album, "2", from 1971. In about half songs, Kathy sounds like a fairly demure folky; I like much better the faster songs, where there's a slight hint of some unbridled direction that she never quite took:-

[Lisnaholic]

Welcome to MB, Calluna!

Your Dead, Drake, and Dylan albums are great favourites of mine too! Here are a couple of recs you might like because they are equally, consistently good and from the same era:-
Blue - Joni Mitchell
An Evening With - Dando Shaft
Dust Bowl Ballads* - Woody Guthrie
Whales And Nightingales - Judy Collins
Basket of Light - Pentangle

* This one was recorded in 1940, on 78 r.p.m! Re-issued in 1964 I think

[escforum]

love the recommendations

[Ayn Marx]

I’m not good at categorizing songs into classifications listed on MUSIC BANTER so this is only a stab in the dark. Having just listened to all of this I realise most of it sure isn’t anything like Country or Folk. Sorry Kiddies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLks3lyE1uU

[Lisnaholic]

Always good to see John Martyn represented on Music Banter, Ayn, and this is as good a place as any to put his music - except that again, I'm afraid, there is already a thread dedicated to good old JM:- https://www.musicbanter.com/general-...hn-martyn.html

(I am a bit of a stickler about keeping MB in good order; I'd say that the majority of members probably care a lot less than I do about these things. None the less, I wonder if I might suggest the "search" function that appears on the top banner of the MB screen. It's not always helpful, though I find the results are much more useful when I use the "show posts" option which it offers.)

John Martyn certainly started out with folk music, but took a lot of liberties with its interpretation! Here's a guy with a more conventional approach who I imagine you've heard of: Lionel Long is not a particular favourite of mine, but he was good at conveying the beauty inherent in some old traditional songs:-



PS: as for recognizing genres of music, I found that I learnt an awful lot just by poking around on MB. In my head, I divide my musical education into two parts: before joining MB and after joining MB.

[Ayn Marx]

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

(I am a bit of a stickler about keeping MB in good order; I'd say that the majority of members probably care a lot less than I do about these things. None the less, I wonder if I might suggest the "search" function that appears on the top banner of the MB screen. It's not always helpful, though I find the results are much more useful when I use the "show posts" option which it offers.)

But who wrote the software for ’show posts’? This gets really complicated.

I also dread missing out on ‘crossover’ music by using such a facility.
I’m reminded of a recent argument over the two Album ‘Trio’ recording with Dolly Parton, Emmy Lou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. I was informed my description of their ‘Blue Train’ track as country meant I knew nothing about country. Maybe I don’t ? Strangly these questions have only reared their ugly head when I puzzle where to post certain music on the forum.

[Lisnaholic]

^ Good one, rubber soul!

Originally Posted by Stephen

^ Thanks for this clip, Stephen
I liked the simple set-up, and given that it was a dip into a collection of old singles, I didn't find the crackling of the grooves, full of wind-blown dust and i don't know what else, to be particularly distracting. Nice music, nice shots from the ceiling,though i wish the guy had held the record sleeves up over his head so that we could get a decent look at them.

Originally Posted by Ayn Marx

But who wrote the software for ’show posts’? This gets really complicated.

I also dread missing out on ‘crossover’ music by using such a facility.
I’m reminded of a recent argument over the two Album ‘Trio’ recording with Dolly Parton, Emmy Lou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. I was informed my description of their ‘Blue Train’ track as country meant I knew nothing about country. Maybe I don’t ? Strangly these questions have only reared their ugly head when I puzzle where to post certain music on the forum.

Zero idea about the MB software, Ayn.

Yes, everyone struggles a bit about putting music in the appropriate category; with many artists/pieces of music there is no "right answer". I always think about MB that enthusiasm for music is more important than expert knowledge, so someone who says "you know nothing about country" is being pretty unhelpful in my opinion.

[Ayn Marx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWSP3fwyDQ4

[Stephen]

[Ayn Marx]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Every time I see anyone handle vinyl with their bare hands I want to scream.
No wonder so many ‘mixes’ sound like someone sandpapering music to death.
Call me a vinyl snob if you wan’t.