The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

[rostasi]

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

11. Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music

Oh hell, yes!

[Lisnaholic]

^ Yes, that is such a great album, and if it weren't for the presumed language restriction, "The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music" would be in my top ten too:-

[Chiomara]

Oh, and I second all of the above folk album recommendations, particularly Erik Darling, Gillian Welch (I think you'd like her a lot, bat), Ry Cooder, John Fahey, and Kath Bloom, Mississippi John Hurt and Leo Kottke.

[rostasi]

Very nice addition of a cimbalom solo @ ca. 3 minutes

[rostasi]

[Lisnaholic]

^ Yep, that's a fabulous piece of folk music grindy, thanks!
I also liked Chiomara's Jammin' in the Redwoods.

Originally Posted by rostasi

^ I used to have an album by Joseph Spence, but I never got into it, tbh. Thanks to Ry Cooder, I expected every Joseph Spence song to sound like this,



... so my JS solo album was a pretty disappointing purchase for me.
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I think Dance Hall Girls is a really nice song; kind of sad but with a decent pace all the same. I love The Duhks studio version, which really brings out it's melancholy best. That's not available YouTube, though. These guys do a pretty good version of the same song, but who they are I can't tell you:-

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by rostasi

Very nice addition of a cimbalom solo @ ca. 3 minutes

^ Yes, I really liked the track, and especially the short cimbalom solo you pointed out. Thanks.

To help this thread along, I would usually add a recommendation of my own now, but recently I've hit a bit of a dry patch with folk/world music. I haven't come across anything inspiring for a while. Sorry.

[rostasi]

I'll help you out some...



Laboratorium Pieśni, a female polyphonic group from Poland (don't tell Goofle!).



and also new; from Leipzig:

[grindy]

Great take on czech folk music.

[rostasi]

So, did you like the cimbalom solo?