The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

Lisnaholic · 02-26-2017, 08:16 PM

No, Choimara, I don't play any instrument - never had that kind of patience or talent. And how about you? Do you play anything already, or would you be starting from scratch with the dulcimer or pixie harp?
Those Laura Canell tracks were beautiful; as you say, very haunting. And thanks for posting some more Riff Raff. I've downloaded a few tracks from Look Out Mama and like them all, so maybe I'll investigate Cat Power, who I don't know anything about. Your clip, Little Things, is good too, but I got a big surprise when I came across a video on Y/tube for Hungry Ghost. What a dramatic change of style and appearance!

French Canadian music has plenty of accordion, but La Bottine Souriente (= The Smiling Boot) are the best I've found so far. They have an album called En Spectacle, and they have what is probably my favourite live music clip, which I'm now posting for about the fifth time on MB:-

For a completely different style of accordion playing, I can recommend this album by Hailu Mergia, from Ethiopia. This is the amazon page:-
https://www.amazon.com/Hailu-Mergia-...06E36B6DRDFVNP

And here's a little taste of his music, which is lively, cool and mysterious all at the same time:-

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Chiomara · 03-16-2017, 12:35 PM

^ I like it, grindy.

Apologies for the delayed reply, Lisnaholic; I've been in a bit of a folk music rut (and on a 1950s music kick again as usual) but your selections were great as usual. I find non-American (north American that is) folk to almost always be better nowadays (with the exception of the French Canadian stuff); I'm not sure why that is. Cajun music can certainly be interesting, though.

I liked Hailu Mergia especially; I can imagine this playing in a 1970s opium den. (Also, I wish I had the energy of the dancing girl in the first video.)

No, I don't play any instruments at all, so I would indeed be starting from scratch.
What are your music-finding sources, by the way? If you have a main one, I mean.

Oh, and Cat Power is merely okay (not at all folksy, really) though her voice is kind of sultry and nice. It seems incredibly rare to stumble upon singer-songwriter vaguely-folksy indie artists that are truly memorable and don't just mumble over mournful guitar melodies. (Though I've ranted about that already.)

I found these when aimlessly poking around youtube the other day; have you heard of them? They're a Polish quartet:

^ different name, but same group.

02-26-2017, 08:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	No, Choimara, I don't play any instrument - never had that kind of patience or talent. And how about you? Do you play anything already, or would you be starting from scratch with the dulcimer or pixie harp? Those Laura Canell tracks were beautiful; as you say, very haunting. And thanks for posting some more Riff Raff. I've downloaded a few tracks from Look Out Mama and like them all, so maybe I'll investigate Cat Power, who I don't know anything about. Your clip, Little Things, is good too, but I got a big surprise when I came across a video on Y/tube for Hungry Ghost. What a dramatic change of style and appearance! French Canadian music has plenty of accordion, but La Bottine Souriente (= The Smiling Boot) are the best I've found so far. They have an album called En Spectacle, and they have what is probably my favourite live music clip, which I'm now posting for about the fifth time on MB:- For a completely different style of accordion playing, I can recommend this album by Hailu Mergia, from Ethiopia. This is the amazon page:- https://www.amazon.com/Hailu-Mergia-...06E36B6DRDFVNP And here's a little taste of his music, which is lively, cool and mysterious all at the same time:- ...... __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953 Last edited by Lisnaholic; 02-27-2017 at 06:30 AM. Reason: i read the previous post more carefully.

03-16-2017, 12:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chiomara mayor of spookytown Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 812	^ I like it, grindy. Apologies for the delayed reply, Lisnaholic; I've been in a bit of a folk music rut (and on a 1950s music kick again as usual) but your selections were great as usual. I find non-American (north American that is) folk to almost always be better nowadays (with the exception of the French Canadian stuff); I'm not sure why that is. Cajun music can certainly be interesting, though. I liked Hailu Mergia especially; I can imagine this playing in a 1970s opium den. (Also, I wish I had the energy of the dancing girl in the first video.) No, I don't play any instruments at all, so I would indeed be starting from scratch. What are your music-finding sources, by the way? If you have a main one, I mean. Oh, and Cat Power is merely okay (not at all folksy, really) though her voice is kind of sultry and nice. It seems incredibly rare to stumble upon singer-songwriter vaguely-folksy indie artists that are truly memorable and don't just mumble over mournful guitar melodies. (Though I've ranted about that already.) I found these when aimlessly poking around youtube the other day; have you heard of them? They're a Polish quartet: ^ different name, but same group.