The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

[Lilja]

I really like this group called "Faun". Reminds me alot of Nordman, kind of that folk/rock sort of music. Next week is Walpurgis night btw (though the pole dancing is reserved for mid sommar, at least here ).

[Oriphiel]

Really? Huh. We pole dance all year round in these parts.

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by Frownland

I feel like this could benefit from being a little bit more raw, but apart from that, it's a great American(a) primitivism record worth scoping out. Some stunningly beautiful moments on this record.

Maurizio Abate - Standing Waters

^ Yep, I agree with your comment; I was disappointed that the "teaser" track is the only one with a decent bit of drone. For the rest, it's just acoustic guitar instrumentals all the way. Some nice moody moments though. If I had to describe the album in one adjective beginning with "H", I would say "Haunting".

Originally Posted by Lilja

I really like this group called "Faun". Reminds me alot of Nordman, kind of that folk/rock sort of music. Next week is Walpurgis night btw (though the pole dancing is reserved for mid sommar, at least here ).

^ Nice tracks, Lilja. I hope you start posting more often again. There is, for instance, a "Confessions" thread which you might like to use the morning after Walpurgis Night!

[Lilja]

[QUOTE=Lisnaholic;1945023

^ Nice tracks, Lilja. I hope you start posting more often again. There is, for instance, a "Confessions" thread which you might like to use the morning after Walpurgis Night![/QUOTE]

Hehe, thanks for the info . Here , most people just go to the bonfires, sing a few songs to welcome the spring, then go home. I think the most dramatic thing that has happened is when someone kicked a football into the fire one year.

Since this is the international music thread, here is a bit of what will be sung tonight. It is actually a fun tradition and you get tuesday off for May 1, so most people are pretty drunk when they get to this part . And then of course, tomorrow is the day when everyone just says what you want to say poltics wise so you have to be pretty drunk to deal with that .

[Lisnaholic]

^ Loved the songs, especially the first one. "Music:Prince Gustaf" That is some pedigree for a song!

Originally Posted by Lilja

Here , most people just go to the bonfires, sing a few songs to welcome the spring, then go home. I think the most dramatic thing that has happened is when someone kicked a football into the fire one year..... It is actually a fun tradition and you get tuesday off for May 1, so most people are pretty drunk when they get to this part . And then of course, tomorrow is the day when everyone just says what you want to say poltics wise so you have to be pretty drunk to deal with that .

^ This all sounds about as innocent as the Bonfire Night we have in England on Nov 5, although we do it without singing, in our disspirited English way.

...but here's a piece of music from one of our musically inclined royals:-

[Lilja]

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ Loved the songs, especially the first one. "Music:Prince Gustaf" That is some pedigree for a song!



^ This all sounds about as innocent as the Bonfire Night we have in England on Nov 5, although we do it without singing, in our disspirited English way.

...but here's a piece of music from one of our musically inclined royals:-

At first I thought that was Nigel Farage playing . How dare the DUke of Normandy write in french....although Normandy is in France..but how dare he! And King of England as well..and not speaking English..send him back to Normandy.!(truth be told, our present Queen of Sweden, SIlvia, is German. She used to be made fun of alot because of the way she speaks Swedish..kind of butchers it on occasion. )

Not a bad tune!

[Inkdaub]

Originally Posted by Lilja

I really like this group called "Faun". Reminds me alot of Nordman, kind of that folk/rock sort of music. Next week is Walpurgis night btw (though the pole dancing is reserved for mid sommar, at least here ).

This band is awesome. This is exactly why I sit up til four am looking through these threads.

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by Inkdaub

This band is awesome. This is exactly why I sit up til four am looking through these threads.

^ Welcome to MB, Inkdaub! It's good to know that this thread is still being examined. It is, after all, a great resource: if anything, it's a victim of it's own success - the good recommendations get lost among so many other good recommendations.

Last night for instance I was listening to rostasi's Onipa clips and Psy-Fi's Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra which are both excellent. Then in response to windsock's enthusiasm for Celtic music I thought I'd pull up some old Celtic recs that are buried somewhere in this thread. In the end, the closest I got was a clip of an Ezza Rose song, although this morning I can't find that original posting again either.

Anyway, here's the song:-