The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

[Lisnaholic]

One thing I like about this thread is how it throws together music of such variety. It's like a monument to the musical inventiveness of the human race. Recent highlights, to me:-

Originally Posted by Stephen

Not folky in the least on this one but Raja Kirik have reinterpreted traditional Javanese aesthetics on this research project turned electronic duo.

= weirdest music I have heard in a long long time! Thanks, Stephen.

Originally Posted by Ayn Marx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BJ7MDOmLPE

This is really nice song, Ayn! It put me in mind of Corb Lund, another cowboy often caught in a mellow mood. There's even an overlap of video images with his poignant song, The Truth Comes Out:-



I just love the sound of the hurdy-gurdy, although in it's hardcore form perhaps a little is better than a lot. Nice balance of voice and instrument on that Red Peonies song, Exo.



According to a youtube comment, Andrey Vinogradov is playing a regional variation called a wheel fiddle. What intrigues me about the sound here is the way we hear a clicking as he presses the keys, which thus becomes an integral part of the music. That's unusual isn't it? On a piano, for example, you just hear the note from the string, not the creaking of the rods and hammers - unless of course you ever watched this music-quiz prog they used to have on tv:-

[Ayn Marx]

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

According to a youtube comment, Andrey Vinogradov is playing a regional variation called a wheel fiddle. What intrigues me about the sound here is the way we hear a clicking as he presses the keys, which thus becomes an integral part of the music.

Older manual action pipe organs when heard at keyboard can be very clackity clackity. Most recordings are made further away with only the camera coming in close. The congregation/audience never hears this.