Prog Folk from the Anglosphere

Lisnaholic · 12-22-2015, 08:37 AM

´Twas in the heady years of the late ´60s that progressive rockers and folk musicians got together and spawned the sub-genre known as Prog Folk. This fertile union has sired dozens of artists and albums, but strangely, I didn´t find any MB threads specifically devoted to Prog Folk itself. In MB, we have a Prog section and a Folk section, so it looks as if the parents have divorced and now live in their separate houses. But what about the poor children? Where are all the artists, whose surname is Prog-Folk – where are they to live?

Well, I propose dividing them up like this: all the English-speaking Prog Folk family can live here in the Prog forum, where the emphasis might be on their progness. Meanwhile, any Prog Folkers who grew up in other countries can live with the other parent, in the World/Folk forum, where perhaps the stress might be on regional folkiness.

So I´m opening up twin threads in which people can share recommendations. This one for Anglophonic Prog Folk, and a parallel one for other countries:-

http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...ml#post1662995

To kick things off, I´d like to post a track by a band I´ve recently come across. This is from the Trees´ excellent 1970 album, On The Shore:-

12-22-2015, 08:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Prog Folk from the Anglosphere ´Twas in the heady years of the late ´60s that progressive rockers and folk musicians got together and spawned the sub-genre known as Prog Folk. This fertile union has sired dozens of artists and albums, but strangely, I didn´t find any MB threads specifically devoted to Prog Folk itself. In MB, we have a Prog section and a Folk section, so it looks as if the parents have divorced and now live in their separate houses. But what about the poor children? Where are all the artists, whose surname is Prog-Folk – where are they to live? Well, I propose dividing them up like this: all the English-speaking Prog Folk family can live here in the Prog forum, where the emphasis might be on their progness. Meanwhile, any Prog Folkers who grew up in other countries can live with the other parent, in the World/Folk forum, where perhaps the stress might be on regional folkiness. So I´m opening up twin threads in which people can share recommendations. This one for Anglophonic Prog Folk, and a parallel one for other countries:- http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...ml#post1662995 To kick things off, I´d like to post a track by a band I´ve recently come across. This is from the Trees´ excellent 1970 album, On The Shore:- __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953 Last edited by Lisnaholic; 12-22-2015 at 09:01 AM.