This thread is for any posts on Folk Music. Your music, discussions questions, everything.
In Gassho
Seiko
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Last edited by Jundo; 02-15-2021, 01:44 AM.Gandō Seiko
頑道清光
(Stubborn Way of Pure Light)
My street name is 'Al'.
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Well, this thread is off to rather a slow start. Would you like me to post some examples of music, to find out what you all like?
In Gassho
Seiko
stlahGandō Seiko
頑道清光
(Stubborn Way of Pure Light)
My street name is 'Al'.
Any words I write here are merely the thoughts of an apprentice priest, just my opinions, that's all. -
No matter how much zazen we do, poor people do not become wealthy, and poverty does not become something easy to endure.
Kōshō Uchiyama, Opening the Hand of ThoughtComment
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Hi Seiko!
I am a big fan of traditional/folk music and play an Irish style flat-backed mandolin made by Ashbury from cedar wood. Mostly I like northern European folk traditions including British/Irish, Breton and Scandinavian music.
However, for some time I have been learning this Bulgarian dance tune called Mominsko Horo which skips through timings such as 14/8, 13/8, 9/8 and 16/8!
As for listening, musicians and bands I enjoy include Capercaillie (Scotland), Robin Williamson (Scotland), Catherine-Ann MacPhee (Scotland/Gaelic), Julie Fowlis (Scotland/Gaelic), John Renbourn (England), Martin Carthy (England), Alan Stivell (France/Breton), Jim Moray (England), Planxty (Ireland), Matt Molloy (Ireland), The Bothy Band (Ireland), Myrkur (Denmark), Garmarna (Sweden), Agnes Buen Garnås (Norway), Fairport Convention (England), The Unthanks (NE England).
Gassho
Kokuu
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Btw, can anyone remember who was the member we had from The Netherlands who was in a folk band?
Gassho
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Ah Kokuu, we have some similar tastes.Hi Seiko!
I am a big fan of traditional/folk music and play an Irish style flat-backed mandolin made by Ashbury from cedar wood. Mostly I like northern European folk traditions including British/Irish, Breton and Scandinavian music.
However, for some time I have been learning this Bulgarian dance tune called Mominsko Horo which skips through timings such as 14/8, 13/8, 9/8 and 16/8!
As for listening, musicians and bands I enjoy include Capercaillie (Scotland), Robin Williamson (Scotland), Catherine-Ann MacPhee (Scotland/Gaelic), Julie Fowlis (Scotland/Gaelic), John Renbourn (England), Martin Carthy (England), Alan Stivell (France/Breton), Jim Moray (England), Planxty (Ireland), Matt Molloy (Ireland), The Bothy Band (Ireland), Myrkur (Denmark), Garmarna (Sweden), Agnes Buen Garnås (Norway), Fairport Convention (England), The Unthanks (NE England).
Gassho
Kokuu
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In Gassho
Seiko
stlahGandō Seiko
頑道清光
(Stubborn Way of Pure Light)
My street name is 'Al'.
Any words I write here are merely the thoughts of an apprentice priest, just my opinions, that's all.Comment
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Well Jim,
When I was growing up (I am English) I "cut my teeth" on The Chieftains.
There was such a vibrant English, Celtic and European folk scene that we only really heard American singers by accident.
Most of the English, Irish and Scotish music and song was originally not written down, so many versions of the same tune or song emerged, as musicians changed or misrepeated what they had learned from others.
I am more familiar with Pete and Peggy Seeger than I am with Woody Guthrie. What would you say are your favourite songs by Pete Seeger and by Woody Guthrie?
In Gassho
Seiko
stlahGandō Seiko
頑道清光
(Stubborn Way of Pure Light)
My street name is 'Al'.
Any words I write here are merely the thoughts of an apprentice priest, just my opinions, that's all.Comment
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Hello Seiko,
Let's see... Some favorite Pete Seeger songs:
Talking Union
If I Had a Hammer
Turn Turn Turn
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
Little Boxes
Some favorite Woody Guthrie songs:
Dust Bowl Blues
John Henry
Blowing Down That Old Country Road
This Land is Your Land
And Woody's son Arlo Guthrie did some great songs:
Coming into Los Angeles
The Motorcycle Song
Alice's Restaurant Massacree
Gassho,
Jim
stlahNo matter how much zazen we do, poor people do not become wealthy, and poverty does not become something easy to endure.
Kōshō Uchiyama, Opening the Hand of ThoughtComment
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Oh, that's Ongen. He still is around from time to time. Here he is with the squeeze box ...
We also have Byrne, who does great stuff ...
And I must mention, Seiryu, who is master of the Puerto Rican Quatro (which he is holding) ...
We have others too.
Gassho, J
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Love me some Arlo. Alice's Restaurant Massacre is a great song.
Gassho, John
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Grateful Dead has some pretty great folk music. Ripple, Friend of the Devil and Uncle John's Band comes to mind immediately as great folk songs. Pretty much anything from the American Beauty and Workingman's Dead albums are great folk tunes. I'm partial though, being a Deadhead myself. Sorry for going over the limit.
Gassho, John
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As a Deadhead for more than 40 years, I welcome any mention of the band, but I'd not call songs they wrote folk music, in the strict definition of that term. Here's a list of a number of "folk" songs the Dead covered;
I remember watching the film of Grapes of Wrath back when I was a teenager, and I was stunned to see Henry Fonda playing and singing Going Down the Road Feeling Bad. I hadn't realized it was that old.
Gassho,
Ryūmon
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Hello John,
Well, everyone's idea of what folk music is, is very different. When I hear the words "folk music", I think of 17th, 18th and 19th century labourers singing to each other - songs they learned by listening to their parents or friends - and music played for dancing on their rare days off work. Stage performance of folk music only really began in the 1960s "folk revival".
I guess we all think differently. That's not a bad thing.
In Gassho
Seiko
stlahGandō Seiko
頑道清光
(Stubborn Way of Pure Light)
My street name is 'Al'.
Any words I write here are merely the thoughts of an apprentice priest, just my opinions, that's all.Comment
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I don't pretend to be a great singer, but if anyone wants to hear my songs, you are very welcome to follow me in Instagram. My name there is Branston.Music
Please concentrate on the stories, though, not the singer.
In Gassho
Seiko
stlahGandō Seiko
頑道清光
(Stubborn Way of Pure Light)
My street name is 'Al'.
Any words I write here are merely the thoughts of an apprentice priest, just my opinions, that's all.Comment
I'm not familiar with folk music; at least I don't think I am 
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