Favourite artists

Subject: RE: Favourite artists
From: alison
Date: 22 Sep 98 - 12:35 AM

hi,

Saw Luka Bloom a few years ago in Sydney, unfortunately can't go this time. He was great. I don't know how his guitar strings stood up to the workout he gave them.

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Favourite artists
From: mcmud
Date: 22 Sep 98 - 12:27 AM

Add Hedy West and Debbie McClatchy to the list of fine folksingers. Their recordings are hard to get. Annie's Front Hall used to be a good source for hard-to-get folk recordings.

Subject: RE: Favourite artists
From: Big Mick
Date: 22 Sep 98 - 12:13 AM

Luka a.k.a. Barry Moore wrote a very good, very simple song called "City of Chicago", as well as several others. He is a fine singer/songwriter. I had a chance to hear him perform at the Guinness Fleadh on Randall's Island in 1997. I would consider Doc Watson to be on very fine folk singer, although some wouldn't consider country blues to be folk music. I would take issue with them.

Mick

Subject: RE: Favourite artists
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 21 Sep 98 - 10:56 PM

I see that Luka Bloom is due to perform here in the next couple of weeks. Apart from the fact that he is Christy Moore's brother, I know virtually nothing about him. This thread seemed as good a place as any to ask.

Regards
John

Subject: RE: Favourite artists
From: Joe Offer
Date: 21 Sep 98 - 05:20 PM

Hmmm. You could raise a bit of controversy here, Paul. There are those here who might not consider Arlo Guthrie and John Prine to be "folk," although people here seem to be getting more tolerant lately. Let's see who I might recommend for someone with your tastes:
the late Steve Goodman and John Prine worked together on a lot of things. Steve wrote "City of New Orleans," which was recorded by Arlo. Steve did a lot of very creative (and very funny) stuff.
Tom Russell - many of his songs are about the Western U.S. He writes most of his own stuff, but there is a "timeless" quality to his songs. I think many of them will become classics.
Stan Rogers - I take it you're a Canadian. The late Stan Rogers is probably the most popular Canadian folk musician of the last 20 years, although there are many others who do wonderful stuff. Ian Tyson and his ex-wife Sylvia Tyson are also good examples. Another Canadian group I really like are Tamarack.
John McCutcheon is a master at most acoustic instruments, and he writes good songs for both children and adults. he also does a nice smattering of traditional songs.
Bill Staines sings mosly his owns songs, many about the western U.S. (although he's from New Hampshire). He writes the kind of songs that people love to sing along with.
For a gentle introduction to more traditional music, you might go to Folk-Legacy Records and order anything by The Golden Ring, Bok-Muir-Trickett, or Gordon Bok.
OK, so there's a start. I wonder what other people will recommend. There are so many good performers to choose from.

Subject: RE: Favourite artists
From: Roger Himler
Date: 21 Sep 98 - 05:14 PM

Paul,

You might try Joel Mabus. You can catch him through songs.com. His songs are deceptively simple and he is a fine instrumentalist as well.

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: Favourite artists
From: Paul
Date: 21 Sep 98 - 04:53 PM

All right now. It's time I came clean about something. I haven't really listened to what we would formally call "folk music" for very long. Of course I'd always sang all of the songs at summer camp and Sunday school; but that's about it. I've developed a real obsession for John Prine and Arlo Guthrie (saw Arlo at the Ottawa Folk Festival; mighty fine!). I especially like their three or four chord, campfire-type tunes. I've got quite a bit of their stuff, but don't know who else to buy.

Any suggestions?