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Thread #123601 Message #2722943
Posted By: Kosmo
13-Sep-09 - 05:13 PM
Thread Name: Folk Routes (new CD)
Subject: Folk Routes
Has anyone else noticed this new CD that's out?
I have it on my spotify and showed it to my friend who was unaware that most of the artists on the album are considered "folk".
I must admit that I don't really consider quite a few of them folk, probably folk fusion (in my head), I also like to think of a lot of the tracks as "acoustic
I cannot get my head around the track "tale from black" by Tuung, it's not what I expected, yet, I do enjoy a good surprise.
I just wanted to know what some other folkies thought of it as I don't have many folkies easily accessible due to a large ammount friends not really being very into folk.
Is this just a way of making folk more popular by putting radio 2 standards on a cd with a few traddy songs and calling it a folk album?
Anyway, much love.
Kosmo
xxx
(Track list)
* 1. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
* 2. Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez
* 3. 5 Years Time - Noah And The Whale
* 4. From The Morning - Nick Drake
* 5. Leftovers - Johnny Flynn
* 6. Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
* 7. Don't Let The Record Label Take You Out To Lunch - Jeffrey Lewis
* 8. Tale From Black - Tunng
* 9. Solid Air - John Martyn
* 10. Pretty Ploughboy - Eliza Carthy
* 11. I Keep Faith - Billy Bragg
* 12. Once I Had A Sweetheart - Pentangle
* 13. Anji - Davey Graham
* 14. Dancing, The - June Tabor
* 15. Pagan Angel And Borrowed Car - Iron & Wine
* 16. Underneath The Stars - Kate Rusby
* 17. Matty Groves - Fairport Convention
* 18. Wallflower - Uncle Earl
* 19. Colours - Donovan
disc 2
* 1. 1234 - Feist
* 2. When The Stars Go Blue - Ryan Adams
* 3. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The - Joan Baez
* 4. Wild Wood - Paul Weller
* 5. John Barleycorn (Must Die) - Traffic
* 6. At The Chime Of A City Clock - Nick Drake
* 7. She Moves Thru The Fair - Fairport Convention
* 8. After The Dance - Bert Jansch & John Renbourn
* 9. Hill Of Thieves, The - Cara Dillon
* 10. When I Was On Horseback - Steeleye Span
* 11. Streets Of London - Ralph McTell
* 12. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson
* 13. Loving Kind, The - Nanci Griffith
* 14. Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Sandy Denny
* 15. May Morning - Waterson:Carthy
* 16. Fields Of Gold - Eva Cassidy
* 17. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground - Beth Rowley
* 18. Versatile Heart - Linda Thompson
* 19. Hard Ain't It Hard - Woody Guthrie