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19 Apr 04 - 01:17 AM (#1164886) Subject: Tech: great young musicians From: v My daughter is 12 and playing guitar and piano, and has a great singing voice. I was wondering if anyone could recommend any very young (16-25) musicians who were folk, folk-rock, alternative but tasteful? she learned an avril lavigne song, and surprisingly, avril lavigne, who is all of a teen-ager, is quite creative and pleasant to listen to! much nicer than 'eminem' who is the next choice in daughter's limited musical exposure... best, v |
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19 Apr 04 - 07:30 AM (#1165070) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: Strollin' Johnny But Eminem's lyrics are infinitely more intelligent than Avril's. Compare 'Cleaning Out My Closet' with 'Sk8er Boi' and see what I mean (he can spell properly too, which Avril clearly can't!). Johnny (a.k.a. Deputy-Marshall Mathers, a.k.a. Fat Bald Shady) :0) |
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19 Apr 04 - 07:51 AM (#1165087) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: Catherine Jayne Where about are you V?? |
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19 Apr 04 - 08:15 AM (#1165105) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: GUEST,foot Hi V The answer is to broaden your daughter's exposure to all manner of songs & music - does she go to any folk clubs, sessions or festivals? She is bound to find things she likes, and they needn't necessarily be sung by teenagers. |
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19 Apr 04 - 08:32 AM (#1165111) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: Ross How about the Wombles? Still going strong on Wimbledon Common |
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19 Apr 04 - 11:03 AM (#1165234) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: black walnut Jim Moray. My 19 year old son came back to folk via Jim Moray, and now listens to Alison Krauss CDs, and plays blues on the piano in his 'rock' band. ~b.w. |
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19 Apr 04 - 11:18 AM (#1165242) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: ranger1 Try Nickel Creek's first CD. It's a mix of vocal and intrumentals. Look for it in the country section, even though it's really more folk. |
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19 Apr 04 - 02:25 PM (#1165437) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: GUEST thankyouse all! i am in ketchikan, alaska, catsPHiddle, v |
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20 Apr 04 - 08:09 AM (#1165976) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: Dave of Mawkin Luke Smith, I just saw him at Oxford FF and he was fantastic, as was KTB. |
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20 Apr 04 - 09:18 AM (#1166044) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: George Papavgeris Wow, v, that's a bit off the beaten track. Jim Moray is a good start. Expose her also to slightly older songwriters - from Paul Simon through Tanita Tikaram, Sheryl Crow to Harvey Andrews (Mudcatter), Steve Tilston etc. For trad context, you could put her in touch with young Sam Pirt (Mudcatter) - he may have other contacts nearer you also. |
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20 Apr 04 - 09:24 AM (#1166053) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: s6k eminem is definately overlooked because he is a rapper. His lyrics are often very intelligent. even when full of swearing, etc, it is still very cleverly put together, and it takes a lot of effort to remember all the lyrics to perform it on stage. If you forget the music, it is indeed clever stuff. Like Foot said, broaden her musical knowledge. Play stuff by the experts. Play stuff from Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, to Christy Moore and Emmylou Harris, up to modern day with Thea Gilmore etc. |
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20 Apr 04 - 09:29 AM (#1166059) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: el ted me! |
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20 Apr 04 - 09:29 AM (#1166060) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: s6k and him ^ |
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20 Apr 04 - 09:41 AM (#1166076) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: GUEST,Obie From Cape Breton "The Cottars" (sound clips here) www.miramusic.net/cottars/ |
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20 Apr 04 - 09:47 AM (#1166080) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: GUEST,Obie Also from Cape Breton, Aselin Debison (sound clips) www.vh1.com/artists/az/debison_aselin/322875/album.jhtml Sorry but you'll have to copy & paste or type in the url. |
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20 Apr 04 - 11:18 AM (#1166171) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: Strollin' Johnny Difficult to recommend UK folk artists to someone in Alaska, don't imagine many will be available there. You could try websites for Cara Dillon, Kate Rusby, Eliza Carthy, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Kerfuffle, all young and excellent. Hope you have success. Johnny :0) |
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20 Apr 04 - 01:17 PM (#1166294) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: GUEST,CC I always recommend the Beatles & Dylan as a standard disclaimer. But for a young performer, check out Nellie McKay. She's like 19, and hip. She sings, writes and performes on multiple instruments on hr debut double CD. Lots of styles & influences rolled into her own thing. Reasonably mature, very listenable. I recommend her with confidence for any aspiring young female artist looking to hear something newly released. Best of Luck, CC |
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20 Apr 04 - 04:26 PM (#1166437) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: GUEST,Arkie For just good solid songs there are the works of Kate Wolf and Stan Rogers and folk like James Keelaghan. For a young group that is getting some airplay on Americana stations there is the Old Crow Medicine Show. They are an old time string band but write some of their music. They have also opened some shows for Gillian Welch. She is another good person for an influence on young singers. |
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20 Apr 04 - 11:07 PM (#1166753) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: YorkshireYankee How 'bout Alison Krauss... she may not be *young* young now, but IIRC, she was still in her teens when she began recording. Her stuff might not be that diffucult to find (don't know about her early stuff, though) -- particularly after the success of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Cheers, YY |
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21 Apr 04 - 04:50 PM (#1167244) Subject: RE: great young musicians From: Firecat Erm, I don't really know if she counts as folk, but what about Katie Melua? She's really good. So's Amy Winehouse and Jamie Cullum, but they're more jazz than folk. Not sure how old The Corrs are, but they're great too. |