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Jan. 21 at 4:13 pm
Does anyone listen to the alternative/indie subgenre that I call "folk?"
This would include stuff like Simon & Garfunkel, Mumford & Sons, Nickel Creek, and Iron & Wine.
The genre uses only acoustic instruments and vocal and typically uses timeless or historical lyrics.
Jan. 24 at 4:31 pm
Never heard of Nickel Creek or Iron & Wine, but I love folk music. I like Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan Howlin' Wolf, (who was a blues man, but still played plenty of old songs), and I absolutely love all kinds of rock n roll and rockabilly. I play the banjo and really like to play old folk tunes like "House of the Rising Sun", "Folsom Prison", and "Foggy Mountain Stomp". Folk music is a real broad term, it can be anything from the Appalachian bluegrass, gospel music, jazz, rhythm and blues, country, swing, cajun, blues, doo wop, rock n roll, rockabilly, southern plains music, and ragtime. It comes from all different sources, namely Native Americans, African Americans, Anglo Americans, Celtic music, Latin music, Cajun and Creole music, and Hawaiian music. It's a diverse and ever changing genre that still manages to retain the general feel and raw soul, passion and tradition from hundreds of years ago. So I don't know to much about modern folk musicians, but I love classic folk.
Jan. 24 at 4:33 pm
Never heard of Nickel Creek or Iron & Wine, but I love folk music. I like Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan Howlin' Wolf, (who was a blues man, but still played plenty of old songs), and I absolutely love all kinds of rock n roll and rockabilly. I play the banjo and really like to play old folk tunes like "House of the Rising Sun", "Folsom Prison", and "Foggy Mountain Stomp". Folk music is a real broad term, it can be anything from the Appalachian bluegrass, gospel music, jazz, rhythm and blues, country, swing, cajun, blues, doo wo.p, rock n roll, rockabilly, southern plains music, and ragtime. It comes from all different sources, namely Native Americans, African Americans, Anglo Americans, Celtic music, Latin music, Cajun and Creole music, and Hawaiian music. It's a diverse and ever changing genre that still manages to retain the general feel and raw soul, passion and tradition from hundreds of years ago. So I don't know to much about modern folk musicians, but I love classic folk.
Jan. 24 at 5:21 pm
"Folk" is kind of broad,
I think by only mentioning acoustic and vocals you kind of neglected percussion also :P
However I enjoy country, blues, jazz, tropical music, lots of things that could be considered "folk". I don't really know a lot of the names of folk bands, since it's not what I listen to primarily, but I still enjoy it plenty.
Have you ever seen Paradise: Hawaiian Style starring Elvis Presley? It's a great movie with lots of great island music.
Jan. 24 at 5:24 pm
-_-
Just looked up the definition of "Acoustic" and it seems that percussion can be considered acoustic.
I've never thought of it that way though :P
Feb. 26 at 1:12 am
my favourites for folk are kings of convenience, ray lamontagne, and grizzly bear. great writing music honestly :)
Jun. 5 at 10:54 am
Charles, you do know that you are talking about New World Folk, yes?
