Real folk music

[Where She Wept]

So can anyone recommend some real folk music and where it can be found? I heard some Otyg and would like to work some of that style into my music, but i don't want to be a poser.

Later

 

[The Metal Pigeon]

www.fejd.se

 

[amf]

You could check out this record lable for traditional Swedish music here: http://www.drone.se/index.php?lang=eng
Amongst other bands you'll find Pettersson & Fredriksson,featuring Daniel Fredriksson from Otyg.

Other well known folk music bands are Garmarna, Hedningarna and Folk och rackare.

 

[Jaen]

so...you're choosing influences before having them??

 

[Disgustipated]

Hedningarna, Väsen, Groupa, Chateau Neuf, Swåp, Loituma, Garmarna, Hege Rimestad, Wimme, Tapani Varis, Olov Johansson, Hoven Droven, Den Fule, Troka, Triakel...

All Norse folk/roots music.. have fun.

 

[Arch]

Nest and Gjallarhorn from Finland. Galder from Sweden.

 

[Øjeblikket]

this looks fun. have yet to hear it, though, so it might not be a folky album. Still, the art is fancy.

Folque:Vardoger 1977 Norway Ultra rare orig Philips LP

http://www.popsike.com/php/detaildata.php?itemnr=4031034928

Very rare and beautiful female singer very much in the style of Sandy Denny.

I'm curious


hmm,

there is this helpful and, um, weird review:

Folque's third album, Vardoger, is pointed by most progheads as the album we should start with. I agree that from the Folque albums I heard (only the first three) , this one should please us more. But be wary when you want to investigate the folk/folk-rock band that , although there are times when they are very good and intricate moments/passages on the longer tracks , most of the album is still very traditional-sounding folk music that could easily be played in your local village summer celebrations such as the End Of Harvesting reunion with all of those suave female dancers full of old lace costume (it takes hours to undo those clothes , so any mating urges must be severely restrained).

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=6466

 

[Laila Lumberjack]

I like 'vardoger' very much, Folque is absolutely Fantastic! :Spin: You can download their album ' Fredløs' here: http://www.norskfolkemuseum.no/prosjekt/mogb/fq/f5/fredlos.htm

 

[Øjeblikket]

cool.

 

[Disgustipated]

I downloaded most of it today.. haven't listened yet though.. been in a Nick Drake kinda mood..

 

[Thidrek]

oh, it sounds quite nice to me.

 

[Øjeblikket]

here we go/there we are

=bump.

+thanks walkyr

 

[Djöfull]

Folque sounds good! Better than Folk och Rackare ( my dad has a complilation of theirs)
www.myspace.com/folque

I am impressed by Gjallarhorn
www.myspace.com/gjallarhornmusic

Omnia from Holland do it well, multitude of instruments and male & female vocals
www.myspace.com/omnianeocelt

Vladislwar Nadishana is a multi-instrumentalist from Siberia
www.myspace.com/nadishana
I recommend Rupe's dance from Ian Anderson (Jethro tull mainman)
a song from that album
http://www.useyourbrain.co.uk/randm...rson-Calliandra-Shade-The-Cappuccino-Song.wma

Clannad from Ireland ( siblings of Enya),
70 stuff www.myspace.com/clannadfuaim
Later stuff www.myspace.com/clannad

Ranarim from Sweden
www.myspace.com/ranarim

The Dubliners are old masters of the genre! How they revived irish music and made it fun
www.myspace.com/thedublinersmyspace

Dead can dance. Very varied stuff. I´m gonna get heaps of their albums!!
www.myspace.com/deadcandancemyspace
www.myspace.com/deadcandance

 

[Gawen]

Just a moment... I know another band called Gjallarhorn and they're from Italy, 2 members of Doomsword play in that band: Deathmaster on vocals (there called Vali) and Wrathlord on drums (there called Gungnir). Check them out gjallarhorn.tk

 

[Øjeblikket]

Dead can dance. Very varied stuff. I´m gonna get heaps of their albums!!
www.myspace.com/deadcandancemyspace
www.myspace.com/deadcandance

If you are going to pick up any Dead Can Dance, make sure and check out The Serpent's Egg. Their music has little to do with folk, I believe, and more to do with (ethereal) trance and meditative hypnotism, which is good music to listen to while walking through the woods just the same as folk is good for hootnanny.

 

[Alec Walter Conway]

Månegarm's album Urminnes Hävd is great. I'm surprised no one mentionned it yet. Their other albums are metal, but this one album is only folk. Definitely worth a look.

Månegarm - Urminnes Hävd

 

[spaffe]

Ranarim from Sweden
www.myspace.com/ranarim

I can only second this recomendation! Ranarim is fantastic, with songs full of nordic sadness and joy, all done the right, and traditional, way.

 

[Dexter_prog]

Finnish folk:
Angelit
Timo Alakotila
Frigg
Gjallarhorn
Islaja
JPP
Konsta Jylhä
Arto J?rvel?
Mauno J?rvel?
Sari Kaasinen
Maria Kalaniemi
Marjatta Kalaniemi
Sanna Kurki-Suonio
Loituma
Viljami Niittykoski
Tallari
Troka
Tapani Varis
Jenny Wilhelms
Wimme
Värttinä

Norwegian folk:
Frigg
Kings of Convenience
Annbjørg Lien
Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag

Swedish folk:
Hasse Alatalo
Kalle Almlöf
Erik Ask-Uppmark
Boot
Baäsk
Frifot
Garmarna
Groupa
Per Gudmundson
Johan Hedin
Hedningarna
Emma Härdelin
Hjort Anders Olsson
Pehr H?rberg
Åsa Jinder
Hans Kennemark
Svante Lindqvist
Bengt Löfberg
Kalle Moraeus
Ale Möller
Anders Norudde
Norrlåtar
JP Nyströms
Gudmunds Nils Larsson
Susanne Rosenberg
August Str?mberg
Swåp
Roger Tallroth
Triakel
Väsen
Lena Willemark

And finally an Argentine finnish-scandinavian folk band:
Huldreslåt


List of folk musicians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Vampyrian]

I would suggest 'Katalena'.

KATALENA *In the chapter of the contemporary Slovene popular music, Katalena needs to be addressed as no more and no less than a phenomenon. The story of this urban band begins in an idyllic village in the Southeast of Slovenia, where, in the summer of 2001, a group of six enthusiasts unearthed archival folklore material and rejuvenated its rustic image in line with their art rock, funk, jazz and blues pedigree and with their own integral youthful vision that was as much philosophical as it was musical. The feedback from those privileged enough to encounter with the six-some music in its prime, soon outgrew the original idea of a one off experiment and in the months and years to follow, sons and daughters of Katalena took the stages of the most prominent festivals, concert halls and clubs home and abroad by a storm. In five years time the band gave birth to three brainchildren (Z)godbe/Stories (2002), Babje leto/Indian summer (2004) and Kmeka ohcet/Country wedding (2006). Albums received great attention among music writers that are up to this day still unable to categorize them, turned the existing folkloristic theories upside down and converted a great number of doubting Thomases into folk music fans. Combining best of the Slovene traditional music, carefully selected from the archives, songbooks and old vinyl records with solid rock rhythms, funky groove and enviable arranging skills it creates a unique post-folk rock style that presents the music legacy of Slovenias regions in an utterly new light. Fused with dynamic and invigorating electrical instruments, which caress the enchanting singing, it is transformed on the stage into a dance and sound performance that mesmerises even the most musically pampered ears. Katalena is the most inspirational voice of the 21st century Slovene folk music soundtrack.

A very unique band to say the least.

Katalena Myspace

 

[Øjeblikket]

It's almost too lethargic, though, Vamps.