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Old 08.01.2007, 03:19 AM   #101
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Also, for those into reading up on the more mainstream end of this scene (F. Convention, Incredible String Band, etc) I've just started Joe Boyd's autobiography, White Bicycles, and find it really interesting/informative. Obviously, given Boyd's connection with Pink Floyd, a large part of the book concentrates on that story, but even so.

http://www.amazon.com/White-Bicycles...5937223&sr=8-1

I'm about 3/4 of the way through this at present - a very interesting read, and plenty about the folky stuff J Boyd worked with.
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Old 08.01.2007, 03:33 AM   #102
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this thread has a terrible stench of fail for getting to six pages, being about folk, and not having one mention of Phil Ochs.


serious levels of fail guys
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Old 08.01.2007, 04:54 AM   #103
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Baaah, Phil Ochs fans. They're all the same. Turn up six pages late and then blame everyone else for not standing in for 'em.

Anyway, just to make you feel better Vulva:


 
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Old 08.01.2007, 08:31 AM   #104
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^ Here's an Phil O. mention: he blows.

I kid, I kid. Actually, he's a fine songwriter and I enjoy other people's versions of his tunes, but there is something really squeaky clean about him that I can't get down with.
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Old 08.01.2007, 08:52 AM   #105
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what about japanese artists like Kan Mikami?
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Old 08.01.2007, 09:00 AM   #106
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Kan Mikami is pretty great and all, but I think with him in particular it helps if you actually speak Japanese, becuase his words and sense of humor are at the forefront of fully appreciating his music. I used to have that enormous box set of his, but eventually passed it on to someone who could appreciate it more because my Japanese is so pathetic. Definitely an important figure though.
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Old 08.01.2007, 11:33 AM   #107
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When you talk about a Japanese artist playing folk music, do you mean in the generic Anglo-American 'folk music' style (only sung in Japanese) or one that plays traditional Japanese music?

Sorry, I haven't heard Kan Mikami. I just wondered

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Downloading this right now, so i'll be able to answer it for myself in a few mins.



 


Edit 2: Hmmm. I genuinely don't know what to make of it. It definitely sounds more 'Western' than I'd imagined - vocals aside, obviously.
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Old 08.01.2007, 03:08 PM   #108
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This has some downloadable John Peel shows from the late 60s - 70s. Top Gear, Perfumed Garden, etc:

http://kats-karavan.blogspot.com/
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Old 08.01.2007, 03:15 PM   #109
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There used to be some streaming radio feature on the Unbroken Circle site too; not sure if that's still part of that or not.
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Old 08.01.2007, 06:00 PM   #110
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Nick Drake's Pink Moon is awesome. If I'm not wrong I think his estate is releasing more of private recordings or an album of sorts.
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Old 08.01.2007, 09:02 PM   #111
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I strongly advise that you get on to Kats-Karavan. Some amazing stuff on there.

There's a Perfumed Garden from 1967 with Peel going 100% hippy: playing Zappa; talking about the night he'd just had at UFO; recalling trees in Hyde Park whispering 'dark green words of love.'

Not the best of quality but fuck it; It's still the best thing i've found on the net since god knows when.

http://www.divshare.com/download/899710-784
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Old 08.01.2007, 09:51 PM   #112
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Old 08.01.2007, 10:05 PM   #113
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Some cool folk/blues radio downloads here
http://brokenbricks.com/dnb.shtml
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Old 08.01.2007, 10:45 PM   #114
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Come on comrades, only a few more posts 'til page seven. What's more, we're almost neck and neck with the 'boycott the white stripes' thread.
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Old 08.02.2007, 07:17 AM   #115
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Nick Drake's Pink Moon is awesome. If I'm not wrong I think his estate is releasing more of private recordings or an album of sorts.

Yes.

http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/re...86-family-tree
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Old 08.02.2007, 07:21 AM   #116
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Come on comrades, only a few more posts 'til page seven. What's more, we're almost neck and neck with the 'boycott the white stripes' thread.

Just stopped by to say that this thread is wonderful. Some of the stuff you guys posted is gold. I'm now catching the train to see what's going on in the post pictures of your knob thread, but I'll send you a letter.
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Old 08.02.2007, 08:34 AM   #117
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Cold Spring Records have just released a 2CD set of folk stuff - hopefully not the industrial dalek strum of Deaf in Joon or other nonsense like that.
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Old 08.02.2007, 08:39 AM   #118
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Whatever you say; I still think "But What Ends When The Symbols Shatter" is quite a masterpiece of apocalyptic (if musically very simple) folk music, along with several Sol Invictus LPs.
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Old 08.02.2007, 09:09 AM   #119
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Do you mean this Melly?

 

CSR84CD (August 2007)
Various Artists | John Barleycorn Reborn
A discovery of folk music from dark Britannica. 'John Barleycorn Reborn' explores seasonal birth, death and rebirth on this double CD. Our cycle begins at Lammas 2007 (1st August), a day traditionally known for 'the first fruits of the harvest'. Pre-orders will therefore begin on this day. All orders also receive a free complementary thirty-three track download only set of further music.

This compilation explores the darker side of British folk music, evoking the mystery of our ancient past and peoples, the strangeness of their beliefs, arcane traditions and the remnants of this carried down the centuries as folklore. The set has an extended booklet with articles, essays and explorations of the album's concept.

The album is a collaboration between Cold Spring and Woven Wheat Whispers, a folk music artist community and legal download service (where the third part complementary part will be available). Curated by Mark Coyle.

Visit the John Barleycorn Reborn website
Shipping August 2007. Pre-order John Barleycorn Reborn
Track Listing:

Disc 1
1. The Horses Of The Gods - 'John Barleycorn'
2. The Owl Service - 'North Country Maid'
3. The Story - 'The Wicker Man' [MP3]
4. Damh The Bard - 'Spirit Of Albion'
5. Mary Jane - 'Twa Corbies'
6. Andrew King - 'Dives And Lazarus'
7. The Triple Tree - 'Three Crowns'
8. Sol Invictus - 'To Kill All Kings'
9. Sieben - 'Ogham On The Hill (Remix)'
10. Sharron Kraus - 'Horn Dance'
11. Charlotte Greig And Johan Asherton - 'Lay The Bent To The Bonny Broom'
12. Pumajaw - 'The Burning Of Auchindoun'
13. Peter Ulrich - 'The Scryer & The Shewstone [MP3]
14. Alphane Moon - 'Where The Hazel Grows'
15. English Heretic - 'Hippomania'
16. Far Black Furlong - 'Icy Solstice Eye'
Disc 2
1. The Anvil - 'John Barleycorn Must Die'
2. Tinkerscuss - 'To Make You Stay'
3. The Straw Bear Band - 'Trial By Bread & Butter'
4. Electronic Voice Phenomena - 'The Sorrow Of Rimmon'
5. The Purple Minds Of Lazeron - 'Dragonfly'
6. Sand Snowman - 'Stained Glass Morning'
7. The A Lords - 'Summerhouse'
8. The Kitchen Cynics - 'The Guidman's Ground'
9. Quickthorn - 'PewPew'
10. Clive Powell - 'Reed Sodger' [MP3]
11. Venereum Arvum - 'Child 102 Willie And Earl Richard's Daughter'
12. Drohne - 'Nottamun Town'
13. Stormcrow - 'Gargoyle'
14. Doug Peters - 'Pact'
15. While Angels Watch - 'Obsidian Blade'
16. Xenis Emputae Travelling Band - 'John Barleycorn: His Life, Death And Resurrection'
17. Martyn Bates - 'The Resurrection Apprentice'
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Old 08.02.2007, 10:50 AM   #120
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^^^ Jawohl, Herr Demonrail.

Savage Clone - I much prefer Tony Wakeford's stuff, finding it more melodic and somewhat less obsessed with ze Germans and all that jazz. Have also said hello to T Wakeford in the flesh once, and he seemed a pleasant enough geezer.
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