Stevo
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Edited Feb 19, 2011, 19:09
Essential Acid Folk
Feb 19, 2011, 19:06
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I've just gone back to the original Bruton Town list after getting Shide & Acorn's Princess Of The Island, looking for more information on the band since i wasn't finding much elsewhere.
This has led me to reading through a thread there talking about records people thought wwere essential in the genre. People were making lists of essential artists, this being back in 2004. Thought I'd stick a few of them up here and see what you thought
1)Comus: First Utterance
Extradition: Hush
Fairport Convention: Liege & Lief
Gallery: The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Gryphon: s/t: & Midnight Mushrumps
John Renbourn: The Lady & the Unicorn, & The Hermit
John Renbourne: A Maid in Bedlam
John Renbourne: Sir John A lot of
Linda Perhacs: Parallelograms
Mellow Candle: Swaddling Songs
Midwinter: The Waters of Sweet Sorrow
Mr Fox: Mr Fox, & The Gipsy
Oberon: A Midsummer's Night Dream
Paul Giovanni: The Wicker Man
Pentangle: Cruel Sister
Pentangle: Solomon's Seal
Perry Leopold: Christian Lucifer
Richard & Linda Thompson: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Shide & Acorn: The Princess of the Island
Shirley & Dolly Collins: Anthems in Eden
Shirley & Dolly Collins: Love, Death & the Lady
Shirley Collins: The Power of the True Love Knot
Shirley Collins & the Albion Band: No Roses
Silly Sisters: s/t
Spirogyra: Bells: Boots and Shambles
Steeleye Span: Below the Salt
Steeleye Span: Parcel of Rogues
Steve Ashley: Stroll On Revisited
Stone Angel: s/t
Sweeney's Men: Sweeney's Men, & The Tracks of Sweeny
The Albion Band: Rise Up Like the Sun
The Albion Country Band: Battle of the Field
The Albion Dance Band: The Prospect Before Us
The Watersons: Frost and Fire
The Woods Band: s/t
These Trails: s/t
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior: Summer Solstice
Trees: The Garden of Jane Delawney
Trees : On the Shore
Tudor Lodge: Tudor Lodge
Vashti Bunyan: Just Another Diamond Day
2)Anne Briggs 'Time Has Come'
Forest - both
Bert Jansch - Jack Orion & Rosemary Lane
Third Ear Band - Fleance (just that song)
Incredible String Band - take your pick
Clive's Own Band (COB) - both albums
Lal & Mike Waterson - Bright Phobus
Tir Na Nog - first
Dulcimer - first
Mark Fry
Pearls Before Swine - Balaklava & The Use Of Ashes
Bread Love & Dreams - all three
Donovon - Gift From A Flower To A Garden (essential!!!!)
Broselmachine
Perry Leopold - both
Eclection
Fortheringay
Tony, Caro & John
3)Sun Also Rises
Northwind
Westwind
Wooden Horse
Young Tradition
A-Austr
Agincourt
Blue epitaph
water into wine band
Heron
Decameron
Spyrogyra
4)Carol Of Harvest,
Witthuser & Westrupp,
Emtidi,
Langsyne,
some Ougenweide,
Emma Myldenberger
Hölderlin's Traum
5)Sallyangie – Children of the Sun
Jan Jukes De Grey – Sorcerer
Fuchsia – ST
The Strawbs – From the Witchwood
These Trails – ST
Water into Wine Band – Harvest Time
Mandy Morton – Magic Lady
Tickawinda - Rosemary Lane
Trader Horne - Morning Way
Jade - Fly On Strangewings
So that was mainly individual's personal choices & 4) was specifically German groups the writer would have chosen over Broselmaschine. I'm not sure if much else has emerged over the last 7 years. I don't think anybody mentioned Pat Kilroy or The New age (&the latter of these wasn't available until a couple years later anyway. Had remained unreleased until RD did it)
Stevo
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zphage
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Re: Essential Acid Folk
Feb 19, 2011, 19:33
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much of what is called acid folk, isn't
just folk rediscovered and executed with a rock sensibility
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Sin Agog
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Edited Feb 20, 2011, 02:57
Re: Essential Acid Folk
Feb 19, 2011, 19:35
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I'm not sure I quite know the differences between Acid Folk, Psyche Folk, Free Folk, Freak Folk (freek?) and Avant-Folk. If it's just cool, new, forward-thinkin' acoustic motherfunkers ye seek, the last seven years have been a goldmine.
Off the top of my head, I can think of:
Big Blood
Prince Rama [of Ayodhya]
Spires That in the Sunset Rise
Kemialliset Ystavet
Davenport
Natural Snow Buildings
Second Family Band (feat Dog3000?)
Jane Weaver
Jewelled Antler peoples
Faun Fables
Paavoharju
TwinSisterMoon
Xenis Emputae Travelling Band
Pascals
Leonid Fedorov
Charming Hostess
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MC
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Re: Essential Acid Folk
Feb 20, 2011, 00:21
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Can Am Des Puig - The Book of Am , should be added to the list.
and a shout out for Witthuser and Westrupp, love their stuff.
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Deepinder Cheema
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Edited Feb 20, 2011, 01:26
Re: Essential Acid Folk
Feb 20, 2011, 00:42
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zphage wrote: much of what is called acid folk, isn't
just folk rediscovered and executed with a rock sensibility
I have never been a subscriber to these labels, especially for artists like Comus. It reminds me of a discussion of 'World Music' I heard by C.Gillett, it seemed it was a term invented by a record company which was wholeheartedly accepted by Tower records or other retailers as to where they could rack these records. But I'm relaxed if it helps other people find out where their head is at in assessing genré, especially if it helps a band like Comus who are unique and remarkable. Not keen on the term stoner though, but that is me being awkward.
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Toshey
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Re: Essential Acid Folk
Feb 20, 2011, 01:13
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Robin Williamson - Myrrh
Bernd Witthuser - Lieder von Vampiren, Nonnen und Toten
Sybille Baier - Colour Green (!!!)
...and maybe some stuff from Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes...?
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eyeshakingking
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Re: Essential Acid Folk
Feb 20, 2011, 02:46
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Sin Agog wrote:
Jewelled Antler peoples
Famous Boating Party - Silvery Branches
Seriously.
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Hunter T Wolfe
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Re: Essential Acid Folk
Feb 20, 2011, 11:07
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Labels aside- which are really just a badge of convenience to help guide you to other stuff you might like, not to be taken too seriously- thanks for posting those lists, Stevo. Lots to check out. I'm a relative novice in this area so can't really offer much in the way of authorative suggestions- I've been really plunging in after reading Electric Eden over Christmas.
However, can I humbly recommend Pass The Distance by Simon Finn? Not sure if it's essential or acid folk, but a great intense, dark and disturbed singer-songwriter album from the late sixties, rediscovered and re-released by David Tibet a few years back. The song 'Jerusalem' is the one track you need to hear.
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smrt
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Re: Essential Acid Folk
Feb 20, 2011, 11:46
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I would add Roy Harper to that list you have there, and from a personal choice would go for
Stormcock
Flat Baroque and Beserk
And maybe also chip in with Nigel Mazlyn Jones' Ship To Shore.
Steve.
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Stevo
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Re: Essential Acid Folk
Feb 20, 2011, 12:03
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Essential whatever category you want to place it under. Byrite shoe nightmares?
Jerusalem is loopy, so I must find my copy and give it a listen.
stevo
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