Reddit mentions: The best traditional folk music

my favorite stuff from all over in no particular order:

asa and ayo are female singer/songwriters from africa who sing in english, but are worth a listen.

oliver mtukudzi is from zimbabwe with an incredible timbre to his voice. i love vieux diop, a singer and kora player from mali who's songs i find relaxing and beautiful. vieux farka toureis also from mali, and sometimes he makes you think his guitar is an electric kora.

seconding manu chao, lots of fun.

rodrigo Y gabriela are a guitar duo from mexico city. they do a lot of flamenco type stuff. this is them doing a flamenco stairway to heaven--they also do a couple of metallica songs. willie and lobo are another mexican duo (guitar and violin) that has more of a gypsy feel to their flamenco. they also do some great (wordless) ballads that are excellent for relaxation.

cuba's los van van makes great salsa, but for a really fun latinesque sampler, get this.

zap mama is from belgium, does songs in many languages. I think the older stuff is less "poppy." les nubians is a sister duo that sings french (pop) hip hop. they've worked with erykah badu and the roots.

outback doesn't exist anymore, but it's great didge background music, but if you like the didge, check out this freak. i mean that in a good way.

hamza el din has passed, but his nubian oud music is timeless.

if you like meditating or just zoning out, snatam kaur will take you to another planet--she's the real deal.

celso fonseca, ceu, and bossacucanova are doing contemporary bossa nova. great for lazy afternoons or a romantic dinner.

i really love seu george, but mostly listen to his portuguese bowie covers from 'the life aquatic.'.

you probably know ladysmith black mambazo from putumayo. their songs range from poignant ballads to energetic, makes-you-wanna-jump-around songs. to get a deeper range of the style and their south african contemporaries, check this out. great, great stuff.

i know there's a shit-ton of hawaiian music, but probably someone from there can help you sort out the good from bad. if you want to check out some beautiful tahitian music, emma terangi was one of the best & most beautiful. here she is later in life, but having a good time on a RFO show. looks like a tahitian hee-haw.

lastly, lee everton may be a white guy from switzerland who sings in english, but his reggae fits right in with donavan frankenreiter or jack johnson.

happy listening,

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There's a great CD that's a tribute to Paul Warren.

It features Charlie Cushman and Johnny Warren (Johnny is Paul's son) recreating many of the great duets that Earl and Paul Warren played. It's a two volume CD, and if you find it, it's a great album to add to your collection.

Every since hearing Crooked Still, I fell in love with the concept of a cello in bluegrass. It has the sustain and the bottom end. It's a very nice addition, and I feel fills in effectively in a lot of components. That's a nice combo. But I bet it takes a lot of work. It's a like a Rockabilly band. Everyone has to concentrate hard for three minutes to create a complete song, and you really have to play as a band. When it's done right, it can be amazing.

This would be a great place to start. I was (still am) a big fan of Scandinavian folk (especially when electrified) and Northside records had a great set of bands. The quartet in the video (Loituma) are on this sampler with another tune that is simply gorgeous.

Hedningarna are also fantastic (my fave song by them isn't on the sampler, but give a listen here).

And I love Hoven Droven...Had all 5 band members sing a CD at a club date a few years ago - so much damn fun live.

For beautiful female vocals, try Vaartina (not on the sampler). Here's one of many beautiful examples. And here's another because, why not?

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Welcome to the subreddit by the way! I’m always excited when there is a new post here.

I personally think that Ochs is super unique in his style of doing topical style folk songs while also experimenting and changing his musical style. Other than the obligatory Bob Dylan, I would suggest you check out Eric Anderson, Nick Drake, John Prine, Hoyt Axton, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, maybe some Simon and Garfunkel? I feel like no artist can truly compare to Phil as a character, but these are some musicians who do similar types of music that I also enjoy.

I also agree with you on the cd front, I have a cd player at home, and listen to exclusively cd’s in my car. I personally have “all the news”, and “i aint marchin’ anymore” on cd. The A&M stuff just never seemed to get any releases. I do have this compilation cd with several of the songs though, here is the link to that:
Ochs compilation

I also have several of his live album cd’s, they are surprisingly good quality and have several songs from that era. These are the two I would personally recommend:

Vancouver live 1966

Live again 1973

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Here is one of my favourite songs from the band


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6C_VdnMHpc


Xosha Hawraman means "Hawraman is Beautiful", Hawraman is a city in Iraqi Kurdistan that is famed for its natural majestic beauty. In the song they talk about the gardens and the mountains of Hawraman and their beauty.


Their most famous concert is called "The Living Fire" which was done in Paris

http://www.amazon.com/Living-Fire-Kamkars/dp/B0000048IN/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpt_4


If you are really interested, I would definitely recommend buying it, I have many Non-Kurdish friends who have this in their CD collection. It really takes your breath away at times.

My favorite.

This one is also good if it's the one I'm thinking of.

You can find lots of other albums that are more stylized/modern, but I prefer traditional if I can find them. There are also lots of good books on amazon about sea songs. Check out the one by Stan Hugill. It's pretty authentic (dude is one of the last true chantiers who actually used this stuff as work songs on ships) and about as close to comprehensive as one book'll get you.

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Sounds like lots of traditional Chinese or Japanese music with symphonic additions. I don't have any specific recommendations as I don't know offhand any with a symphony, but here are some quick Amazon searches for Chinese music:

• Classical folk music from China
  
• China: Music of the Erhu
  
• China: Time to Listen (I have this one and love it)
  
• Classical Chinese Folk Music
  

• Jan Garbarek is brilliant, check out his "Officium" with the Hillard Ensemble.
  
• Anouar Brahem. I would recommend "Astrakan Café" and "Conte de l'Incroyable Amour".
  
• Krzysztof Komeda. Recommened album: "Astigmatic".
  
• Bohren & Der Club or Gore. I would recommend "Black Earth" and "Sunset Mission".
  
• Gazpacho. I would recommend "Night".

This is what I'm listening to on this drizzly Sunday.

Swedish punk rock - (This ain't yo mamma's ABBA!)

Nordic folk/punk (a lot of which sounds like it could have come from Appalachia)

Astronomy Rock, including Astronomy Rock Radio, Starbirth music and The Orion Syndrome, neither of which is large enough to even have an apparent web presence.

Zydeco

Arabic female vocalists including one of my favs Natasha Atlas

Fado