Subject: Folk music
Date: Sun Oct 14 21:53:30 2018
User: Turpin827
Message:I love folk music - thought I'd post some of my favorite songs
Cindy Kallet has a beautiful unique voice, and this is simply one of the finest songs ever!
Link: Tide and the River Rising
Date: Mon Oct 15 10:32:00 2018
User: Turpin827
Message:This fun, inspirational and moving song is based on a true story - performed by many but this version is by the man who wrote it, the great Stan Rogers. Enjoy
Link: The Mary Ellen Carter
Date: Mon Oct 15 10:45:57 2018
User: Turpin827
Message:This live recording is perhaps a better one to post - includes an interview with a sailor who believes the song saved his life. Faster tempo that I like.
Link: The Mary Ellen Carter live
Date: Mon Oct 15 11:12:55 2018
User: Turpin827
Message:John McCutcheon is arguably America's greatest living folk performer. See him if ever you can. This is one of his best songs
Link: Christmas In The Trenches
Date: Mon Oct 15 11:45:29 2018
User: Turpin827
Message:Jerry Bryant is a personal friend and one of the country's great shanty singers. On his album "Roast Beef Of Olde England", I'm one of the backup singers (hey you can look it up). This is a favorite, and was actually sung on British sailing vessels. I'm on the high tenor part in the choruses.
Link: Don't Forget Your Old Shipmates
Date: Tue Oct 16 22:11:07 2018
User: rufus_r
Message:Couldn't listen to any of them sadly Turpin. Maybe an issue on my side.
Date: Wed Oct 24 10:02:15 2018
User: TNmountainman
Message:John Prine is among the greatest (and definitely among the most searing) songcrafters of his generation, and I've been blessed to see him a significant number of times. The first two times were consecutive nights back in about 1972 or 1973 (or so), and I believe it was either $1 or (more probably) $2 to attend. It's good to see a whole new batch of folks catch on to his long catalogue. He has an exceptional gift of being able to capture, and then translate, otherwise-wordless feelings into prose and song. Although this new album is his first (of his own music) in a long time, it seems as tho he hasn't lost his unique abilities. Massively respected by other top writers; a treasure indeed.
Date: Thu Oct 25 11:27:29 2018
User: Turpin827
Message:This is a lovely Gaelic piece, here sung by Talitha MacKenzie. There have been hundreds of versions, both sung and instrumental, since words and music are equally beautiful. The singer is waiting for her lover's return from the sea - fears he is a bit of a rogue - ignores friends who urge her to give him up, etc.
If you feel like looking it up there was a fantastic anglicized version done by the folk trio Bok, Muir and Trickett. (Just choruses in Gaelic)
Link: Fear A Bhata (the boatman)
Date: Thu Oct 25 11:35:10 2018
User: Turpin827
Message:And speaking of Bok, Muir and Trickett - here is one of my favorites. Gordon Bok is another personal friend - he often writes songs based on dreams, and this is one of those. Lead vocals are by Ann Mayo Muir. This beautiful hammered dulcimer in the background is by Ed Trickett.
Link: The Bird Rock
Date: Thu Oct 25 11:43:33 2018
User: Turpin827
Message:We folkies claim Gordon Lightfoot as one of us. This relatively unknown gem is one of my favorite songs of all time. Wistful and poetic - a kaleidoscope of images.
Link: Pussywillows, Cattails
Date: Thu Nov 1 19:50:25 2018
User: Turpin827
Message:A wonderful Stan Rogers song- referencing British explorer Sir John Franklin who died looking for the NW passage - and wonderful performers- Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy
Keith is from Canada - sings in French or English. Wife Becky is one of the great Celtic fiddlers. Enjoy
Link: Northwest Passage by Stan Rogers
Date: Sun Nov 4 20:20:28 2018
User: slofstra
Message:I blog extensively about folk music, although not as extensively as I would like to, on my blog, gesprek.net. I also have a number of youtube lists, consisting of folk and indie music. Each year I go through 4-500 new videos and rank my favourites for the year. They have to be performance videos; I have little use for "official" videos. I want to see the performer. I live in Ontario, Canada. You can access my youtube stuff from my blog or search youtube on "artsfols".
I saw John Prine for the first time in 1972 at the Mariposa Folk Festival in Toronto. Don't have the new CD yet, but I have heard it ... it's very good.
And I also saw Stan Rogers a number of times back in the day. More recently I've seen his brother, Garnet perform. Once of my friends here in Waterloo, Ontario is an active participant in some of the Stan-fests.
For me, nothing beats live performance though, and in recent years, now semi-retired, I see quite a bit of stuff.
I better stop now. I can just go on ...
Link: My blog
Date: Thu Oct 24 14:07:54 2019
User: TNmountainman
Message:Well, once again I've had a hard time deciding which music thread to put this in. But I think this may be appropriate. It's certainly "folk music" in it's genesis. And.........it's pretty much hot and smokin'. Talking about laying into a groove.....
I'll also put this one out there, for those intrigued:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFuwzH7lnJY
It's nearly an hour, but skip ahead to about 19:00 or so, and then, as necessary, also to about 35:45.
Link: All together now......
Date: Mon Oct 28 09:34:10 2019
User: NickV
Message:@Turpin827:
I couldn't agree more about John McCutcheon, and the song you chose to post is one of my favorites as well. It must be one of his also, and he's played it every time I've seen him.
I also love Gordon Bok's stuff--- especially when he was playing with Ed Trickett and Ann Mayo, and "Fear a Bhata" is a favorite. I'd never heard "The Bird Rock," so I thank you for that. I can't claim Gordon as a close friend, but he is a close friend of my sister's, and so I've met him a few times. He seems a kind and gentle man. We had dinner together once, and when my car broke down he used his Triple A to rescue me. :)
Date: Tue Oct 29 19:31:52 2019
User: mrbuck
Message:For you folk music fans, check out a festival that happens in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. It's in a fantastic setting, The Oak Grove Theater. The 2019 festival is over but every year is a fantastic year. Check out the History tab to see a list of all the great musicians who have played here. Some pretty big time names in folk music. I see one of you is a John McCutcheon fan. He's played quite a few times.
I'm lucky, I work backstage and get to meet and chat up a lot of these people (Bill Kirchen asked about my hot rod Lincoln once). They perform so close to the stage and make themselves accessible after they perform you can hang out with them as well.
Book mark the link for next year.
Link: Oak Grove Folk Music Festival
Date: Wed Oct 30 11:58:46 2019
User: TNmountainman
Message:When I first started reading your post, I thought you were going to mention the LOCKN' festival, also near you but not nearly *as* near you. (And certainly not all acoustic, altho mostly of the acoustic(ish)-genre.) I see they have my friends/acquaintances Chuck Brodsky, Robin & Linda Williams, and Bill & the Belles on the home page at the moment. Looks like (not surprisingly) a lot of folks who play here also play there. I mentioned Brodsky's wonderful songwriting on this board a few years ago in connection with his song about Dock Ellis's no-no, and his "The Baseball Ballads" album, and I believe hotnurse liked his stuff (Brodsky's; not sure how she thought about Dock Ellis's - in fact, without looking it up, I'm not sure hotnurse ever batted against Ellis). And wow, just now, looking at the below link to that discussion, I see that (the other) Robin Williams is also mentioned there - but NOT to be confused with the Robin of Robin & Linda Williams.
https://www.freecell.net/f/c/disctopic.html?code=12644&replies=6
Which reminds me.........Robin and Linda had a bunch of us howling with laughter a while back (2-3 years ago?) recalling some funny incidents involving Robert Altman and the filming of "A Prairie Home Companion". Can't remember the details of the stories, but a couple of them were side-splittingly funny.
Kirchen is a hoot. Funny guy, almost like a teenager still. And he can play it all. He's also got some funny stories, which you probably got to hear some of.
I'm a McCutcheon fan, too, altho I haven't seen him in quite a few years. And I also see that both Guy and Townes played there. Did you get to meet the great Gamble Rogers? Good stuff....
Date: Wed Oct 30 15:06:02 2019
User: hotnurse
Message:TN, now that I have unlimited data with my internet maybe I can spend more time checking out the music that you have referenced. I've liked folk since I was in high school. There was a show on tv called "Hootenanny" in the early 60's. That's when I first fell in love with the Carter Family and several other folk groups.
I will check out some of the names that you have mentioned. Thanks.
Also...I am still waiting for you to post your bio related to your country music background. It would *not* be boasting, besides I think that many others here would enjoy almost knowing someone who had the connection that you have and have had.
I am reading a great book right now called Outlaw; Waylon, Willie, Kris, and The Renegades of Nashville by Michael Streissguth. worth reading if you want to know the real history of Nashville.
Date: Wed Oct 30 15:22:20 2019
User: TNmountainman
Message:hottie, I haven't forgotten about posting something concerning all the folks I know in the business, etc. - especially those mentioned and/or shown in the Ken Burns series. In fact, I actually wrote a fairly long description, history, etc. that very night. It was either the night of the penultimate episode, or after the last one - I don't remember which. But it was like WAY long. It read like about 2-3 chapters of an autobiography. Don't know that peeps here would want to read all that. And I've been unable to figure out how to pare it down. And I do fear it might sound a little like "bragging", so that is part of my reticence. Sorry; but I promised I'd do it, and so I will. And I'll try to do it fairly soon. Life just got busy on me lately, too.
And I remember "Hootenanny", too. And "Hullabaloo" and "Shindig!", altho they were not so much folk-oriented.
Date: Wed Oct 30 17:26:34 2019
User: jamesblackburn-lynch
Message:TN,
I don't promise to read it all if it gets boring, but I might. Worth a shot.
James
Date: Sun Mar 29 22:55:19 2020
User: ch9an19
Message:Oh no! His great songs have touched me, made me laugh and cry, since the 70s. I saw him live twice, back then and in the 90s. I hope he can recover. He has been through so much already!
Date: Wed Apr 1 10:52:24 2020
User: BuzzClik
Message:This is a nice piece from The Late Show, recorded a while back but not broadcast until this week.
Colbert's intro for the clip included him saying, "Happy enchilada, John!" Those of you who have seen Prine in concert probably recognize Colbert's tip of the hat to one of Prine's favorite stories. He would be introducing "That's the Way the World Goes Round" and would tell of a young woman who requested that he sing his Enchilada Song. Prine was confused because he doesn't have such a song, and she said, "You know! 'It's a happy enchilada and you think you're gonna drown.'" Prine would then sing the last verse with "happy enchilada" substituted for "half an inch of water" with a big smile on his face.
Link: John Prine and Stephen Colbert
Date: Wed Apr 1 10:53:30 2020
User: BuzzClik
Message:Well, good lord. Sorry, ix.
Anything worth doing is worth doing twice.
.roll eyes
Date: Tue Apr 7 21:40:43 2020
User: ix
Message:fuck
Date: Tue Apr 7 22:33:56 2020
User: cellmate
Message:There's a hole in Daddy's arm where all the time goes
RIP John Prine
Date: Tue Apr 7 23:11:49 2020
User: mrbuck
Message:Luckily John Prine won't need a flag decal. We lost one of the best there ever was today.
mrbuck
Date: Tue Apr 7 23:31:47 2020
User: hotnurse
Message:Tears ran down my face hearing this. Sure love his music.
Date: Wed Apr 8 22:17:58 2020
User: cellmate
Message:While viewing a few JP videos on youtube, Steve Goodman came up. A familiar name but why can't i remember much about him.
A bit more digging... Man that guy was good!
Date: Wed Apr 8 23:11:52 2020
User: BuzzClik
Message:I saw him play in the late 70s. Great day story teller and quite the show. He can talk backwards to me anytime.
He, too, is missed.
Date: Thu Apr 9 03:15:58 2020
User: TNmountainman
Message:I never got to see Goodman, altho I admired his work. Liked him better as a songwriter than performer, to be honest (like a lot of people). I *think* I have either his first or second album. Seems like I had a chance to see him in Nashville once upon a long time ago (late '70s), but passed, or couldn't for some other reason. He wasn't well-known then (I guess it could be asked "was he ever?", but that would be not giving him and the readers of this board enough credit), except among the songwriter cognoscenti, of which of course there were oodles in that locale. He just didn't have a very forceful or distinctive stage presence (imo).
He was one of those of which others say "he was a songwriter's songwriter". I know that's a cliche, but it's true. He and Prine were pretty good buddies, I think, back before Prine moved south to Nashville.
At a recent performance by John McEuen (more about that when I get around to writing about the Ken Burns "Country Music" stuff), he talked about Goodman, and his admiration for him.
But........................in lieu of that..........I present pics of my last(?) two Prine shows, in 1991 and 1992. The first two were circa 1977, and 1980, and because of the venue (small intimate place) there were not tickets - or at least they didn't survive. It's actually hard for me to believe I hadn't seen him since 1992, but I quit keeping detailed concert records in 1988, so I'm not sure. As can be seen, for the 1991 show I had to put up with that uppity hussy Bonnie Raitt and her blues stuff after John. Oh well.....life is full of suffering......
[I see that 1992 ticket was $20, which I would have considered high back then even in that small, wonderful theatre. I halfway or more think that ticket was gratis, but I just don't remember for sure.]
Link: John Prine ticket stubs
Date: Fri Apr 10 11:02:53 2020
User: NickV
Message:Thanks for this. I never heard this song, for one reason or another. I do love that man, though.His passing is going to leave a big hole in the world.
Date: Fri Apr 10 18:03:03 2020
User: hotnurse
Message:TN, if you don't mind, would you email me your email address please? It's music related.
Date: Fri Apr 10 21:02:25 2020
User: hotnurse
Message:kmccracken51@gmail.com. For TN
Date: Sun Apr 12 23:08:33 2020
User: cellmate
Message:
Dylan... Murder Most foul (about Kennedy assassination)
17 minutes, a lot of references, quite listenable
Link: Dylan Murder Most foul
Date: Mon Apr 13 01:08:39 2020
User: outskirts
Message:That is one of the very few YouTube channels I subscribe to, where I leave the notifications on. The others are also Dylan or mostly Dylan.
Date: Wed Jul 22 14:01:48 2020
User: TNmountainman
Message:Who keeps needing a John Prine fix every now and then? Here's a couple that stand the test of time, as I've watched them both numerous times in the last 3 months. One at a time........
This first one is remarkable for the *really* nice, kinda jangly guitar work beginning at about 7:00.
Link: the peaceful waters of "Lake Marie"
Date: Wed Jul 22 14:06:13 2020
User: TNmountainman
Message:And this one is just nice all the way through - almost like a Reader's Digest version of John Prine (as if there could be such a thing).
Noteworthy on this is that he's somehow used a time machine to go back and grab Paul Stookey for bass efforts, and a very young Jackson Browne for guitar. ;)
I suspect most here are very familiar with this, but juuuust in case.....
Link: NPR Tiny Desk concert
Date: Thu Jul 23 08:37:03 2020
User: HopDiriDiriDattiriDittiriDom
Message:Excuse me if the following sounds like an commercial ad. I have copy-pasted it. Through the youtube link you can select the inividual tracks. I like the second track of the album for example.
“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors,” nineteenth century poet and novelist William Blake once beautifully said. To discover new things you sometimes need someone to open a door between the known and the unknown. Altin Gün (‘Golden Day’ in turkish) is the band holding that door handle. And when the door swings open you smell, feel and hear a mix of sounds you may have heard before separately but never like that.
Altin Gün is an Anatolian rock and Turkish Psychedelic Folk band from Amsterdam. The band was inspired by founder and bass player Jasper Verhulst’s deep passion for Turkish folk and psychedelia. “The songs come out of a long tradition. This is music that tries to be a voice for a lot of other people,” he explains. Following their 2018 debut album On, Altin Gün returned with their sophomore album Gece on April 26th 2019 via ATO. The new record firmly establishes the band as masterful interpreters of the Anatolian rock and folk legacy, and as a leading voice in the emergent global psych scene. This music is electric Turkish history, shot through with a heady buzz of 21st century intensity, filled with funk-like grooves and explosive psychedelic textures.
Link: Gece - Full Album
Date: Thu Jul 23 09:47:50 2020
User: BuzzClik
Message:Hop, my iPad struggled to get that link to take me to a playable video. However, a search within YouTube for “Altin Gun Gece” took me right to it.
I found this live Altin Gun performance a while ago while digging around for variants on the autoharp.
Link: https://youtu.be/nNVsS3Jxf1Q
Date: Thu Jul 23 10:03:29 2020
User: HopDiriDiriDattiriDittiriDom
Message:Buzz,
I can open my link but yours doesn't work here. It says "not released for your country something like that".
Date: Wed Sep 2 20:25:05 2020
User: BuzzClik
Message:I don't dwell on old songs or old artists, but I've consistently made an exception in Prine's case. The video in that link of him singing "Angel from Montgomery" at ACL as an old man was unreal.
(Funny that he dedicated it to Bonnie Raitt -- the first time I heard the song was when she was singing it live.)
Date: Thu Sep 3 08:26:39 2020
User: outskirts
Message:My awesome artist girlfriend wears a mask that says Trump killed John Prine.
she made it of course
Date: Thu Sep 3 11:49:58 2020
User: outskirts
Message:Sounded like she's my girlfriend girlfriend. She's not gay not that there's anything wrong with that but we are long term friends since 50 years
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