/r/folkmusic
A sub dedicated to the sharing of contents realted to Folk Music! Folk music includes traditional and folk music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th-century folk revival. Folk music is, by definition, Music associated with a people's folklore or music performed by custom over a long period of time.
Anything and Everything relate to international folk music.
Share a particular song you like, an artist you believe deserves recognition or a style of music unique to a distinct part of the world.
Folk Music: Music transmitted by word of mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers...term has also been used to describe a kind of popular music that is based on traditional music. (From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music)
Let's try and keep this diverse.
/r/folkmusic
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Nordic-Inspired Folk Album: Echoes of Ancient Viking Lore (Full Album)
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Will Beeley - Circles
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Recommend me world music that mixes rock, metal or jazz and traditional instruments, from different places and peoples of the world
20:14 UTC
Melancholic version of traditional czech song
11:55 UTC
Mule Skinner Blues: A Raw Two-Chord Classic with a Punk Spirit
Bill Monroe’s take on Mule Skinner Blues has always fascinated me. It’s bold, loud, and unapologetic—a two-chord masterpiece that feels like the punk rock of its day. Did you know the song was originally recorded by Jimmie Rodgers in 1930 and reimagined by Bill Monroe in 1940?
The vocal yodeling style and relentless energy of Monroe’s version made it one of the defining songs of bluegrass. I’d love to hear your thoughts—what do you think makes this song such a timeless classic?
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Red Rocking Chair - Clawhammer Guitar
21:11 UTC
Be Kind To a Man While His Down
16:54 UTC
Canzoni per Erica
Folkish album I wrote. Thank you for taking time out of your day to listen to this.
04:05 UTC
Kiely Connell | Anesthesia (Live Session)
03:47 UTC
Beautiful haunting folk song about pagan religious cult practices in England
12:56 UTC
01:24 UTC
Song I wrote about my journey with recovery
This was the first song I ever attempted. It holds a lot of heavy weight and unfortunately was part of made me me. Let me know what you think ✌️
04:55 UTC
winter geese - pocket berries
19:21 UTC
Barrows and Bones - a new original song :)
18:00 UTC
Rhiannon Giddens, Liam Ó'Maonlaí, Alison Brown, Peter Rowan, Ron Block & more to headline Irish concert
FOLK iN FUSION is a concert that will celebrate tradition and innovation in folk, roots and Irish traditional music.
Taking place on the 14th of January 2025 in the Gleneagle INEC in Killarney, Co.Kerry, it will welcome a number of esteemed Irish and international guests.
Tickets are available now. The concert is being organised by Your Roots Are Showing, Ireland's Folk Conference. It would be highly appreciated if any folk fans, especially Irish based, could share the news of the concert via socials or directly to fellow music lovers. Poster is below
11:21 UTC
new alt country / folk ballad from cat rose smith with some lovely pedal steel and fiddle
00:17 UTC
Songs about lust?
Hi friends!
I am doing a radio show about the 7 deadly sins (one sin each week), and lust is up next! Lusty folk song ideas, please? Doesn't have to be trad. My show also has bluegrass, alt country , acoustic jazz, anything really goes.
Thanks so much!
18:56 UTC
Mystery with Peter, Paul and Mary on "Tonight in Person" 1965-66
I have a little mystery, wondering if anyone can help solve it.
In 1965-66 Peter, Paul and Mary went on the BBC show Tonight in Person. I know of this from several YouTube videos, such as this one. It's a great video, I recommend watching it.
There were two episodes aired with PPM, according to IMDb:
The episodes were each 30 minutes according to these listings on BBC: part 1, part 2.
All of this lines up with the video above, which is an hour and appears to be both episodes put together. Halfway through the video the credits roll, and then it cuts to the next episode (and Mary is wearing a different dress). So far so good.
(I'm guessing these were actually filmed on the same day, or maybe days apart, given the episodes aired only 3 months apart, and given that everything looks identical apart from Mary's dress.)
Here's the mystery:
Part 1 has the song "Early Morning Rain" (cued up). Beautiful.
Here's a different YoutTube video of just that song. However, this is clearly a different performance!!! It appears to be from the same day as part 1, because Mary is wearing the same dress, but it's subtly different! And to add more confusion, the caption in the beginning (which appears to be part of the original video) says 1966 rather than 1965.
My guess is this was an alternate take from the same day as part 1. And maybe BBC aired it later on in 1966? Anyone know anything about this???
06:26 UTC
Dog of the north - I’ll find a green chapel
17:41 UTC
Spotify Folk Playlist
Listen to my folk playlist "Bonfires & Branches" and let me know what you think! What should I add next!
04:26 UTC
Dolan's pub (Limerick, Ireland) - Irish Traditional Music Session
23:50 UTC
Graham and Sheila Nelmes
Anyone know what became of this duo?
15:35 UTC
Obscure Late 60s Folk Rock song
Does anyone know the title of this song? It is thought to be Light the lanterns/ pray the rain won't come. Song: https://youtu.be/sCYuc0HlI2o
15:18 UTC
a folk/acoustic take on ‘christmas lights’ by coldplay - one of my fav christmas songs 🎄🫶✨🎅
11:31 UTC
recorded the whole Nick Drake - Pink Moon album from my mothers balcony 🌸 hope you enjoy
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Can you tell me which music genre would be this song? c:
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