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me your dad posted:Not sure if anyone will know, but what the hell - They have been known to do one or the other or both. Hill Country is a nice venue - I saw Slim Cessna's Autoclub there a few months back. It's a small enough place that I'm kind of surprised, too. Since they just did a country tour to support the new record, this might be the rock show.
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Thanks. I may chance it and go. I like the country stuff more than the rock material but the rock stuff is what originally got me into them so I'm sure it'll be a good show either way.
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Not music, but I recently got linked to Otis Gibbs "Thanks For Giving A drat" podcast because he had a Jason Molina episode. I glanced through the backlog of episodes and there were a ton of interesting episodes and guests. This is the only podcast I've found that deals with alt. country/country history, etc. https://soundcloud.com/otisgibbs/sets/thanks-for-giving-a-drat-with
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Gillian Welch is putting out (a remastered?) Harrow & the Harvest on wax if that's your thing. Pre-order from Acony or Amazon. Ships in July.
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Ugh, The Nashville Sound is so good! http://www.npr.org/2017/06/12/530277867/first-listen-jason-isbell-the-400-unit-the-nashville-sound edit- Just finished my first listen through. This is a brilliant record. On a first listen I enjoy it a lot more than I did Southeastern and Something More Than Free and that's saying something. Some of those songs had to grow on me a bit whereas I love everything on TNS already. ColonelJohnMatrix fucked around with this message at 15:29 on Jun 12, 2017 |
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That bass line on Cumberland Gap is awesome. He also released a live album of covers for Record Store Day. If you can find a copy its worth picking up Here's them doing Can’t You Hear Me Knocking by the Stones. https://vimeo.com/217780199
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Bonzo posted:That bass line on Cumberland Gap is awesome. This is fuckin' great, thanks for clueing me in on it.
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It's weird that on a cover they played so straight they didn't do the high harmony in the chorus. Felt very absent.
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ColonelJohnMatrix posted:Ugh, The Nashville Sound is so good! As a 40 something who thought he would have life a lot more figured out by this point, Tupelo is like multiple kicks to the gut.
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That's a pretty funny statement as after reading it and doing some thinking about the people I know that listen to that stuff...I'd say he's pretty on the nose. Also, I've listened to Nashville Sound about 6 times now and it's my favorite album of his, Tupelo being my favorite song on it.
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Would this thread be interested in a playlist of scandinavian folk music? I've been into it since always, and thought you might get a kick out of the instrumentation.
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Checking in to say that if MP3s were like records, I'd have to buy another copy of Nashville Sound because I've played it so loving much.
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nm posted:Checking in to say that if MP3s were like records, I'd have to buy another copy of Nashville Sound because I've played it so loving much. If that was the case, I think the Spotify tracks would be unplayable at this point. This album is on point the entire time. Anxiety following If We Were Vampires just feels perfect.
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Echoing the praise for The Almighty Isbell. But also... Tias posted:Would this thread be interested in a playlist of scandinavian folk music? I've been into it since always, and thought you might get a kick out of the instrumentation.
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If you even remotely like classic country, listen to this album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRBvAi341PE This review says it better than I could: http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/zephaniah-ohoras-this-highway-is-classic-country-mastery/ Saving Country Music posted:Zephanaiah OHora’s This Highway just very well might be a modern classic country masterpiece. Okay, it could have used a couple of quicker-paced songs to keep the energy flowing, or a little more spice to separate the tracks from each other. But otherwise, it’s flawless for what it is, which is a reawakening of everything brilliant and beautiful about the Countrypolitan era of country music, while leaving all the superfluousness of strings and choruses and other overproduction aside.
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(effort post, hope you enjoy!) Well, we can't rightly discuss scandinavian folk without sperging out over my favorite band, Hedningarna! This Swedish group, the name literally means "the heathens", consists of some awfully skilled trad musicians, and they commonly use many different kinds of strings and pipes. One of them, a trained luthier, even built his own instruments for the band.. Their sound is characterized by the "drone" of keyharp, hurdy-gurdy or bassy strings driving the song on. Oh, and they have a plethora of straight up insane Finnish singers, so that's also something! They use the 'joik' which is a traditional sami magic chant that doesn't really mean anything, but is meant to improvise the voices of animals and gods so as to enact ritual drama. Like most scandi folk groups, they eventually incorporated electronic instruments and samples, but check out the 1989 self-titled album* for an amazing trad-folk take on various polkas and hopsas(reels). Here's my all-time favorite song, "Drafur and Gildur", a lay that details two brothers or maybe friends absolutely wrecking the poo poo out of a troll ambush with axes  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLT7N7pOEXI They stretch extremely wide in their inspirations though, and you can find anything from wishy-washy scandi rock to islamic chants on their records. I cannot recommend the self-title, "Trä" and "Hippjokk" enough, though all their records are worth a listen. *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqYpbifIMws Next up is Gjallarhorn(name of the massive lur horn that Heimdallr uses to alert Asgard of danger with)! These guys are like a more modern( for lack of a better term) version of Hedningarna, making the interesting choice of didgeridoos to supply the drone backing. Later this was replaced by the sub contrabass recorder as the drone effect and bass of the band. They are/were(?) definitely skilled, and use a massive blend of strings, drums and pipes to accent a truly magnificient singer. Jenny Wilhelms just hit the clear, crisp Scandinavian notes that make the hair on the back of yer neck stand on end! Like Hedningarnas singers, she incorporates ancient vocal traditions, namely the practice of kulning. I want to pick out one song, though I'd rather just recommend all of their 1997 masterpiece record Ranarop("Call of the Sea Witch"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swtH2bMxD-E I think their version of "Herr Olof" is the best version I've ever heard. It's a song about a dude who takes a wrong turn and falls into a mermaids cavern, whereafter he is given a magic potion that makes him forget his family and friends and opts to drown with the mermaid rather than go home. I've always enjoyed it, but it was only recently I re-read the lyrics and realized what a loving grim ballad it is! They have made two other records, but to me they just kinda fall flat in comparison with Ranarop, I don't know. Then we have Garmarna( I think this would be "the vultures"!? Not sure, my Swedish isn't great), another great Swedish band, that, like the others, has kind of stopped playing  They take on a more traditional take of classic scandi folk songs, using plenty of violins, a hurdy-gurdy and sometimes an e-bow. Emma Härdelin ties it together with a kind of rural rollicking take on vocals. I'd recommend their epos, Guds Spelemän(God's troubadours), as nearly all the songs own: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sej3V-bqSqc Härdelin also sings with a band called Triakel, which mainly covers material from the Swedish region of Jämteland, but I must admit I haven't heard it. Onto the Danish stuff! The best known Danish folk group is probably Sorten Muld, which strictly is more of an electro-folk band, but they remain awesome! There is no doubt that their best work is their interpretation of "Ravnen"( the Raven), check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBRukQ4d7zc Members would later go on to form Valravn and Virelai, both amazing trad interpreters. I saw Virelai this friday, and can confirm they still kick rear end. Here are some songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90iR_xtumcA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kcR3U-yU8U I will round this post off - but I will probably remember more come tomorrow - with Asynje, who to me is best at the kind of folk we do in Denmark. I opt to include "Hr Oluf", which is actually a different song than the one above, it's also known as "og Dansen går gennem Lunden"("..as the dance continued through the meadow"), a terrific tale of a dude riding to his marriage and meeting an elvish woman, who takes offense that he won't dance with her, and gives him some kind of virulent elf cancer that waits to kill him till he reaches his bride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t360MVYFL0 (Nanna Barslev from Asynje also sings in Huldre, which in my opinion is some of the very best Danish folk metal every made, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wZNXkBJn4c ) Tias fucked around with this message at 21:49 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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stealie72 posted:If you even remotely like classic country, listen to this album: Man, I genuinely like Trigger. I've been reading SCM for years, and that guy has turned me on to quite a few of my favorites.
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Tias posted:Then we have Garmarna( I think this would be "the vultures"!? Not sure, my Swedish isn't great) Collateral Damage fucked around with this message at 12:58 on Jun 21, 2017 |
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Oh, that makes sense! Thanks.
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stealie72 posted:If you even remotely like classic country, listen to this album: drat, this is fantastic. Thanks for the recommendation, I haven't been this excited listening to an album for this first time in quite a while. Recently I spent much of a five day roadtrip working my way through Bear Family's "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, Hillbilly Music" series. You could drop any song from this album into the middle of those classic songs and it'd fit in perfectly.
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Can I get a recommendation for the best place to start with James McMurtry? Going to see him in a few weeks. Got the tickets mainly because Sarah Jarosz is playing, but I hear McMurtry is good too.
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Can I get a recommendation for the best place to start with James McMurtry? Going to see him in a few weeks. Got the tickets mainly because Sarah Jarosz is playing, but I hear McMurtry is good too. Too Long in the Wasteland is my go to. Speaking of McMurtry and a post I made a few weeks back, I caught Alejandro Escovedo last night who is fantastic live. He had Pat Puckett opening for him, whose voice reminds me a lot of McMurtry and was a really great live trio. Highly recommend.
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Can I get a recommendation for the best place to start with James McMurtry? Going to see him in a few weeks. Got the tickets mainly because Sarah Jarosz is playing, but I hear McMurtry is good too. Start with Choctaw Bingo and then see where fate takes you.
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MrBling posted:The Guardian did a nice interview with Steve Earle. Talks about his many wives, drug problems and his autistic son. the guy he's talking about who his wife left him for his hayes carll btw El Miguel posted:Man, I genuinely like Trigger. I've been reading SCM for years, and that guy has turned me on to quite a few of my favorites. I think his heart is in the right place and ive found some good music through him but I cannot stand his writing tbh
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stealie72 posted:Start with Choctaw Bingo and then see where fate takes you. I'm from Arkansas and drat if that song wasn't probably written about some people I know. EdsTeioh posted:Too Long in the Wasteland is my go to.
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Aquarium Drunkard shared this today - a great compilation from Fervor Records: https://fervor-records.com/album/mid-century-sounds-deep-cuts-from-the-desert/ Good old country and similar sounds. Great artwork, too: 
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Here's a local band that I like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP3YP9jR5lE This one takes a few minutes before it gets interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha4Hvn7jbOc
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Speaking of Colorado bands I did see Yonder Mountain String Band at the end of last year. I didn't know a single song by them, but I love bluegrass. Well the first 2 songs went well, but after that I felt like I was listening to what can be best described as pop-jamgrass. I am no traditionalist when it comes to bluegrass, but I realized I hated it. The pop had no soul, and I found the jamgrass boring most of the time. It is my fault. When I saw what look like a bunch of deadheads around me I should of known (while I like some Old and in the Way, I hate the Dead and Phish). I hate jam bands. Funny cause I love Pink Floyd. While not a jam band, they had super long songs at times (Echos, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, etc.) that I love and never find boring. Morale of the story? Make sure you check out a band before seeing them. I usually do unless at a festival, but I broke that rule with Yonder. It was the first show I ever left early (I did give them over 90 minutes). nate fisher fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Jul 12, 2017 |
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I'm a diehard jam band fan and also diehard bluegrass and I don't like Yonder. I get them, and I'm happy that they don't commit the cardinal sin of affecting southern/mountain accents, but they're just kind of boring. Their jams aren't interesting, and their bluegrass just doesn't quite hold up. In fact, most Colorado bluegrass doesn't. There's a whole fuckin lot of upper middle class white bluegrass bands out here, and I've seen maybe two that don't just hold that place of "opener that I'll tolerate for 90 minutes." Old and in the Way wasn't really a jam band and only mildly comparable to the Dead in that the Dead borrowed some of their stuff because Jerry Garcia couldn't not play bluegrass. They were/are all really respected bluegrass musicians in their own right. Jerry probably has a bigger folk/bluegrass/non-jam catalog than his contributions to the Dead, actually. Vassar Clements and Peter Rowan probably have a lot to do with what both bluegrass and Americana are today. That said, I understand not really liking Jerry Garcia. He kind of wanders a bit and his voice just doesn't do it for some people. Hell of a banjo player though. Peter Rowan  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnIhIlRJtco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYyjYEEynU8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbYYa4Z7rpk He jams though.
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nate fisher posted:Speaking of Colorado bands I did see Yonder Mountain String Band at the end of last year. I didn't know a single song by them, but I love bluegrass. Well the first 2 songs went well, but after that I felt like I was listening to what can be best described as pop-jamgrass. I am no traditionalist when it comes to bluegrass, but I realized I hated it. The pop had no soul, and I found the jamgrass boring most of the time. It is my fault. When I saw what look like a bunch of deadheads around me I should of known (while I like some Old and in the Way, I hate the Dead and Phish). I hate jam bands. Funny cause I love Pink Floyd. While not a jam band, they had super long songs at times (Echos, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, etc.) that I love and never find boring. They're really bad.
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Curious if there are any gothic country fans reading this thread (I saw someone mention SCAC earlier). I'm a big fan of this weird little subgenre and I've enjoyed many of the bands mentioned at the Swedish Embassy of Gothic Country (though there are definitely a few that are... not good). Anyway, if anyone has any listening suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I definitely enjoy the Denver scene bands like SCAC, Munly, and Wovenhand, but here are a couple lesser known and apparently defunct groups I'd like to hear more like: Trailer Bride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DbhPdBu7x0 Blackgrass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1L9wRL-yvs Tenderloud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_YF6md1lSs
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Vienna Circlejerk posted:Curious if there are any gothic country fans reading this thread (I saw someone mention SCAC earlier). I'm a big fan of this weird little subgenre and I've enjoyed many of the bands mentioned at the Swedish Embassy of Gothic Country (though there are definitely a few that are... not good). Anyway, if anyone has any listening suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I definitely enjoy the Denver scene bands like SCAC, Munly, and Wovenhand, but here are a couple lesser known and apparently defunct groups I'd like to hear more like: I dig it, and have posted about 16 Horsepower/Wovenhand ITT a few times. Thanks for these, because I'm often looking. Murder By Death's album Red of Tooth and Claw is good in that vein. Wovenhand is playing in my town in September 1, but one of my favorite psych bands is playing in the venue across the street at the same time. FML.
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Vienna Circlejerk posted:Curious if there are any gothic country fans reading this thread (I saw someone mention SCAC earlier). I'm a big fan of this weird little subgenre and I've enjoyed many of the bands mentioned at the Swedish Embassy of Gothic Country (though there are definitely a few that are... not good). Anyway, if anyone has any listening suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I definitely enjoy the Denver scene bands like SCAC, Munly, and Wovenhand, but here are a couple lesser known and apparently defunct groups I'd like to hear more like: Handsome Family, Jim White, some Cat Power. 16 HP and the 'hand, as well as Hank Williams( I and III), are must listens of course. I will also heartily recommend Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus if you can find it anywhere. It's an amazing look into both dark country music and the culture that spawned it.
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Tias posted:Handsome Family, Jim White, some Cat Power. 16 HP and the 'hand, as well as Hank Williams( I and III), are must listens of course. Seconding Wrong Eyed Jesus. A little pretentious and dramatic, but that makes it way more interesting than just a country music documentary. There's some really weird and intimate clips of people playing music and telling stories in it. This clip in particular stuck with me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0FIpudHjKA That's David Eugene Edwards of 16HP/Wovenhand playing Wayfaring Stranger. HenryJLittlefinger fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Jul 13, 2017 |
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Vienna Circlejerk posted:Curious if there are any gothic country fans reading this thread (I saw someone mention SCAC earlier). I'm a big fan of this weird little subgenre and I've enjoyed many of the bands mentioned at the Swedish Embassy of Gothic Country (though there are definitely a few that are... not good). Anyway, if anyone has any listening suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I definitely enjoy the Denver scene bands like SCAC, Munly, and Wovenhand, but here are a couple lesser known and apparently defunct groups I'd like to hear more like: These remind me of stuff by Jay Munly. Denver artist. He goes by Munly and the Lupercalians, but is in a ton of other stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2BqlFXJ878 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCyRt-AVRAc
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Vienna Circlejerk posted:Curious if there are any gothic country fans reading this thread (I saw someone mention SCAC earlier). I'm a big fan of this weird little subgenre and I've enjoyed many of the bands mentioned at the Swedish Embassy of Gothic Country (though there are definitely a few that are... not good). Anyway, if anyone has any listening suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I definitely enjoy the Denver scene bands like SCAC, Munly, and Wovenhand, but here are a couple lesser known and apparently defunct groups I'd like to hear more like: Blanche are/were quite good. They seem to be on indefinite hiatus now though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euSRYuxq8UU Graveyard Train are an Australian band that call themselves 'horror country' but probably qualify as gothic country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj6Q0xRW5bQ
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