(Part 2) Best folk music according to redditors

yo dawg, i heard you liked Kierkegaard, so I figured i'd point you towards some dank bookskies.

Either/Or. is some good shit, too fucking long and meandering in total in my not so humble opinion, but some good shit to flip through, the individual essays are da baus, especially "the unhappiest man". Also, you may wanna check out Elliott Smith's album by the same name and blast it on your boom box while you're reading.

Fear and Trembling. Some other dank essays, I haven't personally gotten through all of it what with all the bitches that need my attention, but i've heard it's his best.

Hope I've helped a fellow brolosopher out.

Ninja edit: If I haven't, you can go fuck yourself.

I absolutely love Elliott Smith's music. Such a shame that we no longer have him around.

Going Nowhere is one of the most heartbreaking songs I've ever heard. "I was off in some empty daydream, going nowhere." Same goes for New Disaster "Well I wonder what it is your after keeping company with this disaster."

St. Ides Heaven is just straight-up hauntingly beautiful and so damn gut-wrenching. He does an amazing job of conveying solitude & despair in the chorus of this song.

Conversely, Say Yes is beautiful. A love song in the way only Elliott could do it--maintaining the doubt, uncertainty, and wonderful spontaneity of life and love.

Crazy Fucker/Another Standard Folk Song is just "fun" to me. So much of Elliott's music comes at you with a heavy heart from a hard life lived--and this song just seems lighter, and it makes me happy. Plus it's fun as hell to cover.

Honestly, picking just one is nearly impossible for me, so I'm sorry for the rant. If this is anyone's first experience with his music, I recommend getting yourself a copy of Either/Or. It's a masterpiece.

Nobody's mentioned Garden State or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Most that do are awful. Rock has borrowed successfully from classical, esp. in the 1970s, but classical doesn't do so well borrowing from rock.

However, I can highly recommend The Bones of All Men by Phillip Pickett and Richard Thompson. It's like medieval rock.

And Philip Glass bridges the gap occasionally, such as Songs from Liquid Days, but it's more synthy than drums.

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?

You have a point about this. Rober Downey Jr. may be a great actor, but he's certainly not had the effect on things the way Aphex Twin did. I mean, Robert even made his own album that got some mixed reviews. (There is a certain appeal to it, just missed its mark.) Richard, on the other hand, paved the way for a new music genre.

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There's an album by The Brobdingnagian Bards called Memories of Middle Earth. The instrumental tracks are perfect for a whimsical but epic Tolkien tone. Skip the vocal tracks. http://www.amazon.com/Memories-Middle-Earth-Brobdingnagian-Bards/dp/B00009M775/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331588661&sr=8-1

Boru's Ghost, Hound of Cullan. Original composition Celtic fusion, haunting yet upbeat. http://www.amazon.com/Hound-of-Cullan/dp/B0041RZ4EK/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1331588688&sr=1-1

I also strongly recommend Omnia's Crone of War for a slightly darker adventuring and battle sound. I like to call them Angry Pagan Music as when they sing it is about the scary gods and things that go bump in the night. But the instrumentals are daring, enchanting, and atmospheric. Also their piper is fantastic. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=Omnia+crone+of+war

Hope this helps.

This was used as the cover for a Leonard Cohen tribute album:

http://www.amazon.com/Im-Your-Fan-Songs-Leonard/dp/B000002ISX/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420741014&sr=8-1&keywords=leonard+cohen+i%27m+your+fan

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

Yes they are. If you like them you'd also like The Men They Couldn't Hang, particularly their song The Colours (but most of their stuff is good).

And if you're into that whole Celtic Rock/Celtic Punk thing I have to recommend the Pogues, Dropkick Murphys, and my favorite Flogging Molly (I saw them perform Drunken Lullabies on the Tonight Show shortly after the album's release and immediately the next morning went and picked it up and Swagger. I stopped lending the albums out because I never got them back from people--I think I've purchased each of those two at least three times.

Flogging Molly was one of the best concerts I ever attended. I think it was back in 2003 when I saw them perform at a smallish club which maybe had 750 people in it. I went with myself and two friends, one of whom was a giant of a man (6'4, probably 300+lbs). It was rather amusing being down in the pit (always wear steel toed boots if you're going to be upfront at a concert), and the rest of us bouncing around like mad in the mosh pit, while he had a space around him of a foot on either side.

It was funny, because we were standing there in the pit and nobody was showing any excitement. I remember turning to my one friend (not the 6'4" monster) and saying "this crowd looks dead" and him agreeing. Then Flogging Molly came out, hit the opening note and the club practically exploded.

http://www.amazon.com/Garden-State-Various-Artists/dp/B0002J58LK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334175447&sr=8-1

It is completely worth the $11 to download now... or through other means of distribution.

Here's the amazon link!Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002OYG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_1LzsybPE650A2

I've been looking for this for a while now. according to discogs there's currently only a digital release available. i hope there'll be a vinyl release when step 2 (which will have a vinyl version) will be released in june. can't confirm a release of both steps as 1 album yet, like /u/ssshaktaa mentioned - as i preordered step 2 already, there is currently only this version available.

You should try Memories of Middle Earth

I think it's a nice complement to the official score.

I absolutely love my 2 disc Jackson C. Frank "Blues Run the Game" set. It's 42 tracks, every recording he ever did. Many of the songs are short, and very, very poor quality but the soul contained in each one just takes my breath away and breaks my heart. His voice is so hauntingly beautiful and he just lays every ounce of himself out in his words. Knowing a little bit of his very tragic background brings an even deeper element to his music.

I wish so badly he got the chance to become more recognized and appreciated... If you like folk/blues or just want to appreciate some honest music, give him a listen. I think you can find a couple of his songs on YouTube. I first heard of him during this scene in Daft Punk's Electroma... literally brought me to tears: http://youtu.be/_DxBx4FyTqY

A little background on him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_C._Frank

If you're interested in purchase: http://www.amazon.com/Blues-Run-Game-Jackson-Frank/dp/tracks/B0000A5BUK/ref=dp_tracks_all_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369409089&sr=8-1#disc_1

RDJ is also "Jazzy"

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As you may have guessed, Swagger is less than 10 bucks on Amazon

Nice pic bro. Reminds me of the album cover to Pat Metheny's One Quiet Night.

http://www.amazon.com/One-Quiet-Night-Pat-Metheny/dp/B00008YUEI

Bangles: Hazy Shade of Winter

Manfred Mann's Earth Band: For You

Lacuna Coil: Enjoy the Silence

Apocalyptica: Helden (Heroes)

The Folksmen: Start Me Up

Almost every song on [I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen by...] (http://www.amazon.com/Im-Your-Fan-Various-Artists/dp/B000002ISX)

EDIT: had to add one more :)

There’s this one for $10.98. Either / Or https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004TBVU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_5Y4CAbNY6G5FX

For similarish sounding music but with less covers, try The Bones of All Men

Also: In Spite Of Ourselves https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VDMLG9J/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Ux3JDbNDNEBZX

Not so much cartoons, but Nerf Herder has a lot of good material you could probably use. I'd recommend 'Mr. Spock,' 'Manatee,' or 'She's a Sleestak.'

Another option I could recommend is an album a buddy of mine bought called Faux Real. A bunch of bands I've never heard of cover the songs that fictional bands play. http://www.wired.com/2014/03/mystik-spiral-dr-teeth/

John Cougar Concentration Camp has a song called 'Half Assed Jedi' which is right up there with 'A New Hope' since that was on your list already.

I think a lot of Aquabats could count, particularly songs off Charge!! I'd recommend 'Nerd Alert,' 'Stuck in the Movies,' or 'Awesome Forces.'

I think there's a bunch of internet famous songs you could cover that would go over well also. Lemon Demon's 'The Ultimate Showdown' is one that comes to mind right away.

There's one of those lame corporate pop punk bands that does a song called 'Hey Mario' about the plumber that's actually pretty catchy if you don't mind something on the pop side of things.

I know there's way more could think of, I'll give it more thought and edit my post with updates.

EDIT: That was quick, there was one right at the back of my mind

Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits: http://www.amazon.com/Saturday-Morning-Cartoons-Greatest-Hits/dp/B000002OYG

Also if you were comfortable covering a little bit of rap there's some great options also. Weird Al's 'White and Nerdy' and anything by Starbomb comes to mind.

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Link: http://www.amazon.com/One-Quiet-Night-Pat-Metheny/dp/B00008YUEI


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