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Folkin' Awesome: Favorite Folk Artists/Singer-Songwriters

Qlip

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[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX3AnhefltM&feature=related"]Donovan[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-d5x-CiTUs"]Richie Havens[/YOUTUBE]
 

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donovan is cool...my mom gave me a cd. she loved him. :)

does loggins and messina count as folk? probably yeah..?? i like em... :)

[youtube=4FDcTyyXQb8] :) [/youtube]
 

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Some favorites:

Leonard Cohen
Bob Dylan
Pete Seeger
Joni Mitchell

Great thread!
 
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[youtube="USTq9wBSIv8"]Ah, Arbat, My Arbat![/youtube]

[youtube="GN2JUMrCFe0"]All is now agains us[/youtube]

[youtube="4USCdWD7Ipc"]Zaporozhian song[/youtube]

[youtube="t74er5nTMHo"]Cossacks never say die![/youtube]

[youtube="erIng6HSRt8"]Russian Soul[/youtube]
 

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Some great songs sung at least in part falsetto.

[YOUTUBE="yX7FjQ1TPHE"]The Low Anthem- Charlie Darwin[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="JfAS6nwYc9g"]Bon Iver- Skinny Love[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="t1tbX_NJn98"]Fleet Foxes- Sun Giant + Blue Ridge Mountains[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="OYUFcxBq1y4"]Iron and Wine- Flightless Bird, American Mouth[/YOUTUBE]
 

Beorn

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How could I forget James Taylor!

This is my favorite song by him.
[YOUTUBE="bzCy8yqisQI"]James Taylor- Copperline[/YOUTUBE]

I really like the following video. The animation reminds of kids shows on public television when I was a kid in the 80s.

[YOUTUBE="d-lD9m_YEXU"]Stephen Delopoulos- Ruin of the beast[/YOUTUBE]
 

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I just realised I completely forgot She & Him :doh:

I will make up for it with videos:
[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ciq_eGU8lvA"]She & Him - This is not a Test[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTAjLwWNITg"]She & Him - You Really Got a Hold on Me[/YOUTUBE]
 

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I really love the Innocence Mission.

[YOUTUBE="JYNLxCpUAJM"]Tomorrow on the Runway[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="Rr25sF18DZY"]Brotherhood of Man[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="BE1cOlvik4s"]Rain (Setting Out in the Leaf Boat)[/YOUTUBE]
 

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Gonna have to go with some more Crosby, Stills & Nash:

[YOUTUBE="F3kImL2gDkI"]Southern Cross[/YOUTUBE]

And some Gordon Lightfoot.

[YOUTUBE="ZJYREFafQ9s"]Carefree Highway[/YOUTUBE]

And Grateful Dead.

[YOUTUBE="XacvydVrhuI"]Friend of the Devil[/YOUTUBE]
 

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I need to get a Gordon Lightfoot album.

[YOUTUBE="HMrqBldlqzA"]First Aid Kit- Tiger Mountain Peasant Song[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="m1RtzRMthzI"]Jose Gonzalez- Down The Line[/YOUTUBE]


[YOUTUBE="Lwj5_SNWYc8"]Violent Femmes- Country Death Song[/YOUTUBE]


I'm a little surprised nobody has posted avett brothers yet given that they are pretty popular right now.

[YOUTUBE="Iq4DsqiW2DI"]Avett Brothers- January Wedding[/YOUTUBE]
 
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Well, I might be mixing my alt country and my folk rock but here goes:

[YOUTUBE="zlB2XLmA4Ec"]For Real[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="yGSi7_jNp3A"]New Partner[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE="B7qBxsf8qZo"]Hard to Love a Man[/YOUTUBE]
^This song will wipe it's feet on your heart.

[YOUTUBE="malJUMz2A9Y"]Farewell Transmission[/YOUTUBE]
 

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I jut heard this on the radio this morning and had to post it.

[YOUTUBE="DB91HRx250w"]The Secret Sisters- Tennessee Me[/YOUTUBE]
 
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Sniffles

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[youtube="EeiRe4Qp9Dw"]Fleet Foxes - Mykonos[/youtube]

[youtube="ArOS_WsT1tw"]Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon[/youtube]
 

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Woody Guthrie craps on anything that has the folk name, after his departure.
 
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