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Ruth Theodore - Worm Food Folk

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1970-01-01 00:00:00 by deepgoa in NJ/DJ DEEP-GOA's DSNight™ Sessions & Conversations
...Folk, Singer, Songwriter When I first heard Ruth Theodore I had the same reaction of hearing something innovative and new that I heard with Tom Waits and Jolie Holland . Its not that she sounds like Waits or Holland. In fact, she doesnt really sound like anyone else which is sort of the point. Her music has elements of cabaret and folk and...
 
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From Pac-man to Pop Music: Interactive Audio in Games and New Media (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

2008-07-03 10:49:02 by Doug in 1st4music Pop
 
From Pac-man to Pop Music: Interactive Audio in Games and New Media (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series Continue
 
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Subgenre Coverfolk: Freak Folk (Devandra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Animal Collective, Vetiver)

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2008-05-28 09:20:00 by boyhowdy in Cover Lay Down
...folk is increasingly used by artists and promoters as a call to a specific approach to musicmaking usually characterized by acoustic instrumentation, and/or a sort of lo-fi confessional sensibility If we were cynics, we might suspect that the term is used primarily not to signify genre identity at all, but instead to call to a kind of...
 
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Prog Folk

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2007-12-01 22:28:00 by nasti in Progressive Rock
...Folk revival started on both sides of the Atlantic, and got quickly linked with a protest movement, not always, but often linked to more left-wing tendencies, which did not sit well with the authorities. BOB DYLAN, JOAN BAEZ, WOODY GUTHRIE, JOHN DENVER, BUFFY STE-MARIE, but also the FARINA couple Richard and Mimi for the US and SHIRLEY...
 
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Covered In Folk: Classical Music (Bela Fleck, Chris Thile, David Wilcox, Brooks Williams, etc.)

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2008-03-26 00:05:00 by boyhowdy in Cover Lay Down
...folk music as inherently coupled with the singer-songwriter movement. And it is true that, once upon a time, those who would grow up to become the folk troubadors of their own tomorrows learned their songs the traditional way, at the knees of their elders, that they, too, might pass old songs on to a new generation, and tell their own stories...
 
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Covered In Folk: Classical Music (Bela Fleck, Chris Thile, David Wilcox, Brooks Williams, etc.)

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2008-03-26 07:05:00 by boyhowdy in Cover Lay Down
...folk music as inherently coupled with the singer-songwriter movement. And it is true that, once upon a time, those who would grow up to become the folk troubadors of their own tomorrows learned their songs the traditional way, at the knees of their elders, that they, too, might pass old songs on to a new generation, and tell their own stories...
 
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Covered in Folk: David Bowie (Dar Williams, The Gourds, M. Ward, Natalie Merchant and more!)

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2007-12-01 21:52:00 by boyhowdy in Cover Lay Down
...folk interpretations of songs from the popworld is really nothing new. After all, though modern folk music has turned its eye towards confessional songwriting and urban poetry, and quite often away from its agrarian roots, traditionally, folk music is not so much about the rural as it is populated by the music of the folk, which quite...
 
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Festival Coverfolk: Falcon Ridge Folk Fest, July 24-27 (The Nields, Patty Larkin, Martin Sexton, David Massengill)

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2008-06-18 13:21:00 by boyhowdy in Cover Lay Down
...Folk Festival , a four-day, four-stage extravaganza of music, dancing, and live music that takes place in Hillsdale, NY , on the last weekend in July Falcon Ridge tickets won't sell out for a while, but if you're like me, you're going to need some time to air out the camper and clear the calendar. Without further ado, then, here's a short...
 
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(Re)Covered VI: More Covers of and from Freak Folk, Gillian Welch, James Taylor, and Boxing Songs

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2008-07-02 18:43:00 by boyhowdy in Cover Lay Down
...folk set of covers over at his place, and even encouraging his own readers to take advantage of our great promotion for artist-friendly music source Amie Street . So I was thrilled when his guest post turned out to be one of the most popular posts we've had here at Cover Lay Down. You guys have good taste As a tip of the hat to this fine...
 
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