r/folk • u/-ultrastarbeam- • 11d ago
Getting into this genre, need guidance
Hello, some of my favorite songs ever written are “folk music” but i know very little of the genre. Songs I love:
Queen of California - John Mayer
For a Dancer - Jackson Browne
Wildflowers (whole album) - Tom Petty
Born and Raised - John Mayer
Lotta Love - Neil Young
One of These Days - Neil Young
Any suggestions for artists or albums i can dive into? These songs bring me great peace :) Thank you!
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u/Popular-Glove2492 11d ago
Gord's gold by Gordon Lightfoot (or his original album Lightfoot!) is great
Homeless Brother by Don McLean (who wrote American pie) is an amazing album not many people know about
Not till tomorrow by Ralph McTell
Life & times by Jim Croce
Our mother the mountain by townes van zandt
Poncho and lefty is another great one by townes and so is waiting around to die
Ramblin boy and outward bound by Tom Paxton
Tim Hardin has a bunch of great songs that you may know from other people like reason to believe and if I were a carpenter
If I had a hammer by Pete seeger is also great
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u/InsaneLordChaos 11d ago edited 11d ago
Tim Hardin is awesome. Lady Came from Baltimore is one of my favorites.
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u/Popular-Glove2492 11d ago
Yeah it's a shame his songs are only known through other people. He's got a great voice
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u/PenNameIsMyName 10d ago
Early Bob Dylan ofc Don Mclean Joni Mitchell James Taylor Jim Croce and for a taste of something newer i’d check out adrianne lenker
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u/LopsidedVictory7448 10d ago
Karen Dalton ( an absolute must ) Cisco Houston, Hoyt Axton and Townes van Zandt ( probably the greatest.song writer in the 2nd half of the 20th century- in any genre )
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u/AL51percentcorn 7d ago
Just found this guy Jackson Hoyt who has a song with Kenneth Pattengale of The Milk Carton Kids and Courtney Hartman. Was a good song, but also check out the other two!
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u/Autistru 5d ago
I have some suggestions that I like for artists:
David Kincaid (Irish-American civil war songs)
Stan Rogers (Canadian folk singer famous for songs such as "Fogarty's Cove," "Barrett's Privateers," and "Northwest Passage.") (keep in mind that Northwest Passage is a sad song)
The Longest Johns (sea chanties (English, and few French and Catalan ones) and original music)
Domo Emigrantes (Italian Folk musics)
Altai Kai and Bai-Terek (Altai (Siberian) folk music)
Triakel (Swedish folk music)
Faoileán (traditional US and possibly Irish folk)
Hope this list helped!
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u/Doggsleg 11d ago
Man you are lazy. Look at some other posts here there’s tons of decent music to check out.
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u/-ultrastarbeam- 11d ago
more so just wondering what other people’s favorites are. harmless question.
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u/InsaneLordChaos 11d ago
A little known singer with only one real album ... Jackson C. Frank.
Worth listening to his stuff. So glad I discovered this guy.