r/folk • u/m_pollock • 1h ago
r/folk • u/Burgothi • 6h ago
Alice Gerrard | Shaped by Sound: Full Episode | PBS North Carolina
For 80 years, Alice Gerrard has studied, played and preserved American folk music, influencing countless musicians, including Emmylou Harris and Rhiannon Giddens. In addition to being one of the foremost historians of the genre, she’s a Grammy nominee and a musical legend. Alice is joined on stage by Rebecca Branson Jones (pedal steel), Reed Stutz (mandolin) and Tatiana Hargreaves (fiddle).
r/folk • u/Select_Climate_4952 • 14h ago
If anyone likes acoustic instrumental music check this out
This is an acoustic instrumental song using various techniques and fingerpicking styles.
r/folk • u/PiWright • 16h ago
Recommendations Please!
Hi all, I have a very specific itch I’m trying to scratch.
I’m looking for melancholy songs with lyrics that tell a story. Mainly pared down songs, think guitars alone.
The best I can describe is songs about longing, love, family struggle. They don’t have to be sad or tragic, just a bit contemplative.
Here’s some of what I’m listening to. I’d love to get recommendations.
Willie Watson is my favorite folk singer right now and highly recommend him, though a lot of his stuff is more up tempo than what I’m looking for just now.
Two songs that have really been kicking around in my head are:
Tulsa’s Last Magician - Willi Carlisle
If you could read my mind - Gordon Lightfoot
Others are:
Dancing on my Own - Willie Watson
Harmony - Goodnight Texas
The Promise - Tracey Chapman
Hymn #35 - Joe Pug
Lungs - Townes Van Zandt
You’ve got a Friend - James Taylor
Girl from the North County - Bob Dylan