# Modern Folk **URL:** \ **Category:** Music Scene Chat\ **Created:** [February 29, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/modern-folk/7029 "2024-02-29T07:09:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wayne](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/wayne/32/12477_2.png) [@wayne](https://idmforums.com/u/wayne)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/modern-folk/7029/1 "2024-02-29T07:09:37Z")
Don’t know if this thread exists and I didn’t look. There’s a lot of great folk music coming out these days in the US. This is an appreciation for all of that, and ESPECIALLY the non-American is accepted as well! I guess what defines folk? Of course it’s not what we know now as conventional country? Non-electronic? But electronic guitar is ok? It’s an interesting thing to define. We can call it whatever we want but elements include: Acoustic Guitar Banjos Fiddles Accordian Harmonica Twang Twingity Twangity twang Mouth harp pianos and organs Hick shit Interestingly enough, synths are also accepted. Whatever, we all know what it means. Are you listening to it? Give us your most po-dunk swamp-ass deep-country shit, I want it, Feed it to me. I’ve been listening to Amigo the Devil a lot these days. I love their lyrics. Idk maybe it’s a bad example and fight me on it! Here’s one thing: ---
**Author:** ![wayne](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/wayne/32/12477_2.png) [@wayne](https://idmforums.com/u/wayne)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 7:20am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/modern-folk/7029/2 "2024-02-29T07:20:28Z")
The distance from the man that I am to the man I want to be The time it takes to realize that time is the distance I need But I was born impatient and I was born unkind But I refuse to believe I have to be the same person I was born when I die Change is alright Change is alright I’m not proud of all the choices I’ve made for a lot of my life Following the shadow when I damn well know that behind me is the light But I’ve lied to my mother I’ve made people feel like hell But I refuse to believe I have to keep being cruel because I’m a coward myself Time isn’t patience No, patience takes time Excuses will only do good if you’re waiting around to die Everyone is born with self worth How easily it turns to doubt It takes letting go of what we know we can’t live without But the blood in the water Is the blood of my brother We both learned it didn’t mean a thing in the end if one was thicker than the other And I’ve tried having faith But I’ll rot like a dove Cause I’ve always been scared of loving someone just a little bit more than I’m loved Losing is fine Everything is fine ---
**Author:** ![bfk](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/bfk/32/7101_2.png) [@bfk](https://idmforums.com/u/bfk)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/modern-folk/7029/3 "2024-02-29T10:16:28Z")
Lumineers and mumford and sons 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wayne](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/wayne/32/12477_2.png) [@wayne](https://idmforums.com/u/wayne)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/modern-folk/7029/4 "2024-02-29T11:41:39Z")
Nah man what I mean though is is that’s pop and you could do better ---
**Author:** ![Manton](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/manton/32/1115_2.png) [@Manton](https://idmforums.com/u/Manton)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/modern-folk/7029/5 "2024-02-29T11:48:19Z")
> [@wayne](#): > > Nah man what I mean though is is that’s pop and you could do better You’re sorta right about that. I dont know who Lumineers or Mumford and Sons are, but I just googled both and the two songs that came up Ive heard many times in the background of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Manton](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/manton/32/1115_2.png) [@Manton](https://idmforums.com/u/Manton)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/modern-folk/7029/6 "2024-02-29T11:52:22Z")
Im diggin that Amigo the Devil first track you posted. I like Mandolin Orange and The Milk Carton Kids. Both are pretty traditional… ---
**Author:** ![KvlT](https://idmforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@KvlT](https://idmforums.com/u/KvlT)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/modern-folk/7029/7 "2024-02-29T14:35:19Z")
I used to listen to a lot of drone folk and absolute weirdo versions of the genre, but I notice that whenever I find something really solid and normal with either country or folk influences, it’s some obscure '70s shit. Seems like a good challenge though, it’s like finding a needle in a haystack for me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wayne](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/wayne/32/12477_2.png) [@wayne](https://idmforums.com/u/wayne)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/modern-folk/7029/8 "2024-02-29T18:02:14Z")
Oooh can you share some examples of drone folk?! ---
**Author:** ![KvlT](https://idmforums.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@KvlT](https://idmforums.com/u/KvlT)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/modern-folk/7029/9 "2024-02-29T21:37:51Z")
[![](https://idmforums.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ccd727516772032295b272cfe6aa267043367fe6.jpeg "The Elemental Chrysalis - Procession of The Burning Flowers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyeVDxVk45c) [![](https://idmforums.com/uploads/default/original/2X/6/62cdcbcf5f8e6aeadc4245dcc4eebbaa1756b8b7.jpeg "Anatomiste") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf_9OW1Dk4E) https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=336313938/size=large/tracklist=false/artwork=small/ Here are a few of my favorites from a few years ago. It seemed like there was a weird little scene for this kind of stuff once upon a time! ---
**Author:** ![wayne](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/wayne/32/12477_2.png) [@wayne](https://idmforums.com/u/wayne)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/modern-folk/7029/10 "2024-03-01T08:40:31Z")
damn 20 seconds in and I fuckin love this!! this is so dope. I had no idea this genre existed. ---
**Author:** ![wayne](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/wayne/32/12477_2.png) [@wayne](https://idmforums.com/u/wayne)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/modern-folk/7029/11 "2024-03-01T08:55:48Z")
Goddamn thank you @KvlT that was great. I love it. Here’s another Amigo ---
**Author:** ![1roomstudio](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/1roomstudio/32/132_2.png) [@1roomstudio](https://idmforums.com/u/1roomstudio)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/modern-folk/7029/12 "2024-03-01T19:26:57Z")
Great subject @wayne and a sign we are all getting older (growing up?) I like to say “There’s only two kinds of Music… Country and Western.” Well… that made sense up to the '70s but since then there has been a thing growing that blended “Folk” and “Bluegrass” with “Country & Western” and a bit of the '70s spirit of expressive/experimental Rock. All that morphed into “Americana” and there are many European Artists that followed the sprit of this sound. For a great trip down Memory Lane of the progression of this style check out Garrison Keillor and “A Prairie Home Companion” > **[Garrison Keillor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_Keillor)** > > Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (/ˈkiːlər/; born August 7, 1942) is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor's Radio Show in some international syndication), which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of many of his books, including Lake Wobegon Days and Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories... That show introduced me to bands like > **[New Grass Revival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Grass_Revival)** > > New Grass Revival was an American progressive bluegrass band founded in 1971, and composed of Sam Bush, Courtney Johnson, Ebo Walker, Curtis Burch, Butch Robins, John Cowan, Béla Fleck and Pat Flynn. They were active between 1971 and 1989, releasing more than twenty albums as well as six singles. Their highest-charting single is "Callin' Baton Rouge", which peaked at No. 37 on the U.S. country charts in 1989 and was a Top 5 country hit for Garth Brooks five years later. > In 2020, the group were i... and > **[Sturgill Simpson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgill_Simpson)** > > John Sturgill Simpson (born June 8, 1978), also known as Johnny Blue Skies, is an American country music singer-songwriter and actor. As of February 2022, he has released seven albums as a solo artist. Simpson's style has been met with critical favor and frequent comparisons to outlaw country. > His first two albums, High Top Mountain and Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, were independently released in the US in 2013 and 2014 and in Europe, through the British record label Loose. The latter a... And many more. Also, let’s not forget the Grateful Dead who where basically a Rock Band but crossed over into the various roots of Americana and created fertile ground for many artists that followed. Enjoy! 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![Manton](https://idmforums.com/user_avatar/idmforums.com/manton/32/1115_2.png) [@Manton](https://idmforums.com/u/Manton)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://idmforums.com/t/modern-folk/7029/13 "2024-03-01T23:21:34Z")
I discovered Cosmo Sheldrake about 2 years ago. The music is very unique and not folk, but it does have a lot of folk-like elements. A lot of it is in 3/4 which is a waltz and a waltz is traditionally folk from Austria. His more recent work is more electronic. So there is a crossover there. There is a heavy focus on incorporating animals such as birds and whale song into the melody structure. The wiki on him says: > Much of Sheldrake’s work is concerned with \>improvisation, nonsense, and the sonorous \>environment. It’s refreshing to see that music so different has nearly 1 Million monthly listeners on Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/embed/track/6n1tPUk5HwXI989VA3wxDY?utm_source=oembed Perhaps not what you’re looking for but If you’re into listening to something that’s different but also musically interesting and holds a certain complexity to it, then have a go.