Category: Folk Music
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Dr. Dick Whall. My humble homage to my tutor and guide. Passage into the digital via the ancient trades of flint and knowledge. Home
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“Kingdom Coronation”… A new video ‘celebration’
“Kingdom” 1976. A song from the album by the folk jazz group Dando Shaft. Eight original songs and three trad. arrangements. This song was written just about fifty years ago. Late ’73 through to ’75 Jenks and Coopz were on the road playing pubs and clubs around the UK. They were given the opportunity…
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The Top Indie Folk Releases for Modern Folk Music Lovers
The Top Indie Folk Releases for Modern Folk Music Lovers. Are you a lover of indie folk music? If yes, then you are in luck. This promises to be a fantastic year for indie folk music lovers, with a myriad of talented artists releasing new music. As we usher in the new year, it’s time…
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The Banjo and Folk jazz
The Banjo and Folk jazz Jake Blount: A Performer and Scholar of Traditional Black Folk Music on the History of Altamont Recorded by Black Stringband in the 1940s. Jake Blount is a highly accomplished performer and scholar of traditional black folk music. He has spent countless hours studying and performing the music of his…
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John Hartford
John Hartford was an American folk, country, bluegrass composer and musician. Known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style. As a folklorist he had extensive knowledge of the history of the Mississippi River. His most successful song is “Gentle on My Mind”. It was…
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Калинка Вълчева – “Ела се вие, превива”
Kalinka Valcheva – “Come, howl, howl” Our dear friend Kalinka. Phenomenal! “THE DOBROUDJA NIGHTINGALE” Queen of Bulgarian song. I have a cast, the imprint of her stiletto heels from my floorboards. When she danced a Hora and blessed the bread. Царица на българската песен. Имам отливка, отпечатъка от нейните високи токчета от моите дъски. Когато…
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Martin Carthy – Scarborough Fair (15/11/22)
The art of the Folk Song intro. Martin is a musical treasure. During a trip to Ireland to perform at a TV awards do, Martin and Eliza Carthy performed a few songs at a private, unadvertised gathering for a friend, Dan McDonald. Here is a song – with long introduction – from Martin, from his…
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Quiet Riot “Bigger Bombs”
The only studio recording of the Coventry band Quiet Riot. “the other night”, Thursdays at the Freemasons Tavern. Many great nights. “The Bomb Song” was recorded at Woodworm Studios in 1983. Writen by Dave Cooper it features Dando Shaft members Mart Jenkins, Kev Dempsey and Ted Kay as well as Rob Armstrong, Bub’s White,…
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“Just Like Anything” Jackson C Frank
Thanks to David Trinder for images Personal Memories Dave Cooper is a founder member of 70’s Folk Jazz group Dando Shaft. and created this video. Here he sings a version of the seminal Jackson C Frank song. “I had a personal and mystical association with Jack. At the age of 17 he inspired me to write…
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John Martyn – Small Hours (1978)
John Martyn at Reading University singing Small Hours from ‘One World’ 20/10/1978 “A guy walks out, sits down, and announces, “I’m the warm up band.” We started booing. Then he starts playing through Floyd’s surround sound in an open air stadium. When he’s through we were shouting for more. This guy single-handedly blew a few…
