many of you like neofolk but how many people like real folk music? I generally go for E. or SE European stuff, or Central Asian folk music...here are some that I have been into lately

Kulgrinda

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Gilles Chabenat

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Andrey Vinogradov

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Vedan Kolod

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Muzsikás

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Alash

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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Ensemble Lucidarium

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Kecskes Ensemble

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Anichiskhati Choir

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Kelaptari

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I do, as it folk instrument and/or song represents different cultures.



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one of the best bands ever to incorporate world folk music into their sound:

Finland's Piirpauke


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good shit...is it turkish?

I was referring to the first vid

yep.. it's this band called Mogöllar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%C4%9Follar)

check them out. here's a release from the 70s: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZH5MK59E

good shit.

have you heard Garmarna from Sweden?


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oh shit, here you go. here's a bunch of their stuff:

http://toggo52blacksea.blogspot.com/2008/04/mogollar.html

I have mostly been really into Polyphonic groups like Kulgrinda, Bichebi, and older stuff like Bunun songs from indigenous tribes of Taiwan

nope. garmarna sounds good though. thanks man

i always found it funny how different eastern music is from western music.

gettin the Mogöllar album now...check out http://weirdbrother.blogspot.com

thanks.
for irish folk (not sure if you're a fan), check out bothy band. their album Old Hag You Have Killed Me is a classic.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IZUN0UL3

i also like old school folkrock:

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fairport convention's guitar player Richard Thompson just played around here a few months back. ended up seeing him.. great guitar player

Since I was a wee lad.

One of my favorite Shetland tunes (can't seem to find a video of anybody really killing it, though):



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Haha, Jim, was watching some Rifftrax the other day and they totally made a Fairport reference, was stoked.

hahah did they really? talk about making a joke to a select audience

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Total fiddle porn.

Black 47 is pretty phat

I dont know why but Irish/ British folk doesn't do it for me....I think its just that I've heard so much of it in my life. I do like The Copper Family though:

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Check out Vedan Kolod...its a Russian trad. group that I first heard about when they put out one of my songs from Vysoká on a comp from their label S cythain Horn. It took me like 2 years to track down their albums, but totally worth it. I included "Wolf's Path" and "Plemena" albums The Dance of Wood Spirits would not fit.
http://www.mediafire.com/?bdnbrmnozhsr42z

Also, here is the album by Lithuanian group Kūlgrinda - Prūsu Giesmės (Prussian Hymns)...sung in ancient Prussian language
http://www.mediafire.com/?8t4sjhxxjpt8zlk