MetaFilter posts tagged with folkrock

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man!... Say "Cheese!"

jonp72 — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:53:38 -0800

Dr. John Rudoff is a cardiologist in Oregon, but before he entered medical school, he was the staff photographer at The Main Point, a coffeehouse in Bryn Mawr, PA associated with the early 1960s folk revival in the Philadelphia area. His photographs of the Philadelphia folk scene include unidentified local folkies, but also touring folk singers such as Dave van Ronk and John Hammond. Eventually, Rudoff got a press pass to the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, where he took photos of Mary Travers sharing a moment with Mimi and Dick Fariña and Joan Baez with a pre-psychedelicized Chambers Brothers, but the most amazing discovery of all are the photos of when Bob Dylan "went electric." And now you can see Rudoff's whole collection, thanks to the magic of Flickr.

"I won't linger over any tragedies that were."

mykescipark — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:10:02 -0800

With a powerful, breathtakingly adorned voice that bore considerable influence on contemporary vocal icons such as Liz Fraser, Jeff Buckley, and Antony Hegarty, the late Sandy Denny packed a considerable body of work (and a seemingly equal number of untoward stories) into a decade-long career before her death at age 31 in 1978. Perhaps best known for penning the folk staple "Who Knows Where The Time Goes?" (if not her cameo with Led Zeppelin), Denny rose to prominence during her brief but brilliant tenure with Fairport Convention, with whom she recorded what many still consider the quintessential English folk-rock album, Liege and Lief. Denny left Fairport Convention shortly thereafter to pursue her own writing, at first with the short-lived Fotheringay and then solo (although she rejoined Fairport for 1975's Rising for the Moon). Her somewhat over-produced 1970s solo records tend to undermine the sterling quality of her songwriting, which is best heard through her stripped-down, piano-and-guitar demos and alternate takes. An embarrassment of reissues continues to keep Denny's reputation alive; indeed, the media seems to "rediscover" her anew every few years through such efforts. Nonetheless, after a decade of legal wrangling, Denny has resurfaced once again with the fresh release of a comprehensive collection of her BBC sessions, affording yet another opportunity to celebrate her singular, gorgeous, and melancholic canon.

In a city renowned for phoney affection and rabid ambition, he exudes only diffidence, humour and generosity.

y2karl — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:31:19 -0800

"If you had Bruce playing with you," Dylan wrote, in his 2004 autobiography, Chronicles, "that's all you would need to do just about anything."

Bruce Langhorne has quite the discography. And a hot sauce, to boot. And he's led quite the life. Here is Richie Unterberger's interview with Langhorne in Parts One and Two. And here he talks with Unterberger about working with Mimi and Richard Fariña.

On a personal note, I will add that his hot sauce is hot indeed. Will buy it again.

That's why I said "wasn't it"

null terminated — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:55:56 -0800

Flight of the Conchords (video, "Jenny") the fourth most popular folk rock in New Zealand! More Videos (Business Time, Gangsta folk battle, Issues (parody of "Where Is the Love?"), She's so hot...Boom!, Albi the Racist Dragon). Audio-only versions of most of their stuff. Official site.