Heston and Marky's Friday Top 5

[revbob]

Townes Van Zandt
Freddy Neil
Paul Clayton
Eddi Reader
The Pogues

Not familiar with these 3.

[Low Down Low]

Richard Thompson
Dubliners
Fairport Convention
Moving Hearts
John Martyn

Forgot John Prine. He has to be in there somewhere.

[Flex]

Great idea for a list, although mine will be mostly totally predictable. Gonna do artists only, not groups, since that's the way the question was asked. And gonna try to stick to folks who are primarily associated with folk (so no Neil Young or Johnny Cash or whatever), or who built a strong folk repertoire before branching into other musical genres:

1. Bob Dylan (I mean, how could I not?)
2. Phil Ochs
3. Woody Guthrie
4. Joni Mitchell
5. Utah Phillips

Apologies to... a lot of great folkies and folk groups and crossover artists.

[Olaf]

Townes Van Zandt
Freddy Neil
Paul Clayton
Eddi Reader
The Pogues

Not familiar with these 3.

Re. Freddy Neil: I'm sure you have heard "Everybody'sTalking" or "Dolphins."

Re. Paul Clayton: he's a bit of a folk encyclopedia, he's done about every song imaginable. Lots of shanty/whaling stuff too. Co-wrote "Gotta Travel On" which Joe cities at the beginning of AT, "inspired" Dylan to write "Don't Think Twice."

Re. Eddi Reader: had a couple of hits with Fairground Attraction. I like her album of Robert Burns songs. She's also the sister of that Trashcan Sinatras guy.

[revbob]

Great idea for a list, although mine will be mostly totally predictable. Gonna do artists only, not groups, since that's the way the question was asked. And gonna try to stick to folks who are primarily associated with folk (so no Neil Young or Johnny Cash or whatever), or who built a strong folk repertoire before branching into other musical genres:

1. Bob Dylan (I mean, how could I not?)
2. Phil Ochs
3. Woody Guthrie
4. Joni Mitchell
5. Utah Phillips

Apologies to... a lot of great folkies and folk groups and crossover artists.

I said folk artists so that's open to interpretation. I was thinking more the traditional guy/gal with guitar or banjo but I certainly have no problems with what people have put forward so far.

[Flex]

I said folk artists so that's open to interpretation. I was thinking more the traditional guy/gal with guitar or banjo but I certainly have no problems with what people have put forward so far.

Yeah, I know, I just needed to create some boundaries for myself.

[revbob]

I said folk artists so that's open to interpretation. I was thinking more the traditional guy/gal with guitar or banjo but I certainly have no problems with what people have put forward so far.

Yeah, I know, I just needed to create some boundaries for myself.

It helps because for instance Olaf listed the Pogues. I would have to do the same.

[revbob]

Lots of non-particopamts...

Looking at you ________.

[101Walterton]

Lots of non-particopamts...

Looking at you ________.

Still sulking you didn’t chose Rockferry.

[gkbill]

Hello,

Does anyone consider Against Me! (pre-New Wave) as punk-folk?

[Heston]

Lots of non-particopamts...

Looking at you ________.

Folk off

[Silent Majority]

Johnny Cash
Christy Moore
Steve Earle
Billy Bragg
Kimya Dawson

[Silent Majority]

I thought for a very long time what folk meant to me, and I excluded traditional Celtic music, more something in the spirit of Woody Guthrie. I also excluded Dylan as transcending the label easily where Cash never sought to (and would have been for the worse if he had).

[revbob]

Hello,

Does anyone consider Against Me! (pre-New Wave) as punk-folk?

Not what was in my head but sure.

[Flex]

Hello,

Does anyone consider Against Me! (pre-New Wave) as punk-folk?

yeah