I'm not one for straight-up folk music, but a lot of the more abstract, atmospheric folksy stuff put out by bands in recent years has been a real joy to listen to. Anyone else a fan? Anyone know of any other artists/music that remind them of it? Here are some examples: [YOUTUBE]yrWT-cYO_rs[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]Eihs8V6Qcmc[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]FDakWq7aVx8[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]EfnmkkOTRSs[/YOUTUBE] The music doesn't kick in on this one until 55 seconds in: [YOUTUBE]OsbfIooztWI[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]-SGx1YqGhro[/YOUTUBE] One of the problems I'm having with finding stuff like this is that a lot of these songs are flukes in their band's discography. With the exception of Nest, every one of the bands that made the above songs is usually a metal band (which is how I got into this stuff in the first place). It's hard to find bands that stick to this style consistently, which is a shame, because it's beautiful stuff.
Folk denotes cultural music basically of any given culture. I like some Turbofolk which can be considered neofolk, but it is Balkan folk music, I also like neo-hispanic folk music. [youtube]60DkptmEgPc[/youtube] [youtube]MUSo27xkjU8[/youtube] [youtube]Tc0-2w1JXOA[/youtube] [youtube]LxTUxLgyYcY[/youtube]
I usually go for stuff that isn't purely instrumental, but Nightwish has a few folk-inspired songs. "Over the Hills and Far Away" is a personal favorite. It has lyrics, but it's a good one.
I like Death in June, Sol Invictus, Fire + Ice and Rome (which doesn't exactly fit into the category, but is still not martial industrial).
