What's Best in Folk Music?

[Steve Williams]

The Kingston Trio. The first is lyrics only

 

[Steve Williams]

Or how about Glen Yarborough and The Limelighters

 

[Steve Williams]

Not to mention....The Smothers Brothers who mixed comedy with their music

 

[fas42]

This is pretty close to being OT, but the Righteous Brothers always blow me away ...

Frank

 

[Steve Williams]

This is pretty close to being OT, but the Righteous Brothers always blow me away ...

Frank

I agree about them but you're right they aren't folk

 

[Gregadd]

This may actually be blue grass

and fictional to boot.

 

[jadis]

Nice posts, Steve.

 

[jadis]

This may actually be blue grass

and fictional to boot.

Sound folk to me.

 

[Steve Williams]

It's a stretch to call them "folk" but how about The Carpenters

 

[Steve Williams]

And no one has mentioned one of the best of them all

Pete Seeger And The Weavers.

IIRC one of the reasons the group stopped performing was the investigation of Pete Seeger during The McArthy Era

 

[fas42]

A crossover group who were very big in my formative years, though I was never into them, was Pentangle - folk rock

Frank

 

[Gregadd]

I want to call it bubble gum rock.

 

[jadis]

It's a stretch to call them "folk" but how about The Carpenters

Can't go wrong with Karen and Richard.

 

[jadis]

And no one has mentioned one of the best of them all

Pete Seeger And The Weavers.

IIRC one of the reasons the group stopped performing was the investigation of Pete Seeger during The McArthy Era

Love them. Their Reunion at Carnegie is at the top of my list of best LPs of all time.

 

[Ron Party]

And no one has mentioned one of the best of them all

Pete Seeger And The Weavers.

Pssssst. Post #15.

 

[Steve Williams]

Love them. Their Reunion at Carnegie is at the top of my list of best LPs of all time.

Mine too Phil

 

[jadis]

I discovered this Irish lady from a CD compilation of female voices called A Woman's Heart, one Dolores Keane. Here with Tommy Sands whose low voice can challenge that of Leonard Cohen.

And here doing a solo of Let It Be:

 

[jazdoc]

The Smoke Fairies are a favorite of mine. They've been described as 'Bob Dylan's dream dates':

Damien Jurado is a local artist from Seattle: