Chunky Sweaters, Beards And Real Ale
Medieval folk, neo-folk, 60's folk revival, prog folk, music that was never
fashionable, sweet voiced ladies and the Knights Who Say Ni. |
| 1 |  | The Pentangle
Basket Of Light
Medievally folky Brits, great old album, nice girlie singing and harmonies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAlmxT9iNgs |
| 2 |  | Steeleye Span
A Parcel of Rogues
Mix of medieval sounds and trad folk, 60s folk revival group, maybe one of the most
unfashionable things to like in the history of music apart from Meatloaf.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_so4yBFKGs |
| 3 |  | Spirogyra
St. Radigunds
Classic bleak and dark prog folk from long long ago when the world was dark and bleak.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwrsl8pzoYQ |
| 4 |  | Flor de Loto
Madre Tierra
Peruvian band, prog folk, one for Tull fans, great album apart from some annoying pan-
pipes here and there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q-oZD8aRMU |
| 5 |  | North Sea Radio Orchestra
I a moon
Brilliant album, prog folk with a bit of acoustic blues thrown in, female vocals. If Aimee
Mann and Kate Bush had lesbian sex and somehow one of them got pregnant and had a
daughter she would sing like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hp3yViKCLo |
| 6 |  | Maddy Prior
Seven for Old England
Steeleye Span vocalist, she's got a lovely voice but maybe she'd just smoked a few
cigars in the vid, trad folk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl3xFnoDZ_I |
| 7 |  | Judy Dyble
Talking with Strangers
Ex-Fairport Convention vocalist, nice tunes, her husband was on Top Cat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHXCH2Zl_s0 |
| 8 |  | Fairport Convention
What we did on our holidays
Can't leave this lot out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbnLVvAJrec |
| 9 |  | John Renbourn
The lady and the unicorn
Brilliant acoustic folk from Pentangle band member.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_WGOwoYEkY |
| 10 |  | Amazing Blondel
Evensong
Flutey trad folk, can't decide if its actually really awful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvktx7cNHSo |
| 11 |  | Gryphon
Red Queen To Gryphon Three
Hoary old prog folk classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjew5XPfVSs |
| 12 |  | Ripaille
La Vieille Que Lon Brula
Progressive folk with early music ambience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49sdpMyGV5o |
| 13 |  | Saga de Ragnar Lodbrock
Saga de Ragnar Lodbrock
Proggy mostly medieval melodies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab5mGEFMeas |
| 14 |  | Estampie
Signum
Soundtrack for any film about Henry 8th that isn't some glossy soap opera shite like
The Tudors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb3bleMxCKs |
| 15 |  | Blackmore's Night
Shadow of the Moon
Cheesy renaissance pop-rock, well a bit shit really but I'd certainly shaft his wife.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArOS_WsT1tw |
| 16 |  | Circulus
The Lick on the Tip of an Envelope Yet to be Sent
Bright and splunky plunky sound with nice female vocals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLnzhdshI7Y |
| 17 |  | Corvus Corax
Inter Deum et Diabolum
Early music vibe, chants in courtyards under grey skies, could pass as a soundtrack to
a period piece B-movie about castles, peasants, knights and stuff like that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha6gWkY6__g |
| 18 | | Avalon Rising
Avalon Rising
Celtic folk, a couple of annoying jiggy songs but great overall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulw1T73e4fA |
| 19 | | Morrigan
Hidden Agenda
Radio friendly folk, not bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKG-KXvtx5c |
| 20 |  | Richard Thompson
Mock Tudor
Any folk list needs Richard Thompson, folk rock legend and twangy guitar god.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC0895wHLH0 |
| 21 |  | Vashti Bunyan
Just Another Diamond Day
Beautiful, timeless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwSTf_sekv4 |
| 22 |  | Strawbs
From the Witchwood
The most medievally folky album they did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XlT1jlD-xU |
| 23 |  | iamthemorning
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One of the best albums of 2012, classical indie folk from Russia. Well not really folk
but I don't care i'll put it here anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9olJsnyDcMc |
| 24 |  | Los Jaivas
Alturas de Machu Picchu
Considered as a bit of an old classic, Chilean prog-folk group.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExGOc5dVY10 |
| 25 |  | Itoiz
Itoiz
Electric/acoustic jazzy prog folk, pretty good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peAkJbLI3rg |
| 26 |  | Ragnarok (SWE)
Ragnarok
Laid back proggy folk, chill music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1iOabijLKs |
| 27 |  | Kim Robertson
Treasures of the Celtic Harp
A woman playing a harp a lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxDy35AF8bs |
| 28 |  | Clannad
Legend
Nice album, spoilt by 80s synths a bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSx4azJWgMI |
| 29 |  | Sandy Denny
The North Star Grassman and the Ravens
Sweet folky tunes from ex-Fairport convention singer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9RX1b0R0LQ&feature=kp |
| 30 |  | Monty Python
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIV4poUZAQo |
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