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I'm very bummed about Seeger. He was one of the true folk / traditional music masters still around. Seeing him participate in protests while in his fuckin' 90s is still one the coolest things I've see seen. I've got his rendition of "Deep Blue Sea" running all through my brain right now. R.I.P
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The new 20th anniversary release of No Depression is out. Remastered version of the original plus an entire disc of their EP stuff that came out before ND. I'm listening to that second disc now, it's great stuff.
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nate fisher posted:
If you like Hank III, make sure you check out Wayne Hancock. Wayne laid down a lot of the foundation of Hank III's country sound, fusing classic Hank Williams with modern production. Thunderstorms & Neon Signs is probably his best, but I love Tulsa too. EDIT: Oh, and if you like Steve Earle you owe it to yourself to listen to Townes van Zandt. Live at the Old Quarter is, for my money, the best country/folk/whatever album of all time. Blast Fantasto fucked around with this message at 15:39 on Apr 17, 2014 |
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Apr 17, 2014 14:14
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I've been listening to the new album Metamodern Sounds in Country Music by Sturgill Simpson. It's really great; he has this voice that's a dead ringer for Waylon Jennings or Merle Haggard but with trippy, almost psychedelic lyrics. If you like outlaw or classic country check it out, it's on spotify. EDIT: here's a song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWx6csgGkg4 Blast Fantasto fucked around with this message at 15:46 on May 16, 2014 |
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May 16, 2014 15:29
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I'll disagree and say After the Gold Rush. Harvest is his most well known, but parts of it have aged really poorly. After the Gold Rush is all killer, no filler.
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Aug 17, 2014 05:39
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nate fisher posted:I'm going to assume you are new to this music overall. Let me throw a bunch of names, and see what sticks for you: This is a good list, just let me add: - Willie Nelson (check out Phases and Stages) - Gram Parsons (especially the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo) - Jerry Jeff Walker
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Aug 21, 2014 02:16
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Paper With Lines posted:The new Punch Brothers album really loving owns. I've been hearing this. Where do I start with them?
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Jan 30, 2015 07:15
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If anyone lives in the Milwaukee area, you can get great reserved seating tickets to see Punch Brothers (6/26) for $5 each right now. Here's the skinny: 1. Download the Summerfest app 2. Claim the free weekday entry ticket 3. Go to Ticketmaster and find the Punch Brothers 6/26 show at the BMO Harris Pavilion 4. Get up to 4 tickets, $5 service charge per. I just did all of the above and snagged row 8 on one of the sides so there's still probably a ton available.
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May 8, 2015 04:28
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Yeah I wasn't super impressed with Iron & Wine either. I feel like if you're playing music that delicate you need to elevate your performance or visuals to make it worthwhile. The current Sufjan Stevens tour is a good example of how to create a large-crowd atmosphere around quiet and introspective music.
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May 8, 2015 20:54
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User Error posted:I caught The Devil Makes Three at a hippy music festival last year, then saw them in St Louis this spring. I dunno if they're country or bluegrass or rockabilly but I dig em. Yeah I like them a lot. I randomly picked up some of their CDs based on the cover art alone and wasn't disappointed. Texibus posted:Anyone got some good recommendations for getting started in Bluegrass? Other than Bill Monroe. Look up the album "Live at the Birchmere" by the Johnson Mountain Boys. Probably my favorite bluegrass disc all time. Smithsonian Folkways also has a number of great complications called Classic Bluegrass that collect great early stuff. Some are in my monster Folkways playlist by you'll have to ctrl+f to sort out all of the non-Bluegrass stuff: http://open.spotify.com/user/1212113832/playlist/0BWzwnaWpkmpYMzXTyK4ly Also I like: - "Been All Around This World" and "The Pizza Tapes" by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman - Any good Flatt & Scruggs compilation - "The Long Journey Home" by the Kentucky Colonels - Any good Doc Watson compilation - "Crossing the Tracks", and a whole bunch of others by Belá Fleck - "Antifogmatic" "Who's Feeling Young Now", and "The Phosphorescent Blues" by Punch Brothers. The Belá Fleck and Punch Brothers stuff is more modern/progressive leaning. drat I love me some good 'grass. Blast Fantasto fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Jun 5, 2015 |
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Jun 5, 2015 05:33
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Paper With Lines posted:I know we usually aren't too keen on super mainstream country, but the new Kacey Musgraves album is really solid. She still has a corny single or two (like biscuits) but they still are fairly satisfying to listen to and are surrounded by some good tracks about her not giving a gently caress about the bitches, etc. I like it a lot. It evokes Dolly Parton in the same way that Sturgill Simpson evokes Waylon Jennings. And the Willie Nelson duet is just about the sweetest thing I've ever heard. Blast Fantasto fucked around with this message at 13:47 on Aug 3, 2015 |
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Aug 3, 2015 13:13
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clutchpuck posted:Can confirm: new boots is no good if you don't like radio country. Thank for these, especially the second one. Here is my Outlaw Playlist if you're ever looking for more: https://open.spotify.com/user/1212113832/playlist/6VVEVOFAjGojJooWMTzVfl Unrelated, but the new David Rawlings Machine album is great.
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Sep 23, 2015 03:19
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I'm really happy I got to see Sturgill in a small venue before he blew up, he's really going places. When I saw him in Chicago last time, it was in a ~700 capacity club. A year and a half later he's playing a 2,500 capacity theater.
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I like the cover. I feel like people just hold up Nirvana so much that no matter how it sounded people would poo poo on it. Sturgill's cover of The Promise is way better though
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I've been watching the movie a lot lately, and I think the Heartworn Highways soundtrack might be the best track-for-track country album of all time. I mean look at this song list L.A. Free - Guy Clark Ohoopee River Bottomland - Larry Jon Wilson That Old Time Feeling - Guy Clark Waiting Around To Die - Townes Van Zandt I Still Sing The Old Songs - David Allan Coe Desperadoes Waiting For A Train - Guy Clark Bluebird Wine - Rodney Crowell Alabama Highway - Steve Young Pancho And Lefty - Townes Van Zandt Texas Cookin' - Guy Clark The Black Label Blues - Gamble Rogers River - David Allan Coe One For The One - John Hiatt Darlin' Commit Me - Steve Earle Ballard Of Lavern & Captain Flint - Guy Clark I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Steve Young & Friends The Mercenary Song - Steve Earle & Friends Elijah's Church - Steve Earle & Friends Silent Night - Full Group Most of the versions of the songs on the soundtrack are better than their respective album cuts, to boot.
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Apr 11, 2016 05:46
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Finally listened to American Band. I really like all the Hood songs, the Cooley stuff not as much. I feel like Hood's voice and material work much better with that tone of post-anger defeat and sadness that permeates the album.
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Oct 6, 2016 18:44
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plz dont pull out posted:If I wanted to start checking out Willie Nelson where should I start? Willie: Shotgun Willie Phases and Stages Stardust Merle: Mama Tried Sing Me Back Home Pride in What I Am All six are near-perfect albums. Some folks will tell you to start with Red Headed Stranger for Willie, but I don't think it's a great representation of what he does so well.
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Nov 28, 2016 17:42
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El Jebus posted:Is there anything where Emmy Lou sings backup/harmony that isn't really good? It hasn't all been amazing, but I can't think of anything she has been a part of that I didn't enjoy. She is the greatest backup vocalist of all time.
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Dec 11, 2016 06:35
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I was in Muscle Shoals a few days ago. FAME studios has the handwritten lyrics to "Outfit" and "Decoration Day" on the walls.   Muscle Shoals Sound Studios was closed for a session, so I wasn't able to do their tour - but they gave me free passes to the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and a bunch of merch for the inconvenience. So also enjoy this dope Bocephus statue exploding out of a wall 
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Mar 24, 2017 05:54
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qkkl posted:Is there a name for the sub-genre of country music that is guys singing about being good ole country boys, drinking beer, having fun, and being lazy? country music
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Jul 21, 2017 19:18
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safely sodomized posted:folks i need an extremely lovely country song about getting drunk on a plane stat, what genre is that Here is an extremely non-lovely song on the subject https://youtu.be/DQWCPbxcA1I
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Jul 25, 2017 18:17
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Dr.Caligari posted:I don’t know if there are many David Allan Coe fans, but the rare, Requiem For A Harlequin has been released on Spotify and ITunes for the first time David Allan Coe is the poo poo, his parts of Heartworn Highways are great.
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Aug 8, 2018 13:04
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gently caress ‘im. The best Ryan Adams song was co-written by Dave Rawlings anyway. Better version of it is on the Rawlings record too. There are certain people that, when you hear they’re abusers your reaction is “yeah I could totally see that.” as opposed to shock. Adams is one of those.
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Feb 14, 2019 22:03
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Wow, Sturgill Simpson is playing basketball arenas and such on his tour. Good for him.
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Happy Hippo posted:I remember when Isbell was just the fat kid in the Drive-By Truckers. He's done quite well for himself. I mean the fat kid in the Drive-By Truckers also wrote some of the Drive-By Truckers best songs. Outfit, Decoration Day, Goddamn Lonely Love - those still rank among my favorite Isbell tunes
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