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    Posted: July 13 2023 at 14:18
So many new discoveries for me--thanks in part to this thread--albums & artists I'd never heard of that I've now had time time hear, including these five star albums:

LILY & MARIE s/t ***** (Amazing! One of the most maturely composed PF albums I've ever heard!)
LINDA PERHACS Paralellograms ***** (Amazing vocalist!)
CAROL OF HARVEST s/t. ***** (Beate Kraus is a force!)
LOS JAIVAS Obras de Violeta Parra ***** (Even better than Alturas de Machu Picchu)
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Ashes Are Burning by Renaissance, kinda by a longshot, too.

It just so happens I'm literally listening to it right now, too.

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I like this genre very much. Some of my favorites:

Harmonium - Les cinq saisons
Strawbs - Hero and Heroine
Iona - Open Sky
Jethro Tull - Songs From The Woods
Haizea - Hontz Gaua
Los Jaivas - Alturas de Machu Pichu
Katalena - Cvik cvak!
Lorena McKennit - The Mask And Mirror

Some acoustic (not rock) prog folk:

Vlatko Stefanovski & Miroslav Tadić - Treta majka
Rabih Abou Khalil - Tarab
Flairck - Live in Amsterdam
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Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho  (BRA)  -  Paêbirú  (1975)

This album doesn't seem to be on PA, neither to be particularly known, but it's a true Prog Folk pearl.
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This is my favorite one:


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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Many of my favorites are already on the lists mentioned ...I would add two others ... Espers and Circulus which might be on lists here already.
All the Espers are very good imho and the first 2 Circulus are good. Even though Wolf People are under 'crossover' I could easily  put them in 'prog folk' with Tain and Ruins....though Ruins is heavier than most 'prog folk'.
I like Circulus and Espers too, especially Espers' Psych-Folk version of Blue Oyster Cult's "Flaming Telepaths". 
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Many of my favorites are already on the lists mentioned ...I would add two others ... Espers and Circulus which might be on lists here already.
All the Espers are very good imho and the first 2 Circulus are good. Even though Wolf People are under 'crossover' I could easily  put them in 'prog folk' with Tain and Ruins....though Ruins is heavier than most 'prog folk'.


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^ I'm glad you both liked my A-Z list and I loved John Michael Talbot's "The Lord's Supper". Thumbs Up

Not surprisingly, the letter "Z" was the hardest letter to find a Prog Folk placement for. I only discovered the Italian band Zauber this morning. Embarrassed
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[QUOTE=Psychedelic Paul]Finally, after two weeks of dithering and deliberation, here's my A-Z list of Prog Folk favourites:-

AGINCOURT - Fly Away (1970)
BREAD, LOVE & DREAMS - Amaryllis (1971)
CAROL OF HARVEST - Carol of Harvest (1978)
DEAD CAN DANCE - Anastasis (2012)
ECLECTION - Eclection (1968)
FUCHSIA - Fuchsia (1971)
THE GHOST - When You're Dead, One Second (1970)
HOELDERLIN - Rare Birds (1977)
IONA - Open Sky (2000)
JADE - Fly on Strangewings (1970)
KARNATAKA - Secrets of Angels (2015)
LOUDEST WHISPER - The Children of Lir (1973)
MOSTLY AUTUMN - Graveyard Star (2021)
NORTH SEA RADIO ORCHESTRA - North Sea Radio Orchestra (2006)
SALLY OLDFIELD - Secret Songs (1996)
LINDA PERHACS - Parallelograms (1970)
QUICKSAND - Home is Where I Belong (1974)
RAMASES - Space Hymns (1971)
SPYROGYRA - Bells, Boots & Shambles (1973)
TRADER HORNE - Morning Way (1970)
US AND THEM - Summer Green and Autumn Brown (2015)
VOICE OF THE SEVEN WOODS - Voice of the Seven Woods (2007)
JONATHAN WILSON - Rare Birds (2018)
YGGDRASIL - Yggdrasil (1972)
ZAUBER - Il Sogno (1978) 
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That's quite a list, Paul. A quarter of your list, I'm in love with...The rest, I have not heard.
I'll ferret through your folk album alphabet during the 2022 overture.   

Do you count Greek band Ciccada as Folkish? Although categorized as eclectic prog, I feel Ciccad's (Harvest)  leans toward Prog folk. 

A few of my recent favorites. 
Ciccada- Harvest  2021  Greece 
Tirill- "Said the Sun to the Moon" 2019 Norway
Tirill- "Um Himinjǫ'ur"  2013  Norway
Hands Of The Heron- "13 Moons" 2021  United Kingdom
Moulettes- " The Bear's Revenge" 2012  United Kingdom
Steve Unruh- "Precipice" 2019  USA
Tusmørke- "Fort Bak Lyset" 2016  Norway
Tusmørke- "Fjernsyn I Farver" 2018 Norway

one oldie
John Michael Talbot- "The Lord's Supper" 1979 USA





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Thank you very much, Paul, you surely keep what you promise, and your A-Z list is certainly a specialty.

- Maybe even sooner than I expected it, and very nice with refreshment of this thread by the same occasion - I can imagine, Snicolette , among others, will be quite pleased. Smile


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Finally, after two weeks of dithering and deliberation, here's my A-Z list of Prog Folk favourites:-

AGINCOURT - Fly Away (1970)
BREAD, LOVE & DREAMS - Amaryllis (1971)
CAROL OF HARVEST - Carol of Harvest (1978)
DEAD CAN DANCE - Anastasis (2012)
ECLECTION - Eclection (1968)
FUCHSIA - Fuchsia (1971)
THE GHOST - When You're Dead, One Second (1970)
HOELDERLIN - Rare Birds (1977)
IONA - Open Sky (2000)
JADE - Fly on Strangewings (1970)
KARNATAKA - Secrets of Angels (2015)
LOUDEST WHISPER - The Children of Lir (1973)
MOSTLY AUTUMN - Graveyard Star (2021)
NORTH SEA RADIO ORCHESTRA - North Sea Radio Orchestra (2006)
SALLY OLDFIELD - Secret Songs (1996)
LINDA PERHACS - Parallelograms (1970)
QUICKSAND - Home is Where I Belong (1974)
RAMASES - Space Hymns (1971)
SPYROGYRA - Bells, Boots & Shambles (1973)
TRADER HORNE - Morning Way (1970)
US AND THEM - Summer Green and Autumn Brown (2015)
VOICE OF THE SEVEN WOODS - Voice of the Seven Woods (2007)
JONATHAN WILSON - Rare Birds (2018)
YGGDRASIL - Yggdrasil (1972)
ZAUBER - Il Sogno (1978) 
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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:


Yes that album was called "Summertime Dream" and it has so much more than "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".  IMO his last hurrah.  

My big issue with Gord's Gold is that he recrecorded some of his 60s classics, when nothing could beat the originals.  But I will have to check out that song you mentioned, Nicky
  It's generally considered to be different than other of his material.  However, still my favourite.  I think they took it out of other pressings/CDs of the original Gord's Gold.  
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Originally posted by Hugh Manatee Hugh Manatee wrote:

Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

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It's rather telling that his 1978 hit, the beautiful "The Circle is small" was actually a rerecording of one of his 1960s songs 

Really? I did not know that. It is not included on "Gords Gold" though.

no it wasn't.  Because it wasn't one of his major 60s songs, it did not really suffer by comparison like some of the rerecordings on Gord's Gold. For instance, "Bitter Green" and "Early Morning Rain" were very well known tunes from that period and it would have been hard to parlay rerecording of those songs into hits
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Originally posted by Hewitt Hewitt wrote:

 
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Roy Harper - Stormcock
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Hi,

Give me "Playing the Game Pts 1-5" anytime with the guitar duet in the end. Or even some of the stuff in JUGULA+. But that album listed is one for the ages!

BTW, does Bruce Cockburn fit? He sure has enough of it.


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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

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It's rather telling that his 1978 hit, the beautiful "The Circle is small" was actually a rerecording of one of his 1960s songs 

Really? I did not know that. It is not included on "Gords Gold" though.


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Originally posted by Hugh Manatee Hugh Manatee wrote:

Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

My big issue with Gord's Gold is that he recrecorded some of his 60s classics, when nothing could beat the originals.  

Yes, the first two sides of the original album where rather unnecessary re-recordings but the second two sides are chock full of great songs.

yes for sure.  There were some great songs I hadn't heard till I bought that album, like "Summer Side of Life".
It's rather telling that his 1978 hit, the beautiful "The Circle is small" was actually a rerecording of one of his 1960s songs 
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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

My big issue with Gord's Gold is that he recrecorded some of his 60s classics, when nothing could beat the originals.  

Yes, the first two sides of the original album where rather unnecessary re-recordings but the second two sides are chock full of great songs.


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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Snicolette Snicolette wrote:


Gordon Lightfoot “Gord’s Gold”  1975



Presumably includes The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald? Includes some of the best lyrics I've ever heard. Clap
  Actually, it doesn't, that was recorded the year after.  Certainly a huge hit and a fine song.

Yes that album was called "Summertime Dream" and it has so much more than "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".  IMO his last hurrah.  

My big issue with Gord's Gold is that he recrecorded some of his 60s classics, when nothing could beat the originals.  But I will have to check out that song you mentioned, Nicky
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Snicolette Snicolette wrote:


Gordon Lightfoot “Gord’s Gold”  1975



Presumably includes The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald? Includes some of the best lyrics I've ever heard. Clap
  Actually, it doesn't, that was recorded the year after.  Certainly a huge hit and a fine song.
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Not a genre I'm big on but I do love the album Steeleye Span put out a few years called Dirty Rotten b*****ds.
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