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Interactive poll No. -46 2/3 - the folk music poll
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Poll Question: Nominate one track and vote for three
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Fovea Hex will be my nomination for voting.

I'm happy to see the love for this band.   Clodagh Simonds (who was with a folk band "Mellow Candle" back in the 60's) is the main vocalist and she also sang on Mike Oldfield's "Ommadawn" and "Hergest Ridge" albums.  

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I think I am going to go with Milladoiro's, "Estreliña Do Luceiro."  I find it very haunting and unlike anything else.
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Vasen: Ipa-Gubben

This instrumental piece is not a song, it is a chamber folk piece, with aspirations for cultured music. I like the sound of the three instruments very much, after all I am a lover of pure acoustic sound, the real, musical one, and only in certain cases I really love artificial sounds too. 

That violin with the keys is interesting, and the musical score is of high quality, it creates an atmosphere of a Nordic saga with moments of virtuosity just hinted at, and an enjoyable crescendo of rhythm. In short, it is a small masterpiece. 

There are only two things I miss to make me enjoy like a hedgehog: a moment of pause, in which the music slows down, and where one of the three instruments stands out from the others; the sound of a human voice, I would say a woman (I remain a lover of the human voice, and in most cases I think the instrumental pieces would become even more beautiful if accompanied by the appropriate voice). If there were these things too, I would have gone to seventh heaven. So I stopped at ... sixth heaven, but this piece has a great chance of conquering the podium.
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I nominate Nicu Alifantis - Mosul Iene 
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I'll go with Sandy Denny/Fotheringay. You can't go wrong with such a beautiful song!
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The feedback winner out of mine is probably Solarference - Cold Blows the Wind, so that'll be my nomination.
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Please notice that the voting will open on Monday.

If I have missed a nomination, please let me know.
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Originally posted by Tancos Tancos wrote:

From Hungary, Vasmalom, "Hejtok Lányok." (Assume this is my nomination unless I state otherwise later.)

I would have thought this was clear enough, since I haven't posted again in this thread until now.
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Hmmm....I'll nominate  'Rosemary Lane' by Espers.
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I am still pondering on my nominee. I will decide sometime tomorrow.
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I apologize for not stating it more clearly at the beginning, but my song's title is "Banks of the Nile", and Fotheringay is the name of the band (fronted by Sandy Denny and her husband, Trevor Lucas) that performed it. The song "Fotheringay" by Fairport Convention was submitted for one of these polls a few months ago.
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Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

Please notice that the voting will open on Monday.

If I have missed a nomination, please let me know.


I'll nominate Obscurus Orbis' song. I'll be editing my first post now. Smile
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So the list is updated with what I know so far. Since Logan and Micky have both posted only one song, I assume these are their nominations.
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Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

So the list is updated with what I know so far. Since Logan and Micky have both posted only one song, I assume these are their nominations.

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I'm prone to impulse shopping when it comes to music, and so I am abandoning all my previous suggestions because I find this stunning.

So my nomination is...

Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn - "The Roving Cowboy / Avarguli"



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Heilung are using some pagan aesthetics (including what looks like rhunes), and their outfit is very "tribal". The soundscape is dominated by drums. The deep singing voices sound like a sort of mix between Rammstein and central Asian throat singing. I think I have heard them before. The beat gradually builds a tension until there's a break approximately halfway. The music then builds up again. The language sounds made-up. All in all very esoteric, but the music is absolutely not without interesting elements.

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Piers Faccini - Broken Mirror. Contains acoustic guitar and double bass, as well as violin and cello, and then some instruments that I can't recognize right away. Quite melancholic. I like it a lot. Tunng - Woodcat (I had to use one of the alternate links) is not worlds apart from the first one, again based on the acoustic guitar, but this time there are some electronic elements too (they file under folktronica after all). Once again I get associations to Clue to Kalo. Another great piece. Death is the New Sex is different with an electric guitar and more emphasis on electronic sounds, and it is not a soundscape I would normally associate with folk. The composition is clearly folkish though. The song appeals less to me than the other two.

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Espers - Rosemary Lane is obviously inspired by the British folk tradition (I get associations to Scarborough Fair). Just like that one, it is in the Dorian mode. From around 2:10 there is a sudden synthesizer coming in, sometimes playing out of key with the other instruments. Beautiful song. Shirley Collins and the Albion Band contains a rock beat, but there is also a violin. Harmonically it is once again in Dorian. Judging by the sound mix, I guess it is from the 1970's. Just before 2:00, there is a sudden change to a bagpipe drone and a different key. But then in 3:00 we're back to the previous. It sounds like it's based on a traditional folk ballad. 5:50 comes the bagpipe part again, but it appears to be the same melody as in the rock part. Then the song fades out with some sound effects. Dando Shaft: In the Country is in a very different mood, and it contains what sounds like some African drums. There's also a flute. The atmosphere is sort of impressionistic with its dominating maj7 chord. Very pleasant, but there's also a bit of melancholy to it.
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The voting is open :)
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And just one more....George's final entry and choice for the nominees:  

Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn “The Roving Cowboy/Avarguli”  Begins with some beautiful guzheng strumming, plucking,

 and string bending.   Abigail joins in with her haunting voice and an even more haunting Wu Fei harmonizes with her.  Reminiscent of Fairport Convention’s, “Come All Ye” (may be the same tune, but different lyrics).  I’m guessing this is a blending of this bluegrass/country/folk tune with another folk tune from Wu Fei’s tradition.  They trade back and forth and end up with an almost chanted duet.  If more bluegrass were like this, it would be way higher on my typical listening list.  Just stunning, there is truly no better word.  I loved and highlighted so many of yours this time, but this one does take the cake. 

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Flairck - Tango: I especially like the glissando notes on the violin. The slow melancholic parts work best for me.

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Vasmalom - Hejtok Lányok: I like how the verse is in 6/4 while the instrumental parts are not. The melodic pattern is also interesting. I can't recognize the wind instrument that appears f.e. around 3:30, but it is a flute of some sort of course. He is using overtones heavily. Floating Cloud starts with a string instrument I can't recognize. Then there's a harp of some sorts. To be honest, I find it a bit boring. Vasmalom was the right nomination for me.

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Pentangle - Jack Orion: Seeing that it is 18 minutes long, I will skip this for now, considering the vast amount of music being posted here. But judging by the first seconds, which I actually heard, I am pretty sure I would like the rest of the track.

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Fotheringay - Banks of the Nile: Another one coloured by the English folk tradtion, but it also has a strong singer/songwriter touch. Mixolydian again by the way. Very nice relaxed and thoughtful atmosphere which I really like, but the music gradually builds up. Great guitar work too, and I love the singing voice. Very "less is more"-like. Should be a contender.

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Lightfoot - Black Day in July: The soundscape brings us back to the late 60's or - at latest - early 70's. The melody is folkish, but the guitar work is more country-like. Is the song referring to the Detroit riots?
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Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

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Pentangle - Jack Orion: Seeing that it is 18 minutes long, I will skip this for now, considering the vast amount of music being posted here. But judging by the first seconds, which I actually heard, I am pretty sure I would like the rest of the track.

  Absolutely no pressure to listen to an 18 minute track, also why I kept it out of the running.  I also really value your comments discussing various time signatures, modalities, etc.  This has been another very varied poll, thank you for the subject!
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