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    Posted: February 19 2019 at 06:59
Hi, I'm looking for recommendations of music that might be considered melancholy, shows a certain fragility or a certain gentleness. I'm being too vague, but here are some examples.

Vashti Bunyan - "Winter is Blue"



Nick Drake - "River Man"



Lind Perhacs - Parallelograms



Hush - "Dear One"



Anything in the vein of any of that would be much appreciated (I know that would cover a huge amount of music, but mention some that touch you in some appropriate fashion).

Edited by Logan - February 19 2019 at 07:06
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I'd say the wonderful The Use of Ashes by Pearls Before Swine qualifies but I'm guessing you're already familiar with it? More you probably got (and possibly a few you don't). Some here has a couple of unfitting tunes that ruins the mood somehow - but mostly not:

Sibylle Baier - Color Green
Arleta - Exi Meres
Tia Blake - Folksongs & Ballads
Reet Hendrikson - Reet
Ptarmigan - Ptarmigan
Trader Horne - Morning Way
Turid - Bilder (mostly quiet)
Tir Na Nog - Tir Na Nog
Paula Moore - Paula Moore (the one from 1978)
Molly Drake - Molly Drake (Nick's mother)
Larry And Myra - Eat The Day
Kathy & Carol - Kathy & Carol
Josephine Foster - Faithful Fairy Harmony (and more)
Gary Higgins - Red Hash
Dulcimer - And I Turned As I Had As a Boy
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Thanks, I don't know the majority of those. I have heard The Use of Ashes, but it's been far too long. Other than that I only readily recall Ptarmigan and Trader Horne (a couple of others, like Tir Na Nog, look rather familiar, but my memory is not what it once was.)

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I was just going to suggest that, glad you know it (The Use of Ashes).  I really love Bert Jansch's "Avocet," if you're unfamiliar and pretty much everything that John Renbourn did solo and with configurations of The Pentangle, but you probably already know those as well.  I will probably come up with more, as the coffee kicks in.  Smile  I like singer/songwriter/folk/renaissancy stuff too.
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You might want to check out Owain Phyfe, he's got some beautiful or early and Renaissance recordings available, and also his work with the New World Renaissance Band.  And Cantiga is an excellent early/Renaissance era group as well...Also Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter (really his last name) have lovely solo recordings and duet recordings that are mostly contemplative.  These are all primarily acoustic, not sure if you want electric also.  
Connie Dover also has some beautiful sad pieces amongst her mix of folk pieces.


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Thanks, Pentangle I know well and much of the "acid folk" scene.   John Renbourn I hadn't really known for his solo stuff before we considered adding it to Related. I know Bert Jansch, but I haven't heard Avocet that I recall (maybe bits of the album).

One I really loved when getting into so called Progressive Folk in a big way was Forest, and also Trees (I could see the forest for the trees one might say).

Owain Phyfe, Cantiga (both sound familiar), Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter I will look into.

Different from the ones I listed, but one I like:



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I'm sure more will come to me, Lisa and Aryeh are fairly Celtic oriented.  Aryeh started with a proggy electric band, Azigza (although he really started at 3 as a violin student).  He plays harps, nyckelharpa, cittern, psaltry etc and Lisa also plays harps and mandolin and they sometimes team up with Patrick Ball, renowned harper.
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I second Sibylle Baier and Turid.

Also check out:
TwinSisterMoon - The Hollowed Mountain
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell
Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom
Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness

Also, not quite folk, but Kahimi Karie's Nunki is definitely something you want to check out if you're in this mood.
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^ Thanks, I know the TwinSisterMoon and love it, and I know some Sufjan Stevens. The rest are all new to me.
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Originally posted by Polymorphia Polymorphia wrote:

I second Sibylle Baier and Turid.

Also check out:
TwinSisterMoon - The Hollowed Mountain
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell
Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom
Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness

Also, not quite folk, but Kahimi Karie's Nunki is definitely something you want to check out if you're in this mood.

Thanks for more stuff for me to check out, too.
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I think Sandy Denny's solo stuff is right in there as well as a band called Espers....which does a really melancholy mystical type of prog folk.

Could have chosen just about anything from them...I think they are fantastic.
A cover of a Jansch tune from 1971






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Edited by Logan - February 19 2019 at 18:21
Across the evening sky,
all the birds are leaving,
But how can they know,
it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire,
I will still be dreaming,
I have no thought of time.
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None more trippy than Circulus



None more fragile than Syd



None more beautiful than NSRO



Edited by Logan - February 19 2019 at 17:53
Across the evening sky,
all the birds are leaving,
But how can they know,
it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire,
I will still be dreaming,
I have no thought of time.
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Mark Hollis' solo album is probably right there too.
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When I think of mellow folk music, my go-to album is Dino Valente’s only solo album from ‘68. Just beautiful.
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

I think Sandy Denny's solo stuff is right in there as well as a band called Espers....which does a really melancholy mystical type of prog folk.

Could have chosen just about anything from them...I think they are fantastic.
A cover of a Jansch tune from 1971


Will definitely check them out further, liked what I heard after a few tracks.  
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This thread seems to be infected. When i clicked on it five different downloads started. Trojan horses? Yikes

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Those are Shockwave Flash objects (not dangerous). It happens when videos are embedded improperly. I'll edit those posts for the person to put the videos in the right embed format (done).

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