@GeePawHill Another Great Coal Mining Song that's close to my heart: Coal Town Road by the Barra McNeils.

I have loved this song for dog's years and it still gives me goose bumps every single time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKe2Ww7vHSE

#Music #FolkMusic #CanadianContent #ElbowsUp

#folkmusic
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Just got back from the Bound for Glory concert, the first one in five and a half years. BFG, which started in 1967 and has been broadcast weekly ever since then on local radio, is the longest continuously running folk music show in the country, if not the world. For most of that time it featured live performers and a live audience, but since the beginning of the pandemic, it has just been playing recordings of past concerts. Now it's back live (and free to attend, as before).

#folkmusic
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Just got back from the Bound for Glory concert, the first one in five and a half years. BFG, which started in 1967 and has been broadcast weekly ever since then on local radio, is the longest continuously running folk music show in the country, if not the world. For most of that time it featured live performers and a live audience, but since the beginning of the pandemic, it has just been playing recordings of past concerts. Now it's back live (and free to attend, as before).

Ok, this is amazing.

French-Algerian guitarist Pierre Bensusan is playing in my home town, in the church I grew up in.

The church’s sanctuary is a half-round space (a lot like the Ryman Auditorium, actually) and a few years ago was retrofitted to serve as a performance space in addition to Sunday services.

I gave up religion a long time ago but I’ll definitely be attending this particular “service”.

If you’re in #Ottawa or eastern Ontario, more details are on the church’s Events page. Just scroll down a bit.

#guitar #FolkMusic #WorldMusic

https://www.stpaulsperth.ca/events.html

Ok, this is amazing.

French-Algerian guitarist Pierre Bensusan is playing in my home town, in the church I grew up in.

The church’s sanctuary is a half-round space (a lot like the Ryman Auditorium, actually) and a few years ago was retrofitted to serve as a performance space in addition to Sunday services.

I gave up religion a long time ago but I’ll definitely be attending this particular “service”.

If you’re in #Ottawa or eastern Ontario, more details are on the church’s Events page. Just scroll down a bit.

#guitar #FolkMusic #WorldMusic

https://www.stpaulsperth.ca/events.html

i genuinely wonder who the two people are that bought my EP. it was a hard time for me when it came out; so, i didn't do any marketing for it. but i think it's a good time if you're a fan of lo-fi folk!

you can pick it up off of Bandcamp, but no worries if you can't afford it. nabbing it for free and letting me know how it made you feel is just as welcome https://littleampersand.bandcamp.com/album/unload-my-head

#bandcamp #folkmusic #ukulele #queer

i genuinely wonder who the two people are that bought my EP. it was a hard time for me when it came out; so, i didn't do any marketing for it. but i think it's a good time if you're a fan of lo-fi folk!

you can pick it up off of Bandcamp, but no worries if you can't afford it. nabbing it for free and letting me know how it made you feel is just as welcome https://littleampersand.bandcamp.com/album/unload-my-head

#bandcamp #folkmusic #ukulele #queer

Can we get a folk music thread going here for Bandcamp Friday?

I'll start!

My latest album of heartfelt, stripped down, plain spoken, verse chorus songs, ballads, Appalachian style lullabies, and queer anthems:

https://jennifervenawood.bandcamp.com/album/ill-be-right-here-too

@folkmusic @FolkLondonMag

#folkMusic#Folk#IndieFolk#BancdampFriday

If you're browsing folk music today, be sure to add @michellelaverickmusic to your list!

https://michellelaverick.bandcamp.com

Also some regional favorites: Cafe Accordion Orchestra

Idle Rose
https://idlerose.bandcamp.com/

Joe and Vicki Price
https://joeandvickiprice.bandcamp.com/

@FolkLondonMag

#FolkMusic#Folk#IndieFolk

Gordon Lightfoot: Canada's Storyteller in Song 🍁

Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, has captured the essence of Canada in his music for decades. From 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' to 'Sundown,' his songs tell stories of history, love, and the Canadian landscape. A true legend eh? 🇨🇦 #Canada#GordonLightfoot#CanadianMusic#FolkMusic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot

Can we get a folk music thread going here for Bandcamp Friday?

I'll start!

My latest album of heartfelt, stripped down, plain spoken, verse chorus songs, ballads, Appalachian style lullabies, and queer anthems:

https://jennifervenawood.bandcamp.com/album/ill-be-right-here-too

@folkmusic @FolkLondonMag

#folkMusic#Folk#IndieFolk#BancdampFriday

Gordon Lightfoot: Canada's Storyteller in Song 🍁

Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, has captured the essence of Canada in his music for decades. From 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' to 'Sundown,' his songs tell stories of history, love, and the Canadian landscape. A true legend eh? 🇨🇦 #Canada#GordonLightfoot#CanadianMusic#FolkMusic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot

Friend & activist, Austrian #Yiddish singer Isabel Frey has a new album coming out on Borscht Beat and two tracks were pre released this week 😯👍
https://borschtbeat.bandcamp.com/album/di-fliendike-pave

#JewishMusic #klezmer#Vienna#FolkMusic#Bandcamp

Anybody wanna know about a 1960s adventure play-park in the Gorbals, run by Glaswegian folk singer Matt McGinn, which the council tried to shut down but failed cause like all the kids in the Gorbals marched on City Chambers?

Aye aye. 🧵 1/5

#Glasgow#Scotland#FolkCulture#FolkMusic#Protest#WorkingClassHistory#LabourHistory

Isabel's album came out this week, including finally a studio recording of her song Langzam un Likhtik which was set for my choir back in 2020 with her permission. Sounds great.

"Unhurried and radiant
Your forehead bent to my forehead
Until your black fire sank into
My blue fire.

And my room filled with summer,
And my room became full of night.
I closed my light-filled, tear-filled eyes,
And wept silently in my late summer."
https://borschtbeat.bandcamp.com/track/langzam-un-likhtik

#Yiddish#FolkMusic #bandcamp#Vienna