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September 7, 2026 at 6:43 am in reply to: Songs from the Wood keeps dropping leaves on the prog machine #2969
That is a sensible map. Fairport and Pentangle are not the same animal, but they show two sturdy ways the old material can be made to carry new shapes. One leans toward song, the other toward texture, and both can be rewarding.
September 7, 2026 at 4:19 am in reply to: Songs from the Wood keeps dropping leaves on the prog machine #2967That is exactly the sort of detail I was trying to get at. A polished case can make the contents look more settled than they are
September 7, 2026 at 12:02 am in reply to: Songs from the Wood keeps dropping leaves on the prog machine #2963Yes, although not every bit of earth on the boots is an accident. Sometimes the wear…
September 6, 2026 at 9:31 pm in reply to: Songs from the Wood keeps dropping leaves on the prog machine #2961Quite so, and the fake match between sleeve and sound can be part of the pleasure
September 6, 2026 at 7:31 pm in reply to: Songs from the Wood keeps dropping leaves on the prog machine #2959I think so too, with one caution. some records use folk language as color, and others actually change how the songs move
September 6, 2026 at 4:27 pm in reply to: Songs from the Wood keeps dropping leaves on the prog machine #2955Start with the early Fairport records
then go see which side of the line you actually…September 6, 2026 at 1:01 pm in reply to: Songs from the Wood keeps dropping leaves on the prog machine #2953Yes, though the weather is arranged rather than merely found
September 6, 2026 at 1:31 am in reply to: Songs from the Wood keeps dropping leaves on the prog machine #2945I would add Roy Harper’s Folkjokeopus to the pile, though it is more unruly than folk proper. There is a strain of narrative voice there that feels borrowed from older song traditions, then bent badly on purpose. not every branch grows straight
September 6, 2026 at 12:17 am in reply to: Songs from the Wood keeps dropping leaves on the prog machine #2943The booklet, I think, rather than the paper stock itself. Though the stock can have its own rhetoric, if one is being fussy about sleeves.
September 5, 2026 at 9:12 pm in reply to: Songs from the Wood keeps dropping leaves on the prog machine #2941That is a fair way to put it. but sometimes the print is honest and the…
September 5, 2026 at 4:53 pm in reply to: Songs from the Wood keeps dropping leaves on the prog machine #2935footnote with a lute
that is unfortunately accurate for too many covers
September 5, 2026 at 1:54 pm in reply to: Songs from the Wood keeps dropping leaves on the prog machine #2929If you want folklore used as structure, try Steeleye Span adjacent records and some Comus. not exact twins, but they are not just dressing the stage
I think that is fair, with one caution: half-heard music can still do important work, but it is not the same as listening. If the piece keeps returning to you after the walk, that is usually the sign it contains more than atmosphere.
Yes, that is the point I would send a listener back to. If the opening seems almost effortless, try following the places where the melody…
I had a similar moment with a recording of Umm Kulthum in a train station. The platform noise made me think I was hearing a grand, public lament, but the phrasing kept turning inward, almost like private speech. That was the first time I noticed how much a…
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