Talk:List of folk musicians
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[edit] Ireland
Ireland is listed twice, with mostly the same performers
Seems eurocentric, why NAm musicians mainstream and others not? -- Viajero 14:46 1 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Someone typed this into the edit window for the non-existing Dick Gaughan article. Dick Gaughan is Scottish, not Irish. Please re-classify this. I think this refers to this list but I don't know anything about the topic. Andris 14:23, Jul 30, 2004 (UTC)
Now there is an article and he is clearly Scottish. Tiles 07:10, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Searching for more
Is there a better way than Google or Yahoo to search for 'folk musician' or similar on the list to improve these links? I just added Stan Rogers to the Canada section and given Canada's continuing high profile in folk music it seems that there should be much more.
Kickstart70 20:15, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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- What about Amazon.com? Tiles 07:10, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
For American artists I suggest: http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/pf_frset.htm
For Celtic artists I suggest: http://www.slipcue.com/music/international/celtic/albums/A_01.html
For UK artists, up to 1999, I suggest: http://www.piper-kj.demon.co.uk/diary.htm (click on "recordings")
For general world artists I suggest: http://www.folksylinks.it/index.html Ogg 08:36, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Jack Orion
To the best of my knowledge there is no such group as Jack Orion. There is a notable album by Bert Jansch called "Jack Orion". That is probably the source of the error.
[edit] What is "Folk"?
This list seems to be using a very loose definition of "folk" - to find, for instance, Joan Armatrading or even Billy Bragg included in the UK section is rather odd. While a few of the UK performers listed under "England" are interpreters of traditional material (Norma Waterson, Peter Bellamy, John Kirkpatrick, June Tabor etc), not one is a genuine traditional source singer or performer, as far as I am aware. Where are Walter Pardon, Fred Jordan, Jinky Wells, Scan Tester, Billy Pigg, Walter Bulwer, to name but a few? Perhaps further subdivisions of the list are needed (but then how do you categorise a performer whose material is mainly traditional but makes occasional forays into contemporary compositions? Or who writes their own material very much in a traditional vein? Or who arranges a traditional song/tune in a folk-rock style? Or a mainstream performer who happens to record one traditional song?) SiGarb 17:53, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
Not all folk musicians perform traditional material; Christine Lavin, the Roches, and Suzanne Vega are all singer-songwriters. Woody Guthrie performed original material, so do his son and granddaughter. Dar Williams, to the best of my knowledge, has never performed a traditional song. Folk music (at least in the case of the US, England, Ireland, and Canada) is (usually) acoustic based music rooted in a traditional sound. The majority of folk performers active today are singer-songwriters.
Here's a bit of fun, read -> Folkies. Ogg 12:44, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
- Nice one! But nothing about "fingers-in-the-ear", tankards, beards and other archetypes? And don't banjo players, melodeon players, accordionists etc traditionally vie for unpopularity with bodhran players...? ( "What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians? - A drummer/banjo player/bagpiper/accordionist etc etc" ) BTW, does the total lack of wikilinks indicate that you're expecting the article to be a candidate for speedy deletion? SiGarb 17:20, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Karen Tweed
Karen Tweed was listed under Finland. I believe she is English, of Irish descent. She plays a lot of Scandinavian music as part of Swåp, and with Timo Alakotila and others on her album "May Monday", but equally she has a huge Irish repertoire and also plays English & French contemporary compositions, Scottish, Northumbrian etc etc. She has also recorded an album called "Faerd" of music from the Faroe Islands. So where does that place her in this simplistic list? SiGarb 18:07, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Patrick Wolf
I am sure Patrick Wolf is a fine musician, and yes there is a website calling him a genius, but in what sense is he a folk muscian? The article gives no hint. Should he be in psych-folk, or punk instead? Ogg 19:24, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Northumbria
Does Northumbria really require its own category distinct from England, especially since only a tiny minority of acts listed have a Wikipedia page. FrFintonStack 18:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
