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[edit] Who wrote "Smoke enough pcp and anything makes sense"?

I would delete this, but it makes me laugh. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.78.150.119 (talk) 08:35, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Where does this page belong, and what is Psych folk?

I collected all these comments under the one heading because they all seemed to be tied to the one question. -- TimNelson 09:10, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Differences/connections

What are the differences/connections between acid folk, freak folk and psych folk?

Freak folk is something different. See that page. -- TimNelson 09:10, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Acid folk

Acid folk redirects here, so I suppose it is more or less a synonym? The article doesn't explain this, though, which it should. // Habj 21:07, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is the sub-genre "Psych folk" too narrow a title to include the music in this article?

Psych folk is a sub-genre of New Weird America which encompasses psych folk, freak folk, and other newer experimnetal genres.

Certainly there are various combinations of musical genres like folk, psychodelic, acid rock, rock etc. But on Google the primary place that term Psych folk seems to be used is this Wikipedia page and mirrors.

Along with your article Google lists a radio station that plays Prog Psych Folk but the site's subtitle describes that to mean Prog/Art Rock, Psychedelic, Folk Rock. It goes on to offer A Selection of Prog Folk Psych Space Rock!! while another site offers PSYCHEDELIC & ACID FOLK MUSIC . Perhaps there is a better name for the various types of musical combinations and styles this article is attempting to describe. Only one of the sites listed under External links in your article uses the term at all, referring to Psych folk as a more narrow sub-genre in the context of many other genres.

So it seems like you are including a wide array of current musical styles under the more narrow term, the sub-genre "Psych folk". Mattisse 11:38, 6 August 2006 (UTC)


I agree. This should be subsumed under folk, with according subdivisions, or else parceled out. But freak folk is very, very different from psych folk, which seems to be a historical hippie thing. Aroundthewayboy 08:18, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Fortunately, Freak folk has been disambiguated. I note that the early stuff listed in this article is pretty much all electric folk, and some of the other stuff could be classes as folk punk or prog rock. This doesn't negate the existance of the genre, but it would be useful to talk about the interactions with these.

[edit] Why the emphasis on British artists ?

I accept that artists like ISB, Donovan etc fit into this category - but surely many of the US psychedelic bands also fall into this category, as having strong folk roots - Byrds, Airplane, Country Joe, Kaleidoscope, etc etc. There is a genre here, but it is very wide ranging. (Richie Unterberger's books are perhaps the best guides here - http://www.richieunterberger.com/ .) --Ghmyrtle 12:56, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

ISB was Scottish, not English.
No-one says they were English, but they were British Ghmyrtle 21:11, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Finnish scene

Kemialliset Ystävät are currently lumped in with the New Weird America artists. I think we need a separate paragraph for the Finnish scene. I will try to add it in the next few days, but if anyone wants to make a start, please do. Cnwb 22:35, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletions

I replaced Deek Hoi after reference to him was deleted. He has contributed scores for Irene Moon's Auk Theater (http://www.begoniasociety.com/auk_theatre.htm) and is an associate of the Charles Mansion collective (http://www.charlesmansion.org/). He also records and performs psychedelic folk music. Not sure why he was deleted. Thanks! Martillie 1:10, 17 May 2006

[edit] I created a separate freak folk entry

Because after a bit of research, it is how Devendra Banhart seems most comfortable describing his music.Aroundthewayboy 08:35, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Acid Folk

Seconding the (now old) suggestion that the connection (or difference) between psych folk and acid folk be made clearer. - BalthCat 21:46, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of artists

I think a division should be made on this list between the original 60s/70s bands and the those bands that belong to the current revival. Possibly also divide them up by location as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.197.5.20 (talk) 10:37, 16 May 2008 (UTC)