Indie folk
Indie folk | |
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Stylistic origins | Folk music, indie rock, folk rock, lo-fi, folk punk |
Cultural origins | Late 1990s United States and Early 2000s United Kingdom |
Typical instruments | Acoustic guitar, double bass, piano, harmonium, mandolin, drums, banjo, violin, accordion, brass instruments, electric guitar |
Local scenes | |
Omaha, Nebraska, London, Melbourne | |
Other topics | |
new weird America - Alternative country |
Indie folk is a music genre that arose in the 1990s from musicians in the indie (independent) rock community influenced by folk and classic country music. Indie folk combines the catchy melodies of indie rock with the acoustical sounds of contemporary folk music. Early artists included Ani DiFranco and Dan Bern.[1][2] Later artists of note included The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, The Cave Singers, Loch Lomond, Bon Iver, Or, The Whale, Great Lake Swimmers, and Blind Pilot.[2]
Notable artists
List of notable artists of Indie Folk in alphabetical order.
- Adam Green
- Alexi Murdoch
- Alina Orlova
- Aly Tadros
- Amy Macdonald
- Andrew Jackson Jihad
- Angus & Julia Stone
- Arborea
- Arthur & Yu
- Avalanche City
- Band of Horses
- Basia Bulat
- Beach House
- Beck
- Beirut
- Ben Howard
- Benjamin Francis Leftwich
- Benny Tipene
- Beta Radio
- Big John Bates
- Bishop Allen
- Blind Pilot[2]
- Blitzen Trapper
- Blue and Brown Books
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Bon Iver[2]
- Bowerbirds
- Boy & Bear
- Breathe Owl Breathe
- Bright Eyes
- Broken Records
- Chris Bathgate
- Cloud Control
- Conor Oberst
- Damien Jurado
- Damien Rice
- Dan Mangan
- Danny Schmidt
- Daughter
- Dawes
- Deer Tick
- Delta Spirit
- Dog Is Dead
- Dr. Dog
- Dry The River
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- Elliott Smith
- Emmy the Great
- Ewert and The Two Dragons
- Fanfarlo
- Feist
- Fink
- Fiona Apple[3]
- First Aid Kit
- Fleet Foxes[2]
- Frank Turner
- Freelance Whales
- Fruit Bats
- Gabrielle Aplin
- Gary Jules
- Good Old War
- Graham Coxon
- Great Lake Swimmers[2]
- Gregory Alan Isakov
- Gregory and the Hawk
- Grizzly Bear
- Half Moon Run
- Hayden
- Horse Feathers
- Ingrid Michaelson
- Iron & Wine
- Jake Bugg
- James Vincent McMorrow
- Jinja Safari
- Joanna Newsom
- Joe Innes
- Johnny Flynn
- José González
- Kate Nash[4]
- Katie Kim
- Keaton Henson
- Kings of Convenience
- Kramies
- Laura Gibson
- Laura Marling
- Lauren Aquilina
- Les Hay Babies
- Lisa Hannigan
- Little Green Cars
- Local Natives
- Loch Lomond[2]
- Lord Huron
- Lost in the Trees
- Luke Redfield
- M. Ward
- Manel
- Mason Jennings
- Megafaun
- Mega Gem
- Middle Brother
- Mindy Gledhill
- Modest Mouse
- Mount Eerie
- Mree
- Mumford & Sons
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- Nick Cave
- Nick Harper
- Noah and the Whale
- Of Monsters and Men
- Okkervil River
- Or, The Whale[2]
- Orla Gartland
- Other Lives
- Paleface
- Parlor Hawk
- Passenger
- Peter and the Wolf
- Priscilla Ahn
- Radical Face
- Regina Spektor
- Rosie Thomas
- Rue Royale
- Sea Wolf
- Seabear
- She & Him
- Silent Old Mtns
- Sleeping at Last
- Smog
- Stornoway
- Sufjan Stevens
- Sun Kil Moon
- Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
- The Acorn
- The Avett Brothers
- The Cave Singers[2]
- The Civil Wars
- The Decemberists
- The Deep Dark Woods
- The Giving Tree Band
- The Head and the Heart
- The Last Bison
- The Low Anthem
- The Lumineers
- The Marshall Pass
- The Microphones
- The Middle East
- The Milk Carton Kids
- The Mountain Goats
- The Paper Kites
- The Ridges
- The Rumour Said Fire
- The Shins
- The Staves
- The Swell Season
- The Tallest Man on Earth
- The Thrills
- Tired Pony
- Tori Amos[5]
- Trampled by Turtles
- Truth & Salvage Co.
- Twin Forks
- Two Gallants
- Vance Joy
- Vandaveer
- Vic Chesnutt
- Villagers
- Waxahatchee
- William Fitzsimmons
- Woods
- Wye Oak
References
- ↑ "Indie Folk". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved January 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Michael Keefe. "What Is New Folk? A Genre Profile". About.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/Fiona+Apple/+tags
- ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/Kate+Nash/+tags
- ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/Tori+Amos/+tags
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