Squonk wrote
Bought a Folk 4 CD set called "Simply Folk" and there is some killer stuff on there if you need an entry into folk music (UK folk to be more specific)
Ewan MacColl, Martin Carthy, June Tabor, Albion Band, Martin Simpson, Linda Thompson, The Watersons - collectively and solo, Dick Gaughan, Christine Collister, John Tams, Shirley Collins, John Kirkpatrick, Steve Ashley, Eliza Carthy, Anne Briggs, Bob Fox, Nic Jones, Oliver Knight and still a few more.
A good mix of the old and new
Each song is like a story, so Storytelling is the craft.
Good Stuff
Storytelling may be the craft but it needs to tie in with the intergrity of the song musically - I have been to too many folk open mic nights where some songs appear to go in for longer than they would have done if the writer had actually written a proper story 'in a book'!!
Otherwise good stuff!
