Folk

[No pasarán]

Right so I woke up and went to get a glass of water and now I can't sleep. So I'm listening to folk to try to relax. There is something about folk I find seem to be able to reach out to me whatever mood I'm in or at least it makes me think. It can also make me very passionate... specially after a few beers...

I was raised around folk music, mostly irish, but also some scottish and and of course more modern stuff.

Anyways I posted few of my favourite folk singers/bands. I'd rather if people are gonna respond with their own favourites, they do so with acoustic choices. NOT folk punk/ folk rock (NO DROPKICK MURPHYS)... and I think if you wanna post out and out country songs they need their own thread. Of Course there is some cross over though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAYW5dwZJRA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC1yYEr46jQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b605qq7xBzM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk-zKjfO2E8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrdl4ijru8o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtwKQS9Ml2s&feature=related

[Foldered]

You should check out some Phil Ochs. You might even like newer folk bands like Vetiver. Check out the Felice Brothers too, they aren't 100% acoustic, but they've got some awesome material.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQu4baVS1o0

[Ligeia]

I like some Latin American folk,..it's got another name depending on the region though (e.g. trova).
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[Znamya]

A great leftist folk song from Chile is "Venceremos", performed here by Dean Reed

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[No pasarán]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_G_cbNm7zI

[Rusty Shackleford]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0JERckJVig

ive been singing along with this for the past half hour trying to learn it.

[Palingenisis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrdl4ijru8o

[Palingenisis]

Ouch thats already been posted!

[Palingenisis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kujclf1-9cM&feature=player_embedded

[Palingenisis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPw4jTDKYbg&feature=player_embedded

[Palingenisis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waRwJZFoJmw

Amazing song!

[Palingenisis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAuvzDmhN3g

[Palingenisis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uAs5cyy5EM&feature=related

[praxis1966]

I honestly can't believe nobody's posted these yet...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr_g23qi9hg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58lN67LfJpw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O93YpTYCWRk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOEkCvlHjCg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r_3oGkCjyI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI4qSdhmq1U

[¿Que?]

Mercedes Sosa...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyOJ-A5iv5I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icrCSlBGkl0

Horacio Guarani

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjn_0hu1GCc

Jorge Cafrune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_0hjcv7fHg

[¿Que?]

Is there a studio version of "Para amar en tiempos de guerra"?

[Communist]

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Some classic electric folk from England...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxJ3WrhgHhQ

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[Mendax]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQMVHhxTtLc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjUA3RU4B8E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrBfPLUm5so

[Tyrlop]

Hannes Wader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPEADKVK3_E
The little trumpeter
Classic DDR youthsong


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjWuGhRF-L4&feature=related
Forward young guard of the proletariat!
Austrian - German and Russian workers song from the 1900's still popular today


Ernst Busch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5yIjzqIEr4

The Peat Bog Soldiers


Peat Bog Soldiers is one of Europe's best-known protest songs. It exists in countless European languages, became a Republican anthem during the Spanish Civil War; was a symbol of resistance during the Second World War; and is popular with the Peace movement today. What makes it perhaps so poignant is the knowledge that is was written, composed and first performed in a Nazi concentration camp by the prisoners themselves.

[Palingenisis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBr5EjOn2lQ&feature=related

Best song about World War I I know.

[comradesvs]

Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, David Roviks, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Anne Feeney, The Nightwatchman...

[Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg]

Not sure if this is quite folk...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhfWU335aGA

Dirt Ole Town - Pouges
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVUZuVZWHkk

Pair of Brown Eyes - Pouges
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ3uDNCHHAA

Waltzin Matilda (Tom Trauberts Blues) - Tom Waits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZmqbcBsTAw

Martha- Tom Waits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Mse62NFl4

Ol 55
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R9HhYT3fuM&feature=related

Jersey Girl
[YOUTUBE][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grtK6S4AwSg/YOUTUBE]

[ed miliband]

A few rebel songs (some might have already been posted):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AFRCWg_kOc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqv9LpfHg8c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT_ehiQrkm4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVAOW23GnFM

Luke Kelly is ace:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTBC7ckTWpo
(so much passion in his singing, there)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2OivplOBq8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlJ6P9EkoWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vN2xyMWt-Q