Indie folk
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| Indie folk | |
|---|---|
| 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, 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 singer/songwriters in the indie rock community influenced by the folk music scenes of the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, country music and indie rock.[1]
A few early artists included Lou Barlow, Jeff Buckley and Elliott Smith. The genre is commonly related to freak folk, psych folk, baroque pop and New Weird America.[1] The genre has seen significant growth since from the early 2000s, beginning with acts such as Bright Eyes, Beirut, Bon Iver, The Avett Brothers, Arthur & Yu, Fleet Foxes,[1] The Decemberists,[1] Iron & Wine, Okkervil River, Manel, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Mumford & Sons, Noah and the Whale, The Mountain Goats, Cloud Control, Boy & Bear and others.
Notable artists[edit]
- The Acorn
- Adam Green
- Alexi Murdoch
- Alina Orlova
- Aly Tadros
- Amarante
- Amy Macdonald
- Andrew Jackson Jihad
- Arborea
- Arthur & Yu
- Avalanche City
- The Avett Brothers
- Band of Horses
- Basia Bulat
- Beirut
- Ben Howard
- Benjamin Francis Leftwich
- Beta Radio
- Bishop Allen
- Blind Pilot[1]
- Blitzen Trapper
- Blue and Brown Books
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Bon Iver[1]
- Bowerbirds
- Boy & Bear
- Breathe Owl Breathe
- Bright Eyes
- Broken Records (band)
- The Cave Singers[1]
- The Civil Wars
- Cloud Control
- Coincidental Minor
- Damien Jurado
- Damien Rice
- Dan Mangan
- Daughter (band)
- Dawes
- The Decemberists
- The Deep Dark Woods
- Deer Tick
- Delta Spirit
- Dog Is Dead
- Dr. Dog
- Dry The River
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- Elliott Smith
- Emily Sermanni
- Emmy the Great
- Ewert and The Two Dragons
- Fanfarlo
- Feist
- Fink
- Fiona Apple[2]
- First Aid Kit
- Fleet Foxes[1]
- Frank Turner
- Freelance Whales
- Fruit Bats
- Gabrielle Aplin
- Gary Jules
- SIMONA
- Gregory and the Hawk
- The Giving Tree Band
- Graham Coxon
- Great Lake Swimmers[1]
- Gregory Alan Isakov
- Hayden
- The Head and the Heart
- Horse Feathers
- Ingrid Michaelson
- Iron & Wine
- Jake Bugg
- James Vincent McMorrow
- Jinja Safari
- Joanna Newsom
- Joe Innes
- Johnny Flynn
- José González
- Kate Nash[3]
- Katie Kim
- Kings of Convenience
- Kramies
- The Last Bison
- Laura Gibson
- Laura Marling
- Lisa Hannigan
- Local Natives
- Loch Lomond[1]
- The Low Anthem
- Lord Huron
- The Lumineers
- M. Ward
- Margot & The Nuclear So and So's
- The Marshall Pass
- Manel
- Megafaun
- Middle Brother
- The Middle East
- The Milk Carton Kids
- Mindy Gledhill
- The Mountain Goats
- Mree
- Mumford & Sons
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- Nick Cave
- Nick Harper
- Noah and the Whale
- Of Monsters and Men
- Okkervil River
- Or, The Whale[1]
- Other Lives
- Paleface
- The Paper Kites
- Peter and the Wolf
- Priscilla Ahn
- Radical Face
- Regina Spektor
- Rosie Thomas
- Sea Wolf
- Seabear
- She & Him
- The Shins
- Silent Old Mtns
- The Staves
- Stornoway
- Sufjan Stevens
- Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
- The Tallest Man on Earth
- The Gaslight Anthem
- The Thrills
- Tired Pony
- Tori Amos[4]
- Trampled by Turtles
- Truth & Salvage Co.
- Two Gallants
- Woods
- Wye Oak
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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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