Indie folk
| 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- Drums - Banjo - Mandolin - Violin - Electric guitar |
| Local scenes | |
| Omaha, Nebraska, London, Melbourne | |
Indie folk is a music genre that arose in the 1990s from singer/songwriters in the indie rock community showing heavy influences from folk music scenes of the 50s, 60s and early 70s, 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 saw a significant growth from the early 2000s to present, beginning with bands such as Stornoway, Bright Eyes, Beirut, Bon Iver, The Avett Brothers, Arthur & Yu, The Decemberists,[1] 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 Indie Folk Artists
- The Acorn
- Adam Green
- Alex Riggen
- Alexi Murdoch
- Alina Orlova
- Andrew Jackson Jihad
- Anakatthestart
- Arborea
- Arthur & Yu
- Avalanche City
- The Avett Brothers
- Band of Horses
- Basia Bulat
- Beirut
- Ben Howard
- Benjamin Francis Leftwich
- Bishop Allen
- Blind Pilot,[1]
- Blitzen Trapper
- Blue and Brown Books
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Bon Iver,[1]
- Bowerbirds
- Boy & Bear
- Bright Eyes
- Broken Records (band)
- The Cave Singers,[1]
- The Civil Wars
- Cloud Control
- Damien Jurado
- Dan Mangan
- Dawes
- The Decemberists
- Deer Tick
- Delta Spirit
- Dog Is Dead
- Dr. Dog
- Dry The River
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- Ellie Goulding
- Elliott Smith
- The Ely Plains
- Emmy the Great
- Ewert and The Two Dragons
- Fanfarlo
- Feist
- Fink
- First Aid Kit
- Fleet Foxes,[1]
- Florence and the Machine
- Frank Turner
- Freelance Whales
- Fruit Bats
- Gabrielle Aplin
- Gary Jules
- Geppetto & The Whales
- Gregory and the Hawk
- The Giving Tree Band
- Graham Coxon
- Grand Salvo
- Great Lake Swimmers,[1]
- Hayden
- The Head and the Heart
- Horse Feathers
- Ingrid Michaelson
- James Vincent McMorrow
- Jinja Safari
- Joanna Newsom
- Johnny Flynn
- José González
- Kings of Convenience
- The Last Bison
- Laura Gibson
- Laura Marling
- Lily Mae
- Lisa Hannigan
- Loch Lomond,[1]
- The Low Anthem
- Lumineers
- M. Ward
- Margot & The Nuclear So and So's
- The Marshall Pass
- Manel
- Middle Brother
- The Middle East
- The Milk Carton Kids
- Mindy Gledhill
- Modest Mouse
- The Mountain Goats
- Mumford & Sons
- Never Shout Never
- Nick Harper
- Noah and the Whale
- Of Monsters and Men
- Okkervil River
- Or, The Whale,[1]
- Other Lives
- Paleface
- Peter and the Wolf
- Priscilla Ahn
- Radical Face
- Regina Spektor
- Rosie and Me
- Rosie Thomas
- Sea Wolf
- Seabear
- The Shins
- Stick Figures-Little Songs
- Stornoway (band)
- Sufjan Stevens
- The Tallest Man on Earth
- Trampled by Turtles
- Two Gallants
- We Are Trees
- Woods
- Wye Oak
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