Old timey music

[wilser]

Anyone else like this stuff? I didn't until I watched 'oh brother where art thou?' a long time ago and then I found myself really liking this stuff. Just saw a film called "song catcher" which also features mountain music prominently and I loved it! I also just found this site and it's got an incredibly big library of these kinds of songs

http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/

anyone else giddy 'bout them old music?

[HomeBrewTJ]

yup.

[SnoMan]

Drive over my way when the Vandalia festival is going on.

Mountain, bluegrass, folk.....some very talented musicians man.

[wilser]

Originally Posted by SnoMan

Drive over my way when the Vandalia festival is going on.

Mountain, bluegrass, folk.....some very talented musicians man.

when is that? my wife and I spent a weekend on a Babcock park cabin for our anniversary last year and would love to go back. How can I find out more about the festival?

Thanks

[bassturtle]

Absolutely. It's pretty much all my upright gets used for these days. I like old time music more than bluegrass even - it's a lot more about the song than the musicians which I appreciate.

[bassturtle]

Here's my favorite modern old time-ish band http://www.boulderacousticsociety.net/ Good guys and terrific musicians. Some of their stuff is pretty goofy and light hearted and border more on slap stick.

You might also dig:

Uncle Earl. All female band. The celtic influence is really there in their vocals. Cool band. The lead girl actually does some gigs with Bela Fleck too.

http://www.myspace.com/uncleearl

Caroline Chocolate Drops. All black old time band who are freaking amazing. Some of my favorite old time vocals. I think they actually got some new tunes on a new Denzel movie soundtrack.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=74156603



The Row Family singers. Husband and wife duo who have any number of other musicians sit in with them - jug, washtub bass, jaw harp, etc.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=84147418

[SnoMan]

http://www.wvculture.org/vandalia/

The Vandalia is held at the Capitol in Charleston. Probably about 2-2 1/2 hours from Babcock. The festival doesn't take place in the backwoods, but the people come down from the mountains for the festival.

[Bob Lee (QSC)]

Yeah, great movies, both "O Brother" and "Songcatcher."

The music is fun to play and sing.

[Deacon_Blues]

I love the soundtrack to that movie too, especially the "I'm a man of constant sorrow" song. It grooves.

[cdef]

Appalachian folk music is pretty much where it's at for me. Delta blues, too. This is music as was before recording companies came in. I commend the Coen brothers for being curators of this stuff in regard to their current worldwide audience.

[cdef]

Originally Posted by noirextra

where the hell did you learn to write in English, Mexico?

I gather you don't know the expression "as was"? Look it up, my man.

[bassturtle]

Originally Posted by noirextra

where the hell did you learn to write in English, Mexico?

Pot, I'd like you to meet Kettle.

[wilser]

hey guys, if you liked Oh brother then you should definitely rent or buy this concert DVD. It's called down from the mountain and features the songs from the movie (plus more) as done by the artists on the soundtrack. KILLER STUFF!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_from_the_mountain

[MakiSupaStar]

Bluegrass. It's your friend. Enjoy it.

[jkritchey]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Bluegrass. It's your friend. Enjoy it.

+11

Plenty of modern, butt kicking players in addition to the old skool. IMHO, it connects old celtic songcraft with blues and jazz. Standard musical forms surrounded by blazing creativity. An excellent musical platform for any instrument.

[DigMe]

Yeah, I can dig it. I've been a bluegrass fan for a long time and I like all the Americana stuff and old blues too. I can even dig shape note singing. I hear that's kind of "making a comeback". I took a class in college once that was all focused on that kind of music.

One of the best concerts I ever went to was Ricky Skaggs at a bluegrass festival right after he went back to being traditional acoustic bluegrass. That was after he put out "Bluegrass Rules".

bc

[bassturtle]

For the record, hard core traditional old time musicians make a huge distinction between what they do and Blue Grass.

[DigMe]

Originally Posted by bassturtle

For the record, hard core traditional old time musicians make a huge distinction between what they do and Blue Grass.

blah blah

I listen to both but don't really care so much about what someone wants to classify it.

bc

[bassturtle]

Originally Posted by DigMe

blah blah

I listen to both but don't really care so much about what someone wants to classify it.

bc

You can call it metal for all I care. Just saying that there is a difference. They're both great American art forms and I'm glad you listen to both.

[werbo1]

Mmm! Finally an Old-Time thread! I started playing old time music on banjo in September, and have been loving it ever since. Doc Watson, Tommy Jarrell, Clarence Ashley, Bascom Lansford, oh man all these people are great.

It's straight up fun social music -- everybody knows the classics. An old time band came to my school and I sat in with them for a few hours churning out tunes. The music is surprising complex too - Lots of weird rhythm inflections going on.

I was also lucky enough to take a class devoted to hymnody in the US before the Civil War, and while it was essentially the professor just ranting about whiskey and politics, it;s also great music. We participated in the New England Sacred Harp convention after spending the better half of the year on Sacred Harp shaped note music.