What's the difference between folk music and country music?
Is it entirely political?
country music has lapsteels
country has jason aldean
who's better than any folk singer
>>65647303
folk involves more storytelling, a philosophical approach to everyday life, love, and politics.
country involves the woes on knocking up your sister
>>65647333
get memed nig
What people think of when they hear "Country" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l3ukWqRU4s
Vs. what I think of when I hear Country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw8B7oyi_Sk
>>65647303
God I really hope the Jason Aldean is good thing is a meme because Jesus Christ.
>>65647239
Not a whole lot. Its all semantics really. Folk music song structure is generally more free flowing, lyrically folk has a wider range of topics, but outside of thematic elements they're nearly identical.
>>65647333
Sick trips Ron
>>65647450
both of these are literally unlistenable. Holy fuck how are these ever watched unironically
Country is definitely more pop. It doesn't feel unnatural to dance to country music. Or drink to.
For folk music you can stretch it to include everything from nick drake to joanna newsom and Leadbelly to the Pogues but as a whole i feel like it's more cerebral. The kind of show you sit down at.
>>65647554
M'kay I can see why you didn't like the last one. A bit cheesy, but endearing and personal, unlike the first one. Still probably not the best comparison. How's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBvTbdQGoV0
>>65647642
You are picking songs that are no better than Aldean or Luke Bryan. Stop.
Try this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtgPeNKpnyw
>>65647624
This, subject matter in country is usually fluff and the music is chorus oriented
>>65647554
I'm from NC, if you only listen to music via radio these are your options:
Top 40 pop
Rap
Country
Dadrock
NPR
When your options are all terrible (npr classical is passable) and college radio doesn't exist anymore it's a matter of what aesthetic you prefer to identify with. Bad Country is above NPR's nu-journalism think pieces in this regard although both are under AM static.
>>65647723
Another great song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWXmsEGoa1Y
>>65647802
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yujpQuYIHUE
>>65647836
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfk_Q-xP348
>>65647723
>>65647802
Not bad. I've heard about Jason Isbell for the longest time, but was torn about whether I should just pick up an album of his for the heck of it. I guess I should. You never know until you try.
I only just started listening to /mu 3 years ago, picking up easy-to-listen-to albums and artists, i.e. Dierks and Keith. I'm starting to branch out a lot more, though. Experiment a little. Which reminds me: What're your thoughts on Allisson Krauss? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB-bkp8t69A&list=PLmqlOGJa7NCatzY3zYcJlk4lo33Jyxo_9
Btw please post more, if you can. Like I said, I'm trying to branch out, and so far I'm liking what suggestions I'm getting.
>>65647886
One more of her songs cuz she has a great fucking voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhKDWckR2bs
>>65647886
>>65647981
Check out her latest release.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga1vxsX4Px8
>>65647972
I have no hatred of Allison Krauss. I wouldn't regularly listen to her but if I was sitting at a BBQ place or some shit and one of her songs came on I wouldn't bitch.
>>65648005
Oh yeah. I heard it earlier today. God I love her music. Chick has some fucking pipes.
>>65647972
I can always post a bit more. I've also been on a huge Red Dirt/Texas Country kick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QU_fBRLks4
>>65647239
I dont know enough about music to really describe, but this is not folk even though it contains many of the same elements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-vpAn15-vE
>>65647972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTYq66Tx1GY
>>65647972
Here are some of my suggestions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwerXNJt0TA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUpH0muyR-I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU6Q5YppuEU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OAYUuYBqUU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPUMthAXJ-o
>>65647972
I sang this song to my girl before I proposed. It holds a special place in my heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdwnGG29Upw
>>65648177
Good choices.
>>65647972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Ow_Jav_eo
Good: folk
Bad: country
duh
>>65648098
>>65648123
>>65648177
>>65648183
>>65648284
Just listened to "Look At Me Fly." Love the sound. Keeping track of the artist and finding out more..I've had Turnpike Troubadours on my recommended list for the longest time, not knowing what they were about, but I didn't expect what I got when listening to "Before The Devil Knows We're Dead". Heavily considering getting an album of their's now.
And wow I didn't actually expect this much feedback. I'm literally trying to add these artists to my Amazon wishlist as I speak. I swear if this thread gets pruned by the time I post this...
Keep 'em coming.
I think the biggest difference is that country has much more freeflowing sounds and usually is less overtly political.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCulA_yb79M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpzvZ1b69fQ
You could argue that these songs are not country, but its inarguable that they are folk. They absolutely aren't.
>>65648394
In case it does, this blog reviews some of the best country/alt-country albums and artists you can find.
http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/
>>65648450
Oh don't worry. I've been visiting the site on and off for months now. Busy work schedule's been keeping me from going as often as I wanted to, but yes, I am definitely aware of Saving Country Music. I soak in basically everything Trigger has to say in his articles. Honestly never seen an article-writer like him.
>>65647333
>>65647484
>they don't know how to "Burn it Down"
>>65648509
They just can't handle the jazz fugues.
>>65648509
>or sip on some cold Jack Daniels'
>>65648394
I love country music. I honestly wish it got more love on here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Eq428U2vU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2cj5M3M2fA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ3kfypdjy8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nCLCsLEoXg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R3L6_45D6M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgKyK9BQr1Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lruOlHvn1X0
>>65648546
Same here, man. I guess you can't really blame people for hating it when you consider the larger stars today are twisting and distorting the image country music used to bear. I'm not that old (19), so I can't even imagine what it must feel like for an older guy/gal to see what "country music" is becoming today.
With that said, there are a few, lesser known diamonds in the rough. And boy do they shine. There's even a couple songs among the more popular stars that I absolutely love that will never penetrate the ears of radio-exclusive listeners. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3O55nG2oNM
>>65647783
>litening to the radio
get an aux cord nigga, damn
>>65648450
Honestly they cover stuff I don't care for so much.
They only make passing mention of gothic country and seem to ignore the denver scene completely.
>>65648737
Yeah, I guess I never noticed because I don't know much about the Denver scene (Denver is not the first place I think about when I think about country music). Trigger lives in Texas and covers the Red Dirt/Texas Country scene.
What are some good Denver bands/artists?
>>65648810
I'm from Texas too. I dunno, I don't mind red dirt country but much prefer spookier country.
My favorites are 16 Horsepower/Wovenhand, Jay Munly, The Denver Gentlemen, and Slim Cessna's auto club.
its a pretty tightly knit group of people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1UwKuXn1xg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwiJMgNnKmo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRGdt4tmsDo
>>65648737
Denver is a very niche scene. It's kind of understandable that it doesn't get that much mention. Denver's gothic country and Texas/Oklahoma's Red Dirt have a commonality in that neither are very well known outside their local regions.
>>65648894
Thanks for the suggestions bud. I will look more into this.
>>65648910
Hell, you would be surprised how well known some Texas/Red Dirt artists are in the Iowa/Illinois area, Cross Canadian Ragweed and Turnpike Troubadours being the some of the best known.
>>65647239
Not much, folk is almost an umbrella term for "music of the people." Country is that but about southern life, the apocalypse, failure, defeat, love, leisure times, the supernatural and the occult, and death. At least it used to, now people only sing about trucks and, "the boys."
