Your Favourite Folk Song

For me it has to be a song sung by the Unthanks, and my selection is a cover of one of the best Folk songs in recent times, Shipbuilding, a version maybe a lot of you won't have heard.

If you ever get a chance to see them live they are absolutely amazing.

 
hertfordseasider said:
For me it has to be a song sung by the Unthanks, and my selection is a cover of one of the best Folk songs in recent times, Shipbuilding, a version maybe a lot of you won't have heard.

If you ever get a chance to see them live they are absolutely amazing.

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Saw them at a festival in Stanhope pre Covid, absolute hairs on the back of your neck stuff. Refreshingly British & I'd definitely go to see them again.
 
mmm...think it's difficult to define where country crosses over into pop. I'd class some of the songs listed above as pop.
 
1966_and_all_that said:
I got into Bellowhead a while back but I've never seen them. I've got three albums so far: Hedonism, Burlesque and Broadside. The latter is my favourite.
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And you won’t get to seem them now as the band broke up a few years ago.

That said I am booked to see Spiers and Boden at the Stables in Wavendon in June.

Edit to add: I may have been premature. Looks as if they may be doing a “one off” tour this year 👍
 
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EagleDay said:
Lonnie Donegan did some brilliant covers of Woody's songs.
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Yes, and he was instrumental in early ‘pop’ as you’ll probably know, folk, skiffle, blues. Remember a Cadillac pulling up in front of a parade of shops near the Highfield Pub when I lived on Common Edge Rd, in the early 60’s, and out stepped Mr Donegan wearing a cowboy hat which was quite eye catching at the time!
 
No one else for the Houghton Weavers Blackpool Belle then?

Shame the Fylde Folk Festival was allowed to peter out and whilst still on this August Bank Hol its a shadow of its former self then under the tutelage of Alan Bell who died a few short years ago.
 
Mexboroseasider said:
And you won’t get to seem them now as the band broke up a few years ago.

That said I am booked to see Spiers and Boden at the Stables in Wavendon in June.

Edit to add: I may have been premature. Looks as if they may be doing a “one off” tour this year 👍
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They are back touring again and are doing a number of gigs in November this year, Liverpool and Manchester the nearest to Blackpool, The Corn Exchange in Cambridge for you Mex!!
 
The best folk band I have seen, ever are Darlingside, they are incredible and a must see live, they came to the UK in 2016 for the first time and played at the Cambridge Folk Festival and we were lucky enough to see them on the small stage and they were incredible. They then ended up getting the headline slot the same evening as the headliner was ill and couldn't play. They came on and there were about 400 in the audience which would normally have 4,000 as no one had heard of them, apart from those lucky enough to have seen them earlier that day and as they played the place filled until it was packed and the ovation they got at the end was amazing. They are just announcing a tour in the UK in June and Manchester is one of the dates, If you can, go and see them.

 
TonyWaitersCap said:
First gig I ever went to July 1958 Palace theatre Blackpool Lonnie Donegan
Brilliant only realised years later many of his
Songs were Woody Guthrie’s.
(I was 8 at the time)
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I saw him at the Wolverhampton Grand about '81, I was hoping the Shakin' Pyramids would be the support act after recording Reeferbilly Boogie with Lonnie, disappointed they weren't, I think Lonnie did the whole show; it was brilliant, no fancy lighting effects or pyrotechnics just pure music and entertainment.
 
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