mention folk to most people (esp not the ones predisposed to the trappings of the genre, like Alex Keaton's father from _Facts of Life_) and eye-glazing and eardrum-shutting will commence post-haste.
fortunately, a ton of new life is being breathed into the form, mostly by american artists who cast a critical eye backwards a few decades and take the best bits of the predescessors, esp paying close attention to the acid folk movement which sprang from the UK in the late 60s/early 70s.
Greg Weeks is not a newcomer to this vanguard, and arguably one of its earliest proponents...a former scribe for The Big Takeover, he focused energies on acoustic guitar, w/ mellotron, cello, and other gauzy accents which provide a warm, full sound. he's probably best known now as one part of philly project Espers but he's been making solo records for a few years now, building on that same sound; seeing him play @ Terrastock V in '02 was a genuine surprise and great adder.
this is from a spanish EP from '03:
Devils
fortunately, a ton of new life is being breathed into the form, mostly by american artists who cast a critical eye backwards a few decades and take the best bits of the predescessors, esp paying close attention to the acid folk movement which sprang from the UK in the late 60s/early 70s.
Greg Weeks is not a newcomer to this vanguard, and arguably one of its earliest proponents...a former scribe for The Big Takeover, he focused energies on acoustic guitar, w/ mellotron, cello, and other gauzy accents which provide a warm, full sound. he's probably best known now as one part of philly project Espers but he's been making solo records for a few years now, building on that same sound; seeing him play @ Terrastock V in '02 was a genuine surprise and great adder.
this is from a spanish EP from '03:
Devils
