Filling out the connections list

Hey - thanks. Those are all good additions. MusicBrainz has "The New Seekers" so we should probably go with that one. You want to mod it or you want me to? Some would argue that The Chad Mitchell Trio and The Mitchell Trio should be merged, but they really are different.

I don't see that you've joined - why don't you come on in - the water's fine. Let me know of other groups - I've only scratched the surface.

Quoth gclectic:
I'll certainly keep working on remembering other relevant performers for the list. Others that spring to mind is Glenn Yarbrough (and all the variants, which I'll try to merge together tonight), Shel Silverstein, and the Irish Rovers.

I remembered Yarbrough and Silverstein last night, but I was too tired to enter them. There were lots of irish groups, the Rovers being one. Yes there are still a lot of mods to be done. John Denver was one of many who auditioned for his spot. I'll be adding more groups after a while - got other things to do right now.

Thanx for the compliment. The "pure and focused" top artist list was mine before theiceman's stats were merged as the second member.

Welcome to the group.

EDIT: BTW, I went and voted on your The New Seekers moderation.

Quoth guichebo:
Hi there,

Just a few more artists I'd hope you'd consider.

I don't see why not. I can't think or or remember everyone who needs to belong here. And, yes James Taylor can join the crowd as well. You might consider him more country, but he had his roots in the folk music revival.

Let me know if you think of others.

Tom

Quoth guichebo:
Hiya,

I forgot to mention Michael Chapman last time.

Thanks,

guichebo

Just a quick check in - I'll work on connections when I have a bit more time.

Agains, Thanx,
Tom

Hi!Maybe you'd consider Van Morrison,Donovan?

Quoth captainpovey:One other connection is Wizz Jones (www.wizzjones.com). He is THE main man.

I think I'm finally up to date adding people's suggestions. Keep 'em coming.

Quoth guichebo:
how about Roy Harper? his son Nick Harper

Hey, thanx - I wasn't familiar with either Roy Harper or his son, so I went over to Amazon.com and listed to some clips. Nice. Nick, being a 2nd generation performer, I think fits in with this group, so I will add both of them. One comment. Never having heard them before, from listening to them I would have said they were related even if I did not already know so. This is from the sound of their voices, not their styles (the same way father and sons, or brothers, sisters, and brothers/sisters, etc. often look similar.

Tom

I'd like to offer the following artists for consideration:

- Nina Simone, esp her stuff from the '60s/'70s
- Bill Withers, again from 60's/70s, nothing later
- Roberta Flack, 60's/70s, not much from the 80's or later although she's recording
- Gil-Scott Heron 60's/70s, and beyond
- Phoebe Snow 60s/70s
- Taj Mahal

Also, too for the new generation I would recommend Jason Luckett and Eagle-Eye Cherry (yes that's his given name), he's the son of jazz legend Don Cherry.

You can hear Jason's tracks here, he's closest to the troubadour sound:

Jason Luckett - Audio
http://www.jasonluckett.com/discs.html

Eagle-Eye Cherry - Audio & Video
http://www.eagle-eye-cherry.com/music.html

Thanks for listening,

/yllona

Quoth AnIndexOfMetals:
I've come up with a few more.

Great - and thanx.

I amy get around to working on connections tonight or tomorrow (sometime this weekend, anyhow).

I was really surprised when I got here that you guys didn't have staples of the folk tradition like

Clarence Ashley (was a long time recording companion of Mr. Arthel "Doc" Watson)
Dock Boggs (the banjo picking legend)
John Hartford
The Stanley Brothers
Alison Krauss (solo and with Union Station)
Ralph Stanley
Norman Blake

There's plenty more, my memory's just a little sticky at the moment.

And since this is my first post too, Hi to everybody! I joined this group because the name and some of the feat. artists looked quite good, but by limiting yourselves to the "folk revival" era and the so-called "new folk revival" I think you might be missing out on alot of fabulous artists well steeped in tradition and lore (which is what defines music as 'folk' by the way) who well preceeded any revivals.

The revivals bring the scene to new audiences, but to simply focus on the revival is to see only those artists who by whatever device can capture large audiences, and as I said, often overlook those who are equally talented and know the stories, traditions and ways of the music they are playing.

Christy Moore? A fine revolutionary folkie

Also Ralph McTell, Mary Hopkin