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Fairfield, a street musician who plays banjo, fiddle, and guitar and sings traditional folk songs as you would imagine they were sung when they were first written, is only just getting used to the idea of playing music venues alongside rock musicians. He is also an avid collector of 78 rpm recordings of American folk and mountain music and is working on plans to build his own spring motor gramophones.
Fairfield is not only unsigned, he hasn’t even recorded an mp3 yet, but he gives an absolutely amazing live performance. He is skilled at acoustic guitar, fiddle, and the clawhammer style of banjo; and when he performs it’s as if he channels some old mountain man or backporch country blues singer from the early 1900’s.
Fairfield is not only unsigned, he hasn’t even recorded an mp3 yet, but he gives an absolutely amazing live performance. He is skilled at acoustic guitar, fiddle, and the clawhammer style of banjo; and when he performs it’s as if he channels some old mountain man or backporch country blues singer from the early 1900’s.
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Lustrup wrote:
Discovered him a few days ago and now i can't stop listening to his music!
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Ztarven wrote:
this man is holy
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politemadness wrote:
I saw him play at the Meredith Festival in December. Sure Grinderman was the festival highlight but Frank was an unexpected (to me) 2nd. Amazing tapping feet.
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ellinorsween wrote:
Great music!
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warmandcrispy wrote:
Roscoe Holcomb reincarnated!
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tutts wrote:
info on Frank's debut Australian tour in December at www.micronationstours.com
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freakystyle wrote:
listen to his complete live set at Incubated http://soundcloud.com/incubate/sets/frank-fairfield-live-at-incubated/
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jambolini wrote:
I love this man with all my heart
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heterodoxies wrote:
"Frazier Blues" sounds a little like a raga. Very cool.
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tjd9 wrote:
New album is grrrreat!
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povlja wrote:
Genius, genius, genius!
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Reignmund wrote:
New record, "Out on the Open West", out May 31st. Check out the first single, "Poor Old Lance", here. As I hear it's an original composition of Frank's.
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incubatetilburg wrote:
Preview on a film about him right here http://inlog.org/2011/05/07/watch-documentary-trailer-of-25-year-old-banjo-player-frank-fairfield-incubated-09/
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JanViool wrote:
Lees het aritkel over Frank Fairfield in New Folk Sounds 132 (dec. 2010/jan. 2011). www.newfolksounds.nl
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RatBatSpider wrote:
Check out Frank's set at amoeba music in Hollywood. He is completely insane with any stringed instrument. Man... http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/videos/frank-fairfield.html
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filippeeters wrote:
Did someone actually see him come out of the time machine? We should drop the neo in neo-folk :) Folk music equals folk music.
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Shy-Guy wrote:
This makes me happy.
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Reignmund wrote:
Immensely talented.
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find_day wrote:
only just heard about this guy. Phen.om.en.al.
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incubatetilburg wrote:
Confirmed for the Incubate 2010 festival in Tilburg, The Netherlands http://www.last.fm/festival/1237458+Incubate
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Aug
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End of the Road Festival
Larmer Tree Gardens, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
70 going
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Listen to Frank Fairfield on NPR's Morning Edition!
9 Aug 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/frankfairfield
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128823639
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24 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/frankfairfield
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