Freak Folk

Freak Folk is a style that uses mainly acoustic instruments; mostly guitar (often in alternate tunings) and occasionally violin or flute, accompanied by percussion instruments such as bongos. Used correctly, it tends to refer to music with long instrumental/psychedelic passages (and that may utilise drones), or “poppier” folk music with elaborately baroque, psychedelic or oppressive atmospheres. Some modern singer-songwriters are tagged as Freak Folk just for looking a bit peculiar. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Cthulhu Ferguson

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Jan 8 Friday 8 January 2010 Tomorrow
Atlas Sound
Tune-Yards
Natural History…
Los Angeles CA, United States
34.017801 -118.290576

135 people attending
27 shouts

Fischerspooner & Animal Collective (DJ sets) at American Museum of Natural...
Animal Collective, Fischerspooner, Activaire DJs
American Museum of…
New York, United States
40.78072 -73.973404

78 people attending
30 shouts

Jan 20 Wednesday 20 January 2010
Junk Science return to the silver screen stage at Southpaw
Junk Science, Das Racist
Southpaw
Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
42.34417 -75.17083

1 person attending
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Feb 6 Saturday 6 February 2010
St. Vincent (early show) at Doug Fir
St. Vincent, Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Doug Fir
Portland OR, United States
45.522766 -122.656946

30 people attending
1 shout

St. Vincent (late show) at Doug Fir Lounge
St. Vincent, Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Doug Fir Lounge
Portland, OR, Portland, United States
45.522766 -122.656946

16 people attending
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Feb 8 Monday 8 February 2010
St. Vincent
Wildbirds & Peacedrums
The Great American…
San Francisco CA, United States
37.785063 -122.418798

69 people attending
3 shouts


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