Martin LumsdenMar 12, 20155 min readContemporary Folk 4. Culture ClubDespite some mainstream success the genre prefers to stay rooted in folk traditions and artists tend to frequent their own circles,...
Martin LumsdenMar 11, 20154 min readContemporary Folk 3. Folk RocksAfter Dylan, folk singers and their music opened up to pop/rock production techniques and instrumentation, and the songs about the...
Martin LumsdenFeb 19, 20156 min readContemporary Folk Music 2. HistoryPrior to the mainstream success of Bob Dylan folk performers tended to interpret classic songs of the genre or wrote broad-based, topical...
Martin LumsdenFeb 16, 20153 min readContemporary Folk Music 1. Introduction“What draws me to traditional music is that the songs are there to do a job, to tell a story, to make work easier. There’s no pomposity...