Best folk songs

[Ludwig]

Nancy Whiskey
Johnny Cope
Spanish Lady
Galway Races
Finnigan's wake
The old triangle
The Dundee weavers
Whiskey in the jar
Arthur Mcbride
The leaving of Liverpool

Here is 10 of my folk favourites and a lot are from old Dubliners records sung by Luke Kelly but I was inspired by folk groups like Planxty, Dedanan, The Fureys and The Bothy Band. They are mainly Irish and Scottish although I was into some English folk by the likes of Steely Span, Pentangle, Fairport Convention and Lindisfarne. .
If you have any folk favourites then let the world know.

 

[ianrauk]

Anything by Julie Fowlis

 

[Smokin Joe]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVUZuVZWHkk

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JhVWsc5Xgg

 

[RedRider]

Most of my knowledge derives from the excellent Acoustic Folk Box Set which came out a few years ago and family get togethers where Irish songs were murdered. (Tell a lie, a couple of cousins have beautiful voices.)
Not traditional but I love this:

 

[young Ed]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVUZuVZWHkk

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JhVWsc5Xgg

just looks at those beards in the second song!
Cheers Ed

 

[pplpilot]

mulligan and o'hare - Titty biscuits.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Clannad (pre-Legend) made some pretty decent folk albums. I have several of them on tape (but nothing to play the tapes with, now).

 

[Custom24]

Nancy Whiskey
Johnny Cope
Spanish Lady
Galway Races
Finnigan's wake
The old triangle
The Dundee weavers
Whiskey in the jar
Arthur Mcbride
The leaving of Liverpool

Here is 10 of my folk favourites and a lot are from old Dubliners records sung by Luke Kelly but I was inspired by folk groups like Planxty, Dedanan, The Fureys and The Bothy Band. They are mainly Irish and Scottish although I was into some English folk by the likes of Steely Span, Pentangle, Fairport Convention and Lindisfarne. .
If you have any folk favourites then let the world know.

Raglan Road would top that list for me.

 

[Geoff Crowther]

Whiskey is the Life of Man - Bellowhead.
Seen here live on the BBC, Christmas 2009:

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-x9KtmSwLA


and ... pretty much anything else by Bellowhead or ... the delightful Kate Rusby

 

[RedRider]

[QUOTE 3193144, member: 45"]Woodie Guthrie can be hard going but he's worth it.[/QUOTE]
'Some rob you with a six gun and some with a fountain pen.'

 

[nappadang]

Michelle Shocked has produced some excellent American folk.

 

[Geoff Crowther]

Here's the lovely Kate Rusby - Underneath the Stars:

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaN8M0pDOeM


Enjoy.

 

[nappadang]

Whiskey is the Life of Man - Bellowhead.
Seen here live on the BBC, Christmas 2009:

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-x9KtmSwLA


and ... pretty much anything else by Bellowhead or ... the delightful Kate Rusby

heard Kate Rugby version of Village green Preservation Society by the Kinks. Brilliant Cover

 

[nappadang]

Fran Smith anyone?

 

[Dave 123]

Here's the lovely Kate Rusby - Underneath the Stars:

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaN8M0pDOeM


Enjoy.

Geoff, beat me to it. Anything Kate does is fine by me!