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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Variety of acts from acoustic folk to hard rock
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In my latest list, of 50 contemporary Scottish songs, I’ve arranged the songs into two lists: one of 25 acoustic folk and trad songs, and one of 25 songs from rock and other genres.
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In Wikipedia:
Don Peris took up percussional duties on “Birdless” and the closing moments of his self – penned “Green Grass, Red Tree,” but otherwise the group adapted to its new trio status by replacing Mike Bitt’s electric bass with an upright bass and taking on a more acoustic, folk – based sound than their previous guitar – heavy work.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Laulu Laakson Kukista finds the group studiously adrift, with impressionistic glimmers of sound (bird chirps, static, warbly chimes) situated within delicate songs that draw on everything from acoustic folk to the kind of smeary polyglot pop favored by Animal Collective and especially Gang Gang Dance.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In the early 1990s, we glimpsed a brief return to traditional acoustic folk, a greatest hits record, and then, finally, in 1997, the stunning Time Out of Mind.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
There are some surprisingly arresting moments also: A Gentle Heart and No Mercy for the Muse both traipse the divide between squeaky acoustic guitar folk and clean, tongue – in – cheek – irony – riddled pop, which is a wonderfully good thing.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The tracks range broadly from intimately performed Celtic music to a delicate acoustic folk that would sound welcome in any coffeehouse; overall, they make for a perfectly balanced post – americana album, a return to the broad roots of the folk tree which gains everything from Talbot’s eclectic experience as a musician on both sides of the Atlantic.
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In Wikipedia:
Lettie’s music combines vintage analog electronica and alternate – acoustic folk.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’m in a couple of bands at the moment – still singing with the ghost (we’re playing an all ages gig on saturday haha!), mike jelinek from uni asked me to join his acoustic / folk / alternative band – we’ve only had one rehearsal but it went really well, I think we’ll start gigging in the near future… and I played music with paul and his friend ryan but that’s yet to get off the ground
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Unabashed in its own eccentricity, this set is similar to their 1967 ESP release Indian War Whoop in that it combines acoustic traditional American folk, blues, and hillbilly music regurgitated by crazed folkie acidheads experimenting with electric instruments.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In order to get some idea of their style, you should know that the influences of AUSIA include at the same time some medieval music, some renaissance ideas, some traditional Japanese musics, some Anglo – Saxon acoustic folk, some experiments inherited from Progressive rock, jazz…
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
This month, the free concerts open with a performance from acoustic folk – rock artist Cody Crump.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Beginning with the spritely fiddle of 2 Atoms In A Molecule and the romantic notion that’ ’ last night I had a dream we were inseperably entwined’ ’, the album quickly begins to win over your heart, following it up with the similarly engaging, fiddle – laced acoustic folk of Jocasta.
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In Wikipedia:
She began her music career as the singer for acoustic folk – pop band The Art Institute, which released one album, “The Holding”, on TAI Records.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
There’s not a lot of stuff going on in this acoustic quasi folk, but it’s all really well done.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Each piece can start as a peaceful acoustic folk and fade into a flute melody or can last minutes and culminate on a screaming guitar.
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In Wikipedia:
For the Kingston Trio’s success took acoustic folk – based music out of the niche market it had occupied prior to the Trio’s arrival and moved it into the mainstream of American popular music, opening the door for major record labels to record and market both more traditional folk musicians and singer – songwriters as well.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I am into soft acoustic folk / bluegrass music…
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
His latest is s Heck Of A Full Moon, where acoustic folk and pop rock elements collide with electric basses, George washington, and oddball sounds Velcro plays a role in one song.
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