Favourite folk music please

[SuperBunny]

Am looking for new things to listen to.

TIA

Rachel Unthank and the Winterset. Listen to them- they're new folky stuff.

I second Rachel Unthank, they are fab! Also a friend told me I would like Seth Lakeman, though I haven't investigated any further so I don't know whether I really would.
My absolute all-time fave is Christy Moore

Boden and Spiers, quite traditional but new arrangements, they're a fiddling box-playing duo. Or Bellowhead, which is them also plus lots of others. Don't laugh, but The Grass is Blue, by Dolly Parton, proper bluegrass if you like that kind of thing. Slightly rockier folk, try Chris T-T, 'Nine Red Songs', it is indeed red though so you might not like it if you're not of a political bent. And his other stuff is all much rockier so don't bother with that unless it's your bag. Or for UK Country, try the Broken Family Band or The Singing Adams.

Ooo, this is all good, thank you

Christy Moore is a classic!

I am a fan of Tim Eriksen.

Actually to be fair the Chris T-T is probably more folky rock than rocky folk...

Eliza Carthy

kate rusby, steeleye span, sandy denny, tunng for something more contemporary.

ooh fleacircus a bfb fan welcome home loser is my favourite album of all time, but i wouldn't call them any type of folk and they're not so much country any more either.

i like kate rusby.... 3 daft monkeys , richard thompson.

you could also go back in time and look at woody guthrie and early bob dylan. more into singer songwriter territory nick drake's beautiful.

Can't bear Rachel Unthank.

Session A9
Seth Lakeman
Croft No 5
Show of Hands
Miranda Sykes
Chris While/Julie Matthews
Kate Rusby
Nizlopi
Karine Polwart
Levellers
Ezio
Michael McGoldrick
Ralph McTell
Fairport
Steeleye Span

I know, apuppyis... I was stretching the point (to breaking point, really) because I am a bit evangelical about them!

Christy Moore every time!

new album in jan

Oh, but you would like The Singing Adams, apuppyis, it's the BFB lead singer.

yeah i have everything he's done i think, though i prefer the bfb stuff did you catch him on the today programme the other morning?

Oh this is great, thank you! Will see what I can find on youtube.

We have a big folk festival here at the beginning of Feb

I heart BFB btw!

a woman of discerning taste soh

I wasn't a huge RM fan until I saw him live quite by accident and he was Very Good Indeed.

was it the kind of accident that involves having both legs broken?

i'm just discovering folk for the first time ... so i'm taking notes too.
is joanna newsom folk?

Ruby Blue's album Down From Above is quite folky. I love it.

Love love love ray lamontage at the moment

this song is my fav

Oi, I won't have a word said against him. He's lovely too. Met him after the gig and told him I'd always thought he was crap but had been pleasantly surprised. He said he thought he was crap most of the time too.