“Folk” (Used 93 times)

The Nighttime Adventure Society plays rollick 'n roll music by Laura Zax. They are currently working on their debut LP, but their music has already been featured on NPR, Delta radio, and in a commercial for Sally Hansen. Based in Washington DC, the group has performed nationally and internationally, including a several shows at the World Expo in Shanghai. (via)

Chapter One: The First Chapter is the Nighttime Adventure Society's four-song debut, released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike license. The whole EP's a treat, but "She's In Mind" is an especially infectious tune and a very fine production with guitar licks, glockenspiel, square waves and harmonized vocals that delight the ears.

Nighttime Adventure Society | Bandcamp | Facebook | FMA

Roger McGuinn of The Byrds is not only a folk-rock legend, but a web pioneer and folk archivist. He started the Folk Den Project in 1995 to share his own original performances of public domain folk music. Originally using 8-bit mono .wav's in the pre-mp3 era, he still posts one song every month.

"Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies" is a folk standard that originated in the Appalachias and has been covered by the likes of The Carter Family, Peter Paul and Mary, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton. This version was recorded at New York's Bottom Line while McGuinn was on an acoustic tour with fellow Byrds founder Gene Clark. "Gene was playing his beautiful Martin D-45 and I was finger picking my Rickenbacker 370 12-string – dripping with compression," Roger McGuinn writes at the Folk Den. "This arrangement could easily have been on a 1965 Byrds record." (Read More | Chords/Lyrics)

Roger McGuinn on FMA |  Folk Den HQ  |  Folk Den 4xCD  |   Gene Clark Sundazed Reissues

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Long time no talk, friends.  We've been a bit busy! I just started law school and Tom's band just put out an EP! That doesn't mean we haven't been rockin' you out on the Music Manumit Podcast though! We've been interviewing some of the best Creative Commons bands out there too. Thanks to Craig of the Open Metalcast for filling in a couple shows while I moved!

To show our appreciation for sticking with us during the lean months, we'd like to give you the chance to be a guest DJ! In order to be a guest DJ what you need to do is put together 20-30 minutes worth of music and get us the tracks like this:

"Song" by Artist (genre) - license - Website.

Make sure we have a link to download the song and a link to the bad website. As you can see in the tracks I've selected anything goes as far as length, genre and subject matter (assuming you don't break the 30 min rule).

If you don't want to be a DJ, but want us to hear your music (or just have a suggestion), put some tracks in our SoundCloud dropbox. If you are not the artist and you put something in our Dropbox, make sure we have all the information we need to attribute the artist properly! Also, note that we play only remixable music.  No -ND or All Rights Reserved stuff!

If you're in a band and are interested in being on the show, let us know.  We are always interested in hearing new music and learning about novel ways to distribute, collaborate and create music. The interview invitation is open to curators, netlabels and podcasters as well. Just make sure you are passionate about remixable Creative Commons music!

We look forward to getting back on track and uploading great music from David Rovics, The Freak Fandango Orchestra, Amity in Fame and tons of other artists!

Oh, and since I'm all lawyery* now:

We reserve the right to revoke the offer for an interview at any time. Music on the music only show will be played at the sole discretion of the Music Manumit Podcast. This is not a contract.  The podcast and any posts here are not legal advice.

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Now, here's a fine & decent four-piece from Belgrade, Serbia (that's the place somewhere over the rainbow), called STRAY DOGG.

Tender, melancholic & utterly American, these two boys (guitars, harp & vocals) & two girls (piano, violin & vocals) produce some of the nicest & finest songs I've heard in a long long time.

C'mon let's get drunk... and listen to Stray Dogg's beautiful album called Almost which is now available as a free download, here on FMA & on band's bandcamp site.

Isaac's punk roots don't really come out in his debut album "Empty Vessels," but his fantastic and somtimes playful ("Photographs and Histories") song-writing certainly do.  The variety of influences certainly do make appearances; blues, folk, singer-songwriter and sciffle all make appearances.  If not a direct homage to sciffle, the use of chair and drumsticks for the drum recording only fail to deliver that homage because they sound so good.  While mostly a singer and his guitar, a variety of other instruments make appearances; harmonica, piano, violin.  One would also be remiss if they didn't mention Isaac's progressive leanings, obvious in a track title like Karl Marx and the Reds and stated influences such as Billy Bragg.

The punk roots come out out on the myriad of cover songs recorded on his YouTube page.  Frank Turner, formerly of post-hardcore band Million Dead, also choose one Isaac's song to be featured on one of his albums and despite my opinion it doesn't belong, that doesn't stop punknews.org from giving it a review.

Despite an otherwise glowing review, punknews.org points out that the variety of influences coming into the album might not be for everyone.  If the DIY production values coveted by the punk and folk scenes don't do it for you, you'll just have to wait for the much-anticipated second album where Isaac is sure to hone his sound.  Hell, if you're a production snob, make sure you donate to the cause of getting him in a studio.  One thing is for sure - Isaac Graham is a rising star in Creative Commons music.

Find out more during the Music Manumit Podcast's interview with the head of his label, Copyleft Records, and then an interview with Isaac himself.