“Folk me” dit-il !

Folk me, c’est convainc moi que le folk c’est de la bonne musique, pas seulement de la musique de toiles d’araignées, de poussières et de vieux thèmes conservateurs comme la famille, les enfants, la religion, etc...

 

Je vais essayé de convaincre en proposant quelques belles voix.

 

La première c’est une américaine du Kentuky, joan Shelly. Ne perder pas son nom, elle chante d’une manière quasi parfaitement son folk.

 

Joan Shelley with Nathan Salsburg - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)  

https://youtu.be/bETLNpF6rMg

 

Joan Shelley - Pull Me Up One More Time (Live on Radio Heartland) 

https://youtu.be/vaw7-3lOAQE

 

Joan Shelley "Cost of the Cold" [OFFICIAL VIDEO] 

https://youtu.be/omehtrDzep4

 

Joan Shelley & Nathan Salsburg: Electric Ursa  

https://youtu.be/00b-e9hnLoQ

 

Joan Shelley - Pull Me Up One More Time (Live on Radio Heartland  

https://youtu.be/vaw7-3lOAQE

 

Le journal Independant présente son univers musical.

 

Joan Shelley was produced in Chicago by Jeff Tweedy, the guitarist and singer of the American rock band Wilco, who has helped bring out other, jazzy, torchier, more psychedelic sides in her music (she describes his approach as “malleable”, “spontaneous” and “intuitive”). Like her friend, and Louisville neighbour, beloved alt-country enigma Will Oldham (aka Bonnie Prince Billy) – a “huge teacher” with whom she has written before – she “understands” the folk tradition, she says, “but it’s like with Will, or Leonard Cohen. I feel I want as much freedom as he has – he transcends the genres.” The playing on the record is exquisitely organic, Tweedy’s barely perceptible bass and his son Spencer’s subtle brush drumming supporting the filigreed guitar turns of Shelley, Salsburg and the British guitarist James Elkington.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/joan-shelley-leonard-cohen-wilco-jeff-tweedy-kentucky-folk-a7763951.html

 

Sa discographie se compose de ces titres :

 

Albums studio :

• By Dawnlight (2010, own label)
• Ginko (2012, Ol Kentuck)
• Farthest Field - Daniel Martin Moore & Joan Shelley (2012, Ol Kentuck)
• Electric Ursa (2014, No Quarter)
• Over and Even (2015, No Quarter)
• Joan Shelley (2017, No Quarter)

Elle travaille aussi en trio : Maiden Radio (Les membres de Maiden Radio sont: Joan Shelley, Julia Purcell and Cheyenne Marie Mize)

• Maiden Radio (2010, own label)
• Lullabies (2011, Ol Kentuck)
• Wolvering (2015, ok recordings)

Avec ce trio, elles produisent un folk plus traditionnel.

 

Maiden Radio - Will You Miss Me 

https://youtu.be/NNJOZAANnfs

 

Maiden Radio 8-18-14 

https://youtu.be/M94A26R4AKA

 

Maiden Radio - Charlie's Neat 

https://youtu.be/I9nCC_Hy18g

 

Chez Archambault les disques sont cher, sur AMAZON.CA ils sont disponibles à 5 -7 $ moins cher.

 

Bonne écoute

 

Roger