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In the late 60s and early 70s the inherent weirdness of folk met switched-on psychedelic rock and gave birth to new, strange forms of acoustic-based avant-garde music. Artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including The Incredible String Band, Vashti Bunyan, Pearls Before Swine and Comus, combined sweet melancholy and modal melody with shape-shifting experimentation to create sounds of unsettling oddness that sometimes go under the name acid or psych folk. A few of these artists--notably the String Band, who actually made it to Woodstock--achieved mainstream success, while others remained resolutely entrenched underground. But by the mid-70s even the bigger artists found sales dwindling, and this peculiar hybrid musical genre fell profoundly out of favour. For 30 years it languished in obscurity, apparently beyond the reaches of cultural reassessment, until, in the mid-2000s a new generation of artists collectively tagged 'New Weird America' and spearheaded by Devendra Banhart, Espers and Joanna Newsom rediscovered acid and psych folk, revered it and from it, created something new. Thanks partly to this new movement, many original acid and psych folk artists have re-emerged. Seasons They Change tells the story of the birth, death and resurrection of acid and psych folk. It explores the careers of the original wave of artists and their contemporary equivalents. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Starting in the 1950's and early 1960's, Leech traces Folks revival on both sides of the Atlantic through artistes such as Shirley Collins, Davy Graham, Annie Briggs, Bert Jansch, Jackson C Frank and many others. But it is not until the arrival in the mid 60's of the Incredible String Band that the term Acid Folk starts being used. The psychedelic elements that found their way into folk music made for some strange, disturbing and beguiling music. It also made for some unlistenable tosh, but you can say that of any musical genres.
Leech has assembled a formidable history of her chosen subject and if her descriptions can be a little florid at times, you can forgive her because the detail is amazing. She has tracked down and interviewed countless obscure acts who at times made only one album before fading away. It has certainly given me a whole host of new music to listen to, much of which is available on Spotify.
The high point of Psychedelic Folk was the late sixties and by the early 70's the music industry's focus had shifted. Acts were dropped by labels and folk music once more became unfashionable. Leech attempts to trace a line of continuity through independent, self recorded artistes, but the links are tenuous and their influence on later musicians debatable.
Music come and goes in waves. What ebbs one decade, flows once more in another. Folk music resurfaced in the late 90's under various guises, but Leech is mainly concerned with so-called Freak Folk, which she sees as the natural successor to Acid Folk. Acts such as Devendra Banhart, Circulus, Espers, Tunng and the like took the music and retooled it using new sensibilities and modern technology, while drawing inspiration from the previous generation of psychedelic folk musicians. Again Leech interviews a vast array of artistes, but the new generation is harder to pin down and even harder to label.
So, a fascinating and informative read which, if you want, will lead you to a wealth of great music. It is a flawed book but a brave attempt none-the-less to pin down an elusive genre. ( )