Great Folk Singers

[Kitty]

Without looking it up, do you know what a counterpane is?

This happens to be one of many things I only know because I’m currently reading Moby Dick.

Is the book as stuffy as it seems on the surface? (No pun intended )

[dachshundonstilts]

Is the book as stuffy as it seems on the surface? (No pun intended )

I'm actually enjoying it, although Melville does go on and on with his exposition at times and excels in the run-on sentence. There are some good turns of phrase and touches of wry humor in his comments that reward the long slog.

[dachshundonstilts]

And (at the risk of straying way off topic) it’s taught me a lot of details about whaling that I would never otherwise have learned. Just the other day I rewatched “Down to the Sea in Ships” (1922) and kept saying stuff like “Hey, that’s the line tub! That’s the loggerhead! That’s the cutting spade!”

[Kitty]

And (at the risk of straying way off topic) it’s taught me a lot of details about whaling that I would never otherwise have learned. Just the other day I rewatched “Down to the Sea in Ships” (1922) and kept saying stuff like “Hey, that’s the line tub! That’s the loggerhead! That’s the cutting spade!”

Ha! I love when that happens! When watching Hamilton, I understood so much more because I had just finished reading The Scarlet Coat. Hey, let's bring this convo to viewtopic.php?f=32&t=508&hilit=Book+reading
If you'd like to talk more about this.

[dachshundonstilts]

Here's another favorite from the Kingston Trio. Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds, and Dave Guard each take a verse as they discover they've all got the same girlfriend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QCWtBAIxkk

[dachshundonstilts]

And here's one from Mary Hopkin, fronting the group Hobby Horse (with her friend Ondrea Lloyd and then-husband Tony Visconti) in 1972, singing the lullaby "Sweet and Low," the lyrics of which are from a Tennyson poem. (And yes, the saccharin sweetener takes its name from the same poem.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSI89Uhb3J4

[dachshundonstilts]

And Mary Hopkin on her own, on British TV in 1968. She is quite handy on guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dJQR1bBFvM

[donnie]

Man!! Those are some really great sounds, all three. Thanks for posting, Dachshund!

[dachshundonstilts]

Linda Perhacs is enjoying a resurgence of interest in her work lately, and released her second and third albums in 2014 and 2017 respectively. This is from her first album in 1970.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z9VbJmbtMW8

Just now listening to that. That is freaking amazing! I'm buying the album.

[dachshundonstilts]

Almost forgot about these guys, the Irish folk-to-folk-rock duo Tir na nOg, a/k/a Sonny Condell and Leo O'Kelly. I love their stuff. Here's a couple tracks from their first album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzuuB0QRou0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cio9dXztNRI