Live Folk And Folk Rock Albums Of The 1990s
Folk music is hard to define. Wikipedia really struggles but does identify some characteristics for folk or traditional music:
It was transmitted through an oral tradition.
The music was often related to national culture.
They commemorate historical and personal events.
The songs have been performed, by custom, over a long period of time.
There can be a fusion of cultures as people with different background mix together.
There was a significant revival in the interest in folk music after World war 2 creating what some people call contemporary folk music. This was originally acoustic based but from the mid 1960s onwards with The Byrds and Bob Dylan, it was electrified to create folk rock.
Folk and Folk Rock Live Albums Of The 1990s
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones Live Art 1992 to 1996
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn Sings Bob Dylan 1996 1999 2000
Oysterband Northern Light 1998
Show Of Hands Live 92
Steeleye Span Tonight’s The Night Live 1991
Martin Stephenson & The Dainties Live At Town & Country 1990
10,000 Maniacs MTV Unplugged 1993
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The All Time Best Live Folk And Folk Rock Albums
I don’t have a readers poll to find the best live folk albums for this decade but I do have a poll to find the all time best folk and folk rock live albums.
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Live At The Royal Albert Hall is a live album by Show Of Hands.
It was recorded at the famous venue in London on 24 March 1996.
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Alive & Shouting is a live album by Oysterband.
It is a limited edition recording and is not obtainable after the end of 1996. Previously it had been available from The F-Word and at Oysterband shows.
Wild Life is a live album by folk rock group, Home Service.
It combines selected performances from the Sidmouth Festival, the Purcell Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Half Moon (both in London) during August 1992.
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Northern Light is a live album by the Oysterband.
It is a recording of a live acoustic show at Skraen, Alborg, on 5 & 6 September 1998.
It is only available from Oysterband at concerts or by mail-order via Oysterband shop.
Live ’92 also known as Live is the first live album by Show Of Hands, the folk duo of singer-songwriter Steve Knightley and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer.
It was recorded at the Bull Hotel, Bridport in Dorset, England on June 8, 1992.
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Robyn Sings Bob Dylan Is a live album by Robyn Hitchcock.
The first CD was recorded on his tours of the USA in 1999 and 2000. The second CD is the recreation of the electric part of Bob Dylan Live 1966 Royal Albert Hall which Hitchcok recorded in London to celebrate the 30th anniversary in 1996.
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Live At Town & Country 1990 is a live album by Martin Stephenson & The Dainties.
This was recorded in Camden Town, London in 1990. It was released in 2011.
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Tonight’s the Night Live is a live album by Steeleye Span.
It was recorded during their 1991 tour and was released the following year.
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MTV Unplugged is a live album by 10,000 Maniacs.
It was recorded on April 21, 1993 at the Sony Music Studios in New York City and broadcast on MTV Unplugged.
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Live Art is a live album by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones recorded at various concerts between 1992 and 1996.
It features performances by star names including Branford Marsalis, Chick Corea, and Bruce Hornsby on some tracks.
This is mainly instrumental with banjos, mandolins, saxophones and bass being the most common instruments.
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