Live Folk And Folk Rock Albums Of The 2010s
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 2010s
Blackmore’s Night A Knight in York 2011
The Dublin Legends An Evening With The Dublin Legends Live In Vienna 2013
Horslips Live With The Ulster Orchestra 2011
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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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Playing Favorites is a live album by 10,000 Maniacs.
It was recorded Reg Lenna Theater in their home town of Jamestown, New York in September 2015.
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Babbacombe Lee Live Again is a live album by Fairport Convention.
The songs were selected from concerts recorded during their 2011 tour to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original Babbacombe Lee album.
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Now We Are Six Again is a live album by Steeleye Span.
This captures the band revisiting their 1974 studio album Now We Are Six and performing it live in concert in 2011.
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A Knight in York is a live album and DVD by Blackmore’s Night.
It was recorded in York, England on Sept 30, 2011.
If you’re a fan of Rotchie Blackmore from his time with Deep Purple and Rainbow, you need to know that this medieval folk is very different.
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The Gift Band Live On Tour – The Union Chapel November 2010 is a live album and DVD by Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson with Martin Carthy.
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Horslips Live With The Ulster Orchestra is the fourth live album by Irish prog/folk band Horslips.
It was recorded at the Waterfront in Belfast on March 17, 2011 St Patrick’s Day.
Their last live album, Live At The O2 was recorded in November 2009 so there is about 16 months between them but the involvement of the orchestra made this special enough to be broadcast live by BBC Radio Ulster.
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An Evening With The Dublin Legends: Live In Vienna is a live album by the surviving members of the Irish folk group, The Dubliners together with Gerry O’Connor from Four Men & A Dog.
It was recorded at the Metropol in Vienna in September 2013 and it was released in February 2014.
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