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Weirdlore: Notes From The Folk Underground

Various Artists Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (11 Jun 2012)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Folk Police Records
  • ASIN: B0081BEHHM
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 12,016 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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"There's something happening here, but you don't know what it is…" 'Weirdlore:Notes From The Folk Underground' 18 exclusive tracks by some of the best artists operating in folk hinterland. "There's something happening here, but you don't know what it is…" said Bob Dylan It's a good starting point for Weirdlore. The clichés about our folk music suggest that if it's not 97-verse traditional ballads about our murderous aristocracy, then it's all jolly milkmaids, foaming nutbrown ale and illegal shagging. Others would have it as some sort of Wicker Man kingdom of haunted pastoral pagan fakelore shading through whimsical singer-songwritery into eccentric steampunk with banjos. Well, it's some of all that and none of that, but there are increasing numbers of musicians and songwriters beyond the mainstream currently taking inspiration from the themes, tunes and musical strangenesses of our roots and making something timelessly new but still distinctly local out of them. And sometimes quite odd. The genesis of Weirdlore is an all-dayer taking place in Bristol on Sunday 10th June. Folk Police Recordings have taken up the baton and bring you an album of 18 exclusive tracks by some of the best artists operating in the folk hinterland. The album features names you will know (Alasdair Roberts, Emily Portman, Sproatly Smith, Rapunzel & Sedayne, Nancy Wallace and Telling the Bees) and some who will be less familiar. In keeping with the theme of the event, the album features sounds that range from twisted trad to bucolic psychedelia, from fully fledged brass-and-wood-flavoured steamfolk to the sort of songwriting that used to happen before singer-songwriters gave the genre a bad name. With extensive sleeve notes by Jeanette Leach (author of The Seasons They Change and regular contributor to fRoots and Shindig) and an introduction by Ian A. Anderson, editor of fRoots, the album comes handsomely packaged in a sleeve designed by Dom Cooper of the Rif Mountain Collective.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Weirdlore 30 July 2012
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Folk Police have once again released a very fine album in Weirdlore, which was compiled in part to accompany and expand upon a musical event scheduled for June 2012 but sadly cancelled due to lacklustre advance ticket sales. The event, featuring several of the artists on the cd, would I think have been marvellous, but at least we have this very nice compilation which features exclusive songs by eighteen artists working in the dusky verges of folk music.

Many of the artists assembled here have previously graced the John Barleycorn Reborn series of cds, and Weirdlore seems clearly to be inspired in part by those releases, right down to the style of the album art (though to me the sleeve design here is disappointing). As such I consider it to be something of a companion to that series, with an almost identical focus, gathering music that resides within the realm of folk and acid-folk, not light-years from mainstream folk and certainly intertwined with it yet at the same time perhaps too strange to be normal.

If You Fall I'll Fall With You by Starless And Bible Black is one of my favourites, where dreamy female vocals drift and two guitars weave patterns together and the result is not unlike some of the work of Pentangle. Another highlight is Sproatly Smith's take on the traditional Rosebuds In June, replete with curious sound-effects and a flock of sheep it is both gently seductive and faintly detached. Emily Portman's Spine Of A Wave is another wonder, and as with many of the songs here it explores mystical territory, in this case being inspired by a dream she had in which a man turned into a whale. Telling The Bees draw inspiration from The Golden Bough, their song alive with eastern phrasing building to a frenzied climax.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not too weird but a lore unto themselves... 25 Jun 2012
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A record that is sure to divide the purists and experimentalists, Weirdlore is the kind of sublime indulgence that makes the Folkpolice label so wonderful. Who else would put together such a quality package, complete with comprehensive booklet, sleeve notes, etal, for a motley grouping of outsiders committed to ploughing an often uncommercial furrow?
The fact that the word commercial has to come into it is a sad indictment of our times, and, in fairness, for every "out there" offering on this pick-and-mix of esoterica, there is something accessible. Indeed, some of the better known acts, such as Alisdair Roberts, Nancy Wallace and Emily Portman, contribute tracks that would stand out on their own releases alongside highlights from a number of Folkpolice's own acts like Sproatly Smith and Harp and a Monkey.
Yes, there are songs about trees, Norse gods and cuckolded mole catchers, field recordings, psychedelics and detuned guitars, but that shouldn't seem weird to anyone, traditionalist or experimentalist, in 2012. So, all in all, a very enjoyable collection that deserves mass appeal in a niche market.
Well done Folkpolice for another record that maintains high standards.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wierdlore 11 Mar 2013
By Nadi
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A superlative and intriguing collection of the odd, poetic and beautiful. This collection proves without a doubt that music influenced by folk music doesn't have to be unoriginal and boring.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Some good tracks 12 Jun 2013
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I wanted this as friends daughter was paeforming -love her track --others not so good - probably won't play it much
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5.0 out of 5 stars Cut the crap! 29 July 2012
By Probat
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If, like me, you rate Spiers & Boden but find Bellowhead a step too far you might enjoy this compilation. For me, one track alone is worth the price of admission and it's Track 3 but several others are also excellent.
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