Recommended Folk: Skiffle music (#1 - #40)
RAILROAD BILL SKIFFLE GROUP: Still Rolling
Up-tempo gutsy blues played on home made instruments
CD price: $30.00
MELVERN TAYLOR AND HIS FABULOUS MELTONES: Love Songs For Losers
Post-modern parlor music. Happy songs about miserable people.
CD price: $12.97
THE VIPER & HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA: Everything for Everyone
Dig the neo-skiffle, crypto-constructivist sound of this ukulele, suitcase, sliphorn, and double-bass quartet from turn-of-the-century East Central Illinois, caught in full monophonic splendor.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JD AND THE LONGFELLOWS: Happy Hour Again
Psychoskiffle, renegade folk, urban country, thigh slappin’ western, slapheadbilly, landlubber surf and howlin' hootenanny with 5-part choral harmonies.
CD price: $12.97
REESE NEAL: Lighten Up My Load
Modern folk with a sizable dose of Delta-like blues twang and the freedom of the countryside.
Recommended if you like The Avett Brothers, Dolorean.CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $8.99
THE HALF MOON JUG BAND: Jug Band Army
High energy acoustic music with a drummer.
Recommended if you like John Denver, John Prine.CD price: $10.00
BROOKS WILLIAMS: Skiffle-Bop
On SKIFFLE-BOP Williams reinvents songs by Miriam Makeba, Sam Phillips, Pat Metheny, and offers some of his strongest originals.
Recommended if you like James Taylor, Leo Kottke.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $6.99
APPLE PIE HOPES: a la mode
A guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, accordion, washboard & 5 voices brim-filled with sunshine & soul. Showcasing original compositions reminiscent of traditional Appalachian, country blues, true-folk Americana & sweetwater ballads.
Recommended if you like Asylum Street Spankers, Yard Dogs Road Show.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MARC SCORTINO: Dirty Sanchez and Other Golden Hits
Quirky, off-kilter songs with hooks that remain in the brain like a bad loaf of cheese.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
JELLYSIDE DOWNE: Tweed
It was bound to happen: JellySide Downe finally got up off the couch and recorded some more stuff. Inspired by a trip to Ireland (and the many pub visits therein) she's put together another collection of music, humor, and Theatre of the Mind.
Recommended if you like Karen Carpenter "on" something, Weird Al Yankovick's little sister, A Pub Wench.CD price: $12.97
JACOB AND LILY: The Cathedral
Rootsy, rhythm-driven canadian folk; perfect for a road-tripping gypsy lifestyle.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
REESE NEAL: Parting Shots & Such
In this era of music where gimmicks, studio tricks & wizardry are the norm, the acoustic, earthy song stylings of Reese Neal are a refreshing reminder of what real music can & should be. Mellow, refreshing, original songs that appeal to folks of all ages.
CD price: $8.99 / MP3 price: $7.99