Psychedelic folk ( English Psychedelic folk ) or psycho folk ( English psych folk ) is a musical genre that developed in the 1960s at the junction of progressive folk and psychedelic rock . From folk, the genre adopted acoustic sound, and from psychedelic rock, elements typical of psychedelic music in general.
| Psychedelic folk | |
|---|---|
| Direction | folk |
| The origins | progressive folk |
| Place and time of occurrence | late 1960s |
| Derivatives | |
Electroacoustic music | |
| see also | |
| Psychedelic Folk Artist List | |
Content
History
1960s
The term "psychedelic" was first used in relation to the New York folk band The Holy Modal Rounders in 1964. [1] In the mid-1960s, psychedelic music quickly spread to the folk scenes of both the west and east coast of the United States. [2] Kaleidoscope , It's a Beautiful Day, and Peanut Butter Conspiracy appeared in San Francisco , Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys in New York , and HP Lovecraft in Chicago . Many of these groups have switched from folk rock to psychedelic folk, following the example of The Byrds , and currently include Jefferson Airplane , Grateful Dead, and Quicksilver Messenger Service . [3]
Since the mid-1960s, there has been a surge in psychedelic music in folk and rock scenes in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Especially significant British folk artists such as Donovan (since 1966) and the Incredible String Band (since 1967) also fell under this wave. [4] In the late 1960s and early 1970s, prog folk flourished briefly in the UK and Ireland, Third Ear Band and Quintessence appeared , followed by more abstract and oriental influences from Comus , Dando Shaft, The Trees , Spirogyra , Forest and Jan Dukes De Gray. [five]
Decline in the 1970s
Interest in psychedelic music began to fade away by the beginning of the 1970s and many folk groups that had not switched to other musical directions broke up. Most British bands have acquired an electric sound, such as the psychedelic folk duo Tyrannosaurus Rex, which later became an electric rock band called T. Rex . Others, probably influenced by electric folk pioneers of the Fairport Convention, switched to more traditional material, including Dando Shaft, Amazing Blondel and Jack the Lad . [five]
2000s
The revitalization of psychedelic folk occurred after the advent of indie rock in the 2000s, with the New Weird America movement and stylistically similar freak folk . The pioneers were the Davenport , No Neck Blues Band and the Sunburned Hand of the Man . In addition, the early albums of Animal Collective are very close in sound to this movement, as well as their collaboration with British folk veteran Vashti Bunyan . [6] The Microphones (since 2003 under the name Mount Eerie ) also contains psychedelic folk. [7] Both groups became widely known on the indie scene due to reviews published on the Pitchfork Media website, [8] [9] [10] and soon other representatives of the genre appeared, for example, Grizzly Bear [11] , Grouper [12] , Islaja , botos .
See also
- Folk rock
- Psychedelic rock
Notes
- ↑ M. Hicks, Sixties Rock: Garage, Psychedelic, and Other Satisfactions (University of Illinois Press, 2000), pp. 59-60.
- ↑ P. Auslander, Performing Glam Rock: Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music (University of Michigan Press, 2006), p. 76.
- ↑ R. Unterberger, Turn! Turn! Turn !: The '60s Folk-rock Revolution (Backbeat, 1985, 2nd edn., 2005), pp. 183-230.
- ↑ P. Scaruffi, A History of Rock Music 1951-2000 (iUniverse, 2003), p. 54 and J. DeRogatis, Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock (Hal Leonard, 2003), p. 120.
- ↑ 1 2 P. Scaruffi, A History of Rock Music 1951-2000 (iUniverse, 2003), pp. 81-82.
- ↑ Splendid Magazine reviews Animal Collective (featuring Vashti Bunyan): Prospect Hummer (inaccessible link) . Splended (September 13, 2005). Date of treatment June 30, 2009. Archived on February 8, 2012.
- ↑ Splendid E-zine reviews: The Microphones publisher = Splendid (link not available) . Date of treatment June 30, 2009. Archived on February 8, 2012.
- ↑ Animal Collective: Sung Tongs . Pitchfork Media (May 2, 2004). Date of treatment June 30, 2009. Archived on February 8, 2012.
- ↑ Animal Collective / Vashti Bunyan: Prospect Hummer EP Pitchfork Media (May 15, 2005). Date of treatment June 30, 2009. Archived on February 8, 2012.
- ↑ The Microphones: The Glow, Pt. 2 . Pitchfork Media (September 10, 2001). Date of treatment June 30, 2009. Archived on February 8, 2012.
- ↑ Grizzly Bear Feeds on Psych-Folk . The Harvard Crimson (February 11, 2005). Date of treatment June 30, 2009. Archived on February 8, 2012.
- ↑ Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill review (Eng.) // Mojo : magazine. - Bauer Media Group , 2008. - December.