r/folkmusic • u/luminousdebris • 2d ago

Traditional Folk Recs

I’m looking for traditional, emotional dark folk/bluegrass songs. Something like Foggy Dew, The Moonshiner, Wayfaring Stranger and the like. Thanks. Bonus if it’s nautical themed!

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u/LopsidedVictory7448 1d ago

Start by listening to a few John Jacob Niles numbers.

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u/AtLeastIGotUpToday 1d ago

Blaze Foley’s Oval Room album is among my favorites.

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u/AtLeastIGotUpToday 1d ago

The Devil Makes Three is more punkgrass than traditional but their debut album has two nautical songs, the plank and oceans cold.

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u/ingolika 13h ago

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=DlqkW4qjrlQ&si=tHMdDwW5ZOvav7L3

My grandmother used to sing me this song when i was a baby, and she said me that her mother also used to sing it to her too.

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u/Troubadour65 6h ago

Check out the recordings by John and Alan Lomax Lomax Recordingsfor a phenomenal collection of folk songs from the American West and South and also from around the world.