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 | People are always asking what the best song, album, or folk artist is. They want recommendations, newcomers, essentials, so they can have an inside track and learn about great music before everyone else does. So, in the interest of cluing you into some of the finest folk music of all time, here's a look at essential songs and albums. | |
Essential Folk Music Albums
Before we get into specific styles or artists, here's a look at some of the most important, tide-turning albums in the history of contemporary folk music - from protest songs to murder ballads, and beyond.
| Essential Paul Simon Songs
From "Bridge Over Troubled Water" to "Graceland" and beyond, Paul Simon has been one of the most beloved and consistent contemporary folk songwriters for decades. Check out these, some of his finest compositions.
| Bruce Springsteen's Folk Songs
Springsteen emerged in the late 1970s as a pop and rock songwriter but, sometime in the '90s, he started to be taken more and more seriously as a quasi-political topical folksinger. He sealed the deal with a tribute to Pete Seeger and has been delivering folk songs ever since. Check out these essential Springsteen folk tunes.
| Recession Songs
For all the discussion our economy is getting, you'd think this was the first time the US had tried to figure its way out of an economic mess. Of course that's not true, and we have the songs to prove it. Here's a look at essential songs for financial hard times.
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