Recommend Artists Similar to Nick Drake
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Recommend Artists Similar to Nick Drake
I’m wanting to get into more open and alt tuning acoustic things similar to the style of Nick Drake. I like folk acoustic fused with a classical/indie kind of vibe but am not really sure where to start. I’m not really a fan of jazz or blues flavored stuff. I can also do without a ton of hammer on stuff. Some hammer on is ok, but a lot of the stuff I see now is excessive. I guess I enjoy melodies and progressions more so than for things to be fancy/technical.
Anyone have any recommendations of good artists in this camp? Past and present.
Anyone have any recommendations of good artists in this camp? Past and present.
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Re: Recommend Artists Similar to Nick Drake
John Fahey is one of my favorite fingerstyle players. His later stuff gets more experimental and sometimes grating.
Blues is not my favorite genre either, but Charley Patton, Skip James, and Leadbelly are fantastic.
Hawaiian slack key guitar is worth looking into as well.
Oh, and while I wouldn’t put myself in the same category as Nick Drake as a guitar player he’s definitely an inspiration for the solo stuff I do.
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Blues is not my favorite genre either, but Charley Patton, Skip James, and Leadbelly are fantastic.
Hawaiian slack key guitar is worth looking into as well.
Oh, and while I wouldn’t put myself in the same category as Nick Drake as a guitar player he’s definitely an inspiration for the solo stuff I do.
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Re: Recommend Artists Similar to Nick Drake
Elliot Smith?
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I love your music. Good stuff man. Particularly that first one. I’ll check those guys out.marqueemoon wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 3:22 pmJohn Fahey is one of my favorite fingerstyle players. His later stuff gets more experimental and sometimes grating.
Blues is not my favorite genre either, but Charley Patton, Skip James, and Leadbelly are fantastic.
Hawaiian slack key guitar is worth looking into as well.
Oh, and while I wouldn’t put myself in the same category as Nick Drake as a guitar player he’s definitely an inspiration for the solo stuff I do.
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=121030
I guess I’m looking for more of a European style classical sound. Neo folk? No idea. I just want to hear epic progressions. I don’t know music well enough to pinpoint what I want to hear haha.
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Re: Recommend Artists Similar to Nick Drake
You try guitar players from around the same era in England
John Renbourne and Bert Jansch come to mind
Folky but but you might find something you like.
John Renbourne and Bert Jansch come to mind
Folky but but you might find something you like.
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Re: Recommend Artists Similar to Nick Drake
This video is mainly about John Fahey, who you already know, but later it goes into some other guitarists that might be somewhat what you are looking for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQD_GeghqvQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQD_GeghqvQ
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Re: Recommend Artists Similar to Nick Drake
Bert Jansch is one of Nick Drake’s contemporaries that I dig, but I could never get into Pentangle, etc…
For modern stuff you might like Kings of Convenience if not already familar.
For modern stuff you might like Kings of Convenience if not already familar.
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Re: Recommend Artists Similar to Nick Drake
How about Jeremy Enigk’s ‘Return of the Frog Queen’ album?
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Re: Recommend Artists Similar to Nick Drake
You might want to listen to Luke Hurley
His bandcamp here Not sure if he's quite what you're looking for, but definitely worth a listen. Seriously good.
Edit:...and the way i've seen him play- busking with his 12-string...
His bandcamp here Not sure if he's quite what you're looking for, but definitely worth a listen. Seriously good.
Edit:...and the way i've seen him play- busking with his 12-string...
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Re: Recommend Artists Similar to Nick Drake
Jackson C. Frank?
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Re: Recommend Artists Similar to Nick Drake
I have a friend who put out a record about 15 years ago now that was very influenced by Nick Drake: https://drewodoherty.bandcamp.com/album/starts
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Re: Recommend Artists Similar to Nick Drake
The Tallest Man On Earth and Jose Gonzalez are two contemporary artists that definitely have a strong Nick Drake influence in their work, lots of alt tunings, mostly all fingerstyle folk stuff.
Old TMOE song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG2ccH8jlCA
more recent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WWdzDr4f0Q
Jose Gonzalez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag-OIlEN00M
Old TMOE song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG2ccH8jlCA
more recent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WWdzDr4f0Q
Jose Gonzalez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag-OIlEN00M
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Jeez guys. You all do not disappoint. I’ve been lost in all of the recommendations. That’s why I love this forum. Keep them coming!
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Re: Recommend Artists Similar to Nick Drake
all probably highly subjective suggestions; Nick Drake is more about ethos to me than anything else:
Sibylle Baier –"I Lost Something in the Hills
Karen Dalton – It Hurts Me Too
Smog – Let's Move to the Country
Molly Drake (Nick's mother) – I Remember
Jessica Pratt – Moon Dude
Haley Heynderickx – The Bug Collector
Aldous Harding – What if Birds aren't Singing their Screaming
Ai Aso – Lavender Edition (full album)
Mount Eerie – Ravens (prepare to bawl your eyes out if you go too deep with Mount Eerie; his older project, The Microphones, also has Nick Drake energy to me, but it's more indie-rock, somewhere between Nick Drake and Neutral Milk Hotel)
Lizabett Ruso – Times of Change (Live Recording)
...i could go on, and further risk losing the thread.
Sibylle Baier –"I Lost Something in the Hills
Karen Dalton – It Hurts Me Too
Smog – Let's Move to the Country
Molly Drake (Nick's mother) – I Remember
Jessica Pratt – Moon Dude
Haley Heynderickx – The Bug Collector
Aldous Harding – What if Birds aren't Singing their Screaming
Ai Aso – Lavender Edition (full album)
Mount Eerie – Ravens (prepare to bawl your eyes out if you go too deep with Mount Eerie; his older project, The Microphones, also has Nick Drake energy to me, but it's more indie-rock, somewhere between Nick Drake and Neutral Milk Hotel)
Lizabett Ruso – Times of Change (Live Recording)
...i could go on, and further risk losing the thread.
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Re: Recommend Artists Similar to Nick Drake
I'd second Jose Gonzales, specifically the In Our Nature album.rbrcbr wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 8:35 amThe Tallest Man On Earth and Jose Gonzalez are two contemporary artists that definitely have a strong Nick Drake influence in their work, lots of alt tunings, mostly all fingerstyle folk stuff.
Old TMOE song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG2ccH8jlCA
more recent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WWdzDr4f0Q
Jose Gonzalez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag-OIlEN00M