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Psychedelic folk (sometimes wyrd folk, acid folk or freak folk) [2] is a loosely defined form of psychedelia that originated in the 1960s. It retains the largely acoustic instrumentation of folk , but adds musical elements common to psychedelic music .
Psychedelic music (sometimes called psychedelia) [1] is a wide range of popular music styles and genres influenced by 1960s psychedelia, a subculture of people who used psychedelic drugs such as DMT, LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin mushrooms, to experience synesthesia and altered states of consciousness.
Neofolk, also known as apocalyptic folk, is a form of music blending elements of folk and industrial music, which emerged in punk rock circles in the 1980s. Neofolk may either be solely acoustic or combine acoustic folk instrumentation with various other sounds.
The following is a list of psychedelic folk artists This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The Brattleboro Free Folk Festival was the summit gathering of the Free Folk scene that was largely centered in Massachusetts, Vermont, and Connecticut. The festival included Dredd Foole , Sunburned Hand of the Man , MV & EE , all members of Charalambides in different configurations, Jack Rose , Chris Corsano , Joshua, and Paul Flaherty ...
Journalist David Keenan, who was known as a reporter of noise, freak folk, and drone music scenes, coined "hypnagogic pop" in an August 2009 piece for The Wire. [14] Keenan applied the label to a developing trend of 2000s lo-fi and post-noise music in which artists engaged with elements of cultural nostalgia , childhood memory, and outdated ...
[2] Music journalist Rob Chapman says the phrase was a "catch-all term" and "something of a misnomer", since it was often applied to any piece of rock music that "used non-European instrumentation or music styles to denote its exotic qualities". [3] A major influence on raga rock was the music of Bengali sitarist Ravi Shankar.
[192] [193] Psychedelic music also contributed to the origins of glam rock, with Marc Bolan changing his psychedelic folk duo into rock band T. Rex and becoming the first glam rock star from 1970. [ 194 ] [ verification needed ] From 1971 David Bowie moved on from his early psychedelic work to develop his Ziggy Stardust persona, incorporating ...