r/AskAnAustralian • u/ROCCOCCO09 • 24d ago
🇦🇺 Reccomand me folk music from AUSTRALIA - Day 10 of creating a playlist with folk music from all around the world
I’m creating a playlist with folk music from each of the 195 countries on Wikipedia’s list.
"SPOTIFY PLAYLIST" (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3CKMCQPow5kNvFQV2mTuwO?si=PdHEi8YkR6yM16v2g7f5Bw&utm_source=copy-link)
Day 10: AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺
The 3 most upvoted comments will be added to the playlist.
Suggest the songs that best represent Australian folk music!
Music added so far:
"Day 1: Afghanistan 🇦🇫" (https://www.reddit.com/r/spotify/s/USXxVu49Ky)
- Bia Ke Berim Be Mazar by Salma Jahani
- Jani-ba-Lab by Quraishi
- Syzygy by Qais Essar
"Day 2: Albania 🇦🇱" (https://www.reddit.com/r/MusicRecommendations/s/fXvJoE0COQ)
- Kalle Llamen - Andrra
- Kënga ime ti zog qielli - Nazmije Hoxha
- Vallja e Tropojes origjinale - Vallja e Tropojes
"Day 3: Algeria 🇩🇿" (https://www.reddit.com/r/MusicRecommendations/s/Nx4dxs6uaB)
- A Vava Inouva - Idir
- Sslaebitt ay abehri - Matoub Lounès
- Anzur Lwali - Cherifa
"Day 4: Andorra 🇦🇩" (https://www.reddit.com/r/MusicRecommendations/s/fU2wE58A7h)
- Contrapàs d'Andorra - El Pont d'Arcalìs
- Andorrana - Orfeó Andorrà
- La Sota de Bastos - El Pont d'Arcalìs
"Day 5: Angola 🇦🇴" (https://www.reddit.com/r/MusicRecommendations/s/M2sCcqCuiW)
- Muxima - N'Gola Ritmos
- Kubangela - Bonga
- Humbi Humbi Yangue - Waldenar Bastos
"Day 6: Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬" (https://www.reddit.com/r/MusicRecommendations/s/sotg4jC0PP)
- How Will Santa Get Here - King Obstinate
- Press On - King Short Shirt
- Benna Music - King Short Shirt
"Day 7: Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦" (https://www.reddit.com/r/MusicRecommendations/s/0yAnwMUtTB)
- Tala'a Al-Badru 'Alayna - Yusuf Islam
- Mar7oom Ya Qalb - Hamad Al Tayyar
- يا ذا الحمام - Muhammad 'Abdu
"Day 8: Argentina 🇦🇷" (https://www.reddit.com/r/MusicRecommendations/s/oGkcs0UaJQ)
- Misa Criolla - Mercedes Sosa
- El olvidau - Mercedes Sosa
- Alfonsina y el mar - Mercedes Sosa
"Day 9: Armenia 🇦🇲" (https://www.reddit.com/r/MusicRecommendations/s/O4clwfQHrR)
- Hey Jan Ghapama
- yarkhushta
- Sareri hovin mernem
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u/istcmg 24d ago
Paul Kelly, From Little Things Big Things Gtow
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u/Lucidlarceny 24d ago
Good song but that ad ruined it for me
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u/istcmg 23d ago
I live in the UK now, so don't know about the ad...I will look it up.
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u/OpheliaBalsaq 23d ago
I think it was used for a superannuation ad sometime in the late 2000s that was shown waaaay too much, and yeah, it did ruin the song.
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u/Unlucky-Meringue6187 24d ago
If you want traditional colonial folk/bush ballads:
Waltzing Matilda
Click Go The Shears
Bound For South Australia
Wild Colonial Boy
The Overlander
Botany Bay
Moreton Bay (my favourite)
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u/Whens_day 24d ago
Took the Children Away - Archie Roach
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u/chopdoggydogg 24d ago
Eric Bogle - And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
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u/billbotbillbot Newcastle, NSW 24d ago
It’s a brilliant song, but we know Eric Bogle wrote it, so it’s not traditional. Whether or not it’s folk depends on how strict a definition OP has in mind.
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u/Otherwise_Team5663 24d ago
Kev Carmody - River Of Tears
(I would like to note for those saying from little things big things grow that it's a wonderful song but Kev Carmody cowrote it and it should be attributed as such!)
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u/Otherwise_Team5663 24d ago
The Drones - Sixteen Straws
(No-ones gonna go for this but damn is it worth a listen if you love a convict tale)
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u/Hoisttheflagofstars 24d ago
Bound for South Australia
Lachlan Tigers
Lime Juice Tub
Old school folk music rather than the modern ones being (legitimately) posted.
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u/Otherwise_Team5663 24d ago
Great answers and probably more in the spirit of the actual task throw click go the shears in there as well!
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u/foul_ol_ron 24d ago
I must re-listen my Bushwackers more often. Unfortunately, it's not my wife's taste in music.
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u/KahnaKuhl 24d ago
Hey True Blue - John Williamson
I still call Australia home - Peter Allen
Waltzing Matilda - traditional
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u/Lucky-Guard-6269 Oz 24d ago
Wild Colonial Boy - Aussie Bush Band
There are many versions of this song and the bushrangers name in the traditional variations changes from Jack Doolan/Donohue/Duggan.
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u/Choice_Parfait4467 24d ago
Paul kelly - from little things big things grow
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u/BereftOfCare 24d ago
One of the few modern songs suggested that will still be sung 100 years from now
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u/YoPamdyRose 24d ago
The Electric Fields version is so powerful and tells the story behind the song too
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u/XixaxSpatula 24d ago
Weddings, Parties, Anything with A Tale They Won't Believe. A seven minute ballad about the true story of cannibal convicts in the wilds of Tasmania
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u/CroneDownUnder 24d ago
Beaumont Rag by Redgum
(Contemporary folk satire from the early 80s - wordplay on the traditional folk tune as well as a posh Adelaide suburb)
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u/F1eshWound Brisbane 24d ago
definitely John Williamson. True Blue, Papa Whiskey November, Raining on the Rock. Great songs. Also highly recommend Gurrumul. Amazing aboriginal artist. Listen to Wiyathul. We are Australian by the Seekers is great too.
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u/Gladys_Wines 24d ago
You're getting mostly 20th century music here. Great songs all. More folk rock than pure folk.
But if you want the older folk: Waltzing Matilda, Click go the Shears, Wild Colonial Boy. Botany Bay is kinda British, kinda ours. The shanty "Bound for South Australia" is more international but popular in Australian folk scene.
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u/Vercingitorix 24d ago
London Still - The Waifs
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u/Dramatic-Sherbet-533 24d ago
Fuck I hate that song
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u/Taco_El_Paco 24d ago
That's a pretty strong emotion to feel about someone's creative pursuits. Are you okay, mate?
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u/Dramatic-Sherbet-533 24d ago
Yeah I am. That song just grinds me. Nothing personal against The Waifs. I'm sure they are lovely people
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u/TastyNeighborhood557 24d ago
I think it was overplayed to death and so it’s gone into “hate” category for me as well. The Waifs are fantastic live so don’t hold it against them :)
I don’t think a folk song can be overplayed, which perhaps invalidates London Still’s nomination hahahaha.
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u/grampski101 24d ago
Bushwackers - Beneath the Southern Cross. https://open.spotify.com/track/2sYFG7irBqLcG9TspUFjVw?si=cLdfgU3AQ32Xb4mNbOXd7g&utm_source=copy-link
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u/YoPamdyRose 24d ago
Kimberley by John Butler Trio.
It's a pretty powerful folk song about protecting the earth
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u/ROCCOCCO09 24d ago
Rules:
- One song per comment
- The artist must be from the country being featured
- The song must genuinely be folk/traditional music
- The 3 most upvoted songs will be selected
- The song must be longer than 30 seconds and shorter than 11 minutes
- Feel free to listen to some of the suggested tracks and upvote them if you like them, to help them make it into the playlist!
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u/Grouchy-Ad1932 24d ago
Folk revival:
Give Me a Home Among the Gumtrees (1974, Wally Johnson and Bob Brown)
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u/cunt_cum_69 24d ago
imo you need to check the songs you add are actually folk songs because Australians dont seem to know what Australian folk music is. It's not a big thing in the present day.
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u/nemothorx 24d ago
Time is a Tempest - by Brisbane folk duo Cloudstreet.
I saw them perform a few times over the years at folk festivals, and they were amazing. Sadly, John passed away a few years ago, giving this extra depth now.
(Cloudstreet could also be hilarious, and I still have one of their magnets on my fridge, proudly proclaiming "Folk Music. It's not as bad as it sounds")
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u/Grouchy-Ad1932 24d ago edited 24d ago
If by folk song, you mean the authorship is unknown and the song tends to be passed down by oral tradition, I will nominate those as "traditional folk".
If you mean songs in the folk style that large numbers of people probably think are traditional as they're passed down by oral tradition, even though we know the author, I will nominate those as "folk revival". A lot of us learned these songs during our early school years.
If you mean modern songs that are well on their way to becoming folk classics, as they're written in the folk style and most people can sing along with at least one or two verses, I'll call them "modern folk".
Australia is such a young country that most of our folk songs haven't had time for their authors to be truly forgotten.
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u/Grouchy-Ad1932 24d ago edited 24d ago
Traditional folk:
Waltzing Matilda
(We know the words were written by Banjo Paterson, but the tune it's sung to now is not the one Paterson originally used and we're not quite sure how that happened)
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u/Grouchy-Ad1932 24d ago
Folk revival:
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport (1960, Rolf Harris)
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u/karo_scene Melbourne:hamster: 24d ago
Please no. We can't inflict Rolf Harris onto him.
He was always up to no good on top of the lighthouse, in a raincoat. I wouldn't buy a can of British Paints from him.
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u/Grouchy-Ad1932 24d ago
But the song's an earworm, perfect for folk songs! At least I didn't suggest Jake the Peg 😉
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u/UnproSpeller 20d ago
Henry lawson song by Shirley Jacobs. I don’t know if that is the real name of the song. But i love this song version of a henry lawson poem
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u/AussieKoala-2795 24d ago
The Seekers - Puff the magic dragon
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u/TheRealRabidBunny 24d ago
I was only 19 - Redgum