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Sounds like:
Bon Iver,
Mike Posner,
Foals
By
Dwayne
on
Jan 29, 2011
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With a name sounding more like a member of the landed gentry than a pop star, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect from Benjamin Francis Leftwich. Okay, so he isn't really a pop star, but to the best of my knowledge nor is he a member of the landed ...
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2

Sounds like:
Bon Iver,
Mumford & Sons
By
Taylor Fife
on
Jul 31, 2010
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After years of being dominated with varieties of twee, freak folk, and singer-songwritingy mellowness, independent music finally dealt with the oversaturation of acoustic guitars and harmonicas by shifting heavily into synths and sampling. Synthpop/c...
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3

Sounds like:
Bob Dylan,
Cat Stevens,
Nick Drake,
Damien Rice
By
colin fitzgerald
on
Apr 10, 2010
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Folk music is often dismissed by its detractors as a "less-than-musically-complex" genre. Many negatively associate it with its somewhat (and sometimes painfully) annoying guitar chord strumming and out-of-key singing of lyrics rife with whimsical p...
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4

Sounds like:
Bon Iver,
Deer Tick,
Bowerbirds,
Bob Dylan
By
camden andrews
on
Mar 31, 2010
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Folk music has changed a lot since it began to emerge in the mainstream during the fifties and sixties. But Sweden's Kristian Mat, aka The Tallest Man On Earth, takes it back to its earthy roots, performing by himself with just an acoustic guitar or...
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5

Sounds like:
Ben Harper,
Devendra Banhart,
Patrick Watson,
Jack Johnson
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Feb 25, 2010
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There's something undeniably raw and emotional in the voice of Sean Hayes. There's also something unquestionably amazing about the instruments that back-up Sean Hayes. Together, their sound is something to write home about, and it's not just because ...
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6

Sounds like:
Iron & Wine,
Jack Johnson,
Wilco,
Joshua Radin
By
Hannah Levy
on
Feb 3, 2010
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I couldn't help but smile the first time I heard Bahamas LP Pink Strat. Though it was a rainy day in San Francisco, as I listened to the dreamy tunes of Afie Jurvanen, I was transported to summer bliss. You see, Jurvanen is a Toronto musician who doe...
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By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Jan 30, 2010
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Laura Veirs was one of those artists I discovered by chance. Her song "Lose Yourself" found its way onto my computer, and proceeded to make the leap to my brain, becoming permanently lodged there during the spring of 2009
. More recently, the int...
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8

Sounds like:
Heatmiser,
Bright Eyes,
Nick Drake
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Dec 17, 2009
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I still remember where I was when I heard that Elliott Smith had died. I had woken up that morning in a bunk bed in a youth hostel in Lausanne, looking out over Lake Geneva, on a cloudy and dark day. I got the news on a communal computer in the loung...
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