Freak folk

Freak folk
Stylistic origins	Psychedelic folk Baroque pop Avant-garde music
Cultural origins	Late 1960s United States
Typical instruments	Acoustic guitar, percussion
Other topics
New Weird America

Freak folk is a genre of folk music associated with contemporary artists such as Faun Fables, Ariel Pink, Animal Collective, Davenport, Devendra Banhart, CocoRosie, Panda Bear, Kelli Ali, Joanna Newsom, Mandrax Icon, Bowerbirds, Woods, Greg Weeks, Hecuba, Akron/Family, Rio en Medio, Birdengine, Sufjan Stevens, Sean Hayes, and with artists of the 1960s and 1970s such as Vashti Bunyan, Comus, Holy Modal Rounders, The Incredible String Band, The Godz, and The Fugs.

Freak folk draws from traditional folk music and uses mainly acoustic instrumentation, but introduces elements of avant-garde music, baroque pop and psychedelic folk, often featuring uncommon sounds, themes, and vocal styles.

See also

• Anti-folk
• Neofolk
• Ptolemaic Terrascope - a psychedelic folk & rock magazine
• New Weird America

References

External links

• Freak Folk Flies High by Derek Richardson at SFGate.com
• Hermes, Will (2006-06-18). "Summer of Love Redux". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/arts/music/18herm.html?pagewanted=all. 
• Poecke, N. van. The New Weird Generation