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Member Since: 2/5/2006
Band Website: thefolk.blogspot.com/
Band Members: The Gadgee, Liam Rankin, Bobby Jamieson and collaborators Verity (Delta Mainline), Chelsea (Duck Soup) and Ash (Saint Jude's Infirmary).
Influences: Changes frequently. From Krautrock and Classical to King Creosote via Billy Childish, Bert Jansch and Arthur Lee. What ever happens to be turning us on at the time. No boundaries exist between genres and time periods. Good art, whether it be film, music or writing, is timeless.
Sounds Like: "....our favourite Sufjan Stevens meets Dylan going 'twang' band...."
Record Label: Home-grown; cottage industry workforce - AH!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Life

I can't remember if it is one or two gigs that we have done this year. As I have said elsewhere, the consolation for the lack of activity is that it is due to having lives elsewhere. Not least Liam's ...
Posted by The Folk on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:57:00 PST

Gig and freebie

Hope some of you can come along on Saturday to Pop Theory at Cafe Royal. We're playing with Lucky Luke. Doors at 8:30. The first few enthusiasts may receive a free gift. That is if I've mana...
Posted by The Folk on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:05:00 PST

One Man's Meat

A review from the Skinny as published. Written by Billy Hamilton. Tonights Tigerfest offering is a country-soaked ménage of magnetic melody, sumptuous song-writing and dreary detachment. Sev...
Posted by The Folk on Thu, 11 May 2006 12:43:00 PST

Tigerfest Gig

Just a quick note to say thanks to everyone involved in and everyone who came to the gig at the weekend. Not only was it an enjoyable gig to play, but I also genuinely enjoyed the other acts. They wer...
Posted by The Folk on Tue, 09 May 2006 03:45:00 PST

Portrait of an artist as a young bam

A new version of Francis Bacon Would Approve is up now. There's some organ parts added by our friend Chelsea Cargill and Liam's got some classical guitar in there too. The recording is gathering work...
Posted by The Folk on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:28:00 PST

Och well...

In another 15 years time maybe.........
Posted by The Folk on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 02:31:00 PST