Only Ireland, it seems, never produced acid-folk bands maybe because rediscovering and playing their folklore was essential to the very notion of Irishness. Most european countries would also sport bands playing this type of music, as their own folk scene was evolving into rigid reinterpretation of the past. It very clearly was The Incredible String Band, who also used sitar and semi-Indian singing, who helped fuse Psychedelia and Folk together. How many reprise of "Scarborough Fair" can you stand? The Folk revival in Britain became rapidly very straight-laced, you were supposed to interpret these lovely Middle-Age songs note-by-note and very earnestly. After the renewed interested in all forms of folk, it was only a mattter of time untill some acid-dropping freaks decided they were bored by the straightness of folkies. This volume is entirely devoted to the genre. Don not confuse Acid-Folk (or Folk Psych) with Folk Punkā¦ We've briefly touched the subject in FOTH Volume 4, as Acid-Folk lends itself naturally to the female voice.
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