“Folk” (Used 83 times)

Long time no talk, friends.  We've been a bit busy! I just started law school and Tom's band just put out an EP! That doesn't mean we haven't been rockin' you out on the Music Manumit Podcast though! We've been interviewing some of the best Creative Commons bands out there too. Thanks to Craig of the Open Metalcast for filling in a couple shows while I moved!

To show our appreciation for sticking with us during the lean months, we'd like to give you the chance to be a guest DJ! In order to be a guest DJ what you need to do is put together 20-30 minutes worth of music and get us the tracks like this:

"Song" by Artist (genre) - license - Website.

Make sure we have a link to download the song and a link to the bad website. As you can see in the tracks I've selected anything goes as far as length, genre and subject matter (assuming you don't break the 30 min rule).

If you don't want to be a DJ, but want us to hear your music (or just have a suggestion), put some tracks in our SoundCloud dropbox. If you are not the artist and you put something in our Dropbox, make sure we have all the information we need to attribute the artist properly! Also, note that we play only remixable music.  No -ND or All Rights Reserved stuff!

If you're in a band and are interested in being on the show, let us know.  We are always interested in hearing new music and learning about novel ways to distribute, collaborate and create music. The interview invitation is open to curators, netlabels and podcasters as well. Just make sure you are passionate about remixable Creative Commons music!

We look forward to getting back on track and uploading great music from David Rovics, The Freak Fandango Orchestra, Amity in Fame and tons of other artists!

Oh, and since I'm all lawyery* now:

We reserve the right to revoke the offer for an interview at any time. Music on the music only show will be played at the sole discretion of the Music Manumit Podcast. This is not a contract.  The podcast and any posts here are not legal advice.

*term of art, you wouldn't understand

Now, here's a fine & decent four-piece from Belgrade, Serbia (that's the place somewhere over the rainbow), called STRAY DOGG.

Tender, melancholic & utterly American, these two boys (guitars, harp & vocals) & two girls (piano, violin & vocals) produce some of the nicest & finest songs I've heard in a long long time.

C'mon let's get drunk... and listen to Stray Dogg's beautiful album called Almost which is now available as a free download, here on FMA & on band's bandcamp site.

Isaac's punk roots don't really come out in his debut album "Empty Vessels," but his fantastic and somtimes playful ("Photographs and Histories") song-writing certainly do.  The variety of influences certainly do make appearances; blues, folk, singer-songwriter and sciffle all make appearances.  If not a direct homage to sciffle, the use of chair and drumsticks for the drum recording only fail to deliver that homage because they sound so good.  While mostly a singer and his guitar, a variety of other instruments make appearances; harmonica, piano, violin.  One would also be remiss if they didn't mention Isaac's progressive leanings, obvious in a track title like Karl Marx and the Reds and stated influences such as Billy Bragg.

The punk roots come out out on the myriad of cover songs recorded on his YouTube page.  Frank Turner, formerly of post-hardcore band Million Dead, also choose one Isaac's song to be featured on one of his albums and despite my opinion it doesn't belong, that doesn't stop punknews.org from giving it a review.

Despite an otherwise glowing review, punknews.org points out that the variety of influences coming into the album might not be for everyone.  If the DIY production values coveted by the punk and folk scenes don't do it for you, you'll just have to wait for the much-anticipated second album where Isaac is sure to hone his sound.  Hell, if you're a production snob, make sure you donate to the cause of getting him in a studio.  One thing is for sure - Isaac Graham is a rising star in Creative Commons music.

Find out more during the Music Manumit Podcast's interview with the head of his label, Copyleft Records, and then an interview with Isaac himself.

This week the catalog of Portugal based netlabel You Are Not Stealing Records was added to the Free Music Archive.

The following mix pulls some easy favorites from many of the YANSR albums on the FMA. You will want to jump around in the mix to find items you enjoy, because a broad spectrum of genres are covered.

These include Ambient, Ambient Electronic, Avant-Garde, Blues, Chip Music, Classical, Composed Music, Electronic, Experimental, Experimental Pop, Field Recordings, Folk, Goth, Indie-Rock, Industrial, Lounge, Metal, New Wave, Noise, Noise-Rock, Polka, Post-Rock, Punk, Reggae - Dub, Rock, Rockabilly, Sound Collage, and Surf.

That's a lot of ground for one label! Enjoy!

I'm a yodeling concertina player in Seattle, Washington. (I wonder if I could say, "I am the world's only yodeling concertina player"?) I've released a couple of efforts here on the FMA, and am placing two tracks from my newest here under a CC Attribution license.

The album, titled Bildungsroman, consists of some heartfelt yodels interspersed with solo concertina instrumentals influenced by Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee." The tracks were recorded in a two-mile-long abandoned train tunnel hidden off a mountain pass here in Washington State.

I'm releasing one yodel and one instrumental on the FMA, and I hope people will trade and sample them. I think they have potential! I also hope you'll buy the whole album if it seems worthwhile. I'm selling it at Bandcamp through my website, stevenarntson.info. Click the music link and you'll go straight there. This is somewhat of an experiment for me--I've never tried to sell my music online before, but I thought I'd give it a whirl. Viva the hybrid economy!