# More suggestions for soft, quasi-folk mix? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153 "2004-05-14T19:24:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/1 "2004-05-14T19:24:57Z")
Here’s the batch of songs I’m picking through at the moment. . . I’m generally happy with it but not flat-out thrilled. Would appreciate Doper song suggestions in the same vein to round it out, possibly make it better. (I realize my tastes may run a little pedestrian for many of ya.) 🙂 April Come She Will- Simon and Garfunkel America- " " Rocky Mountain High- John Denver Blossom- James Taylor Two of Us- Beatles Mansion on the Hill- Bruce Springsteen Requiem- Jethro Tull Lookin for Love on Broadway- James Taylor King’s Highway (live)- Tom Petty See the Changes- Crosby Stills and Nash Vincent- Don McLean Bell, Book and Candle- Eddi Reader Pacing the Cage- Bruce Cockburn John Barleycorn- Traffic Avalon- Blackmore’s Night Skating Away (on the Thin Ice of a New Day)- Jethro Tull Song for Winter’s Night- Gordon Lightfoot Girl- T. Rex ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/2 "2004-05-14T19:43:04Z")
Alexandra Leaving - Leonard Cohen Hallelujah - " Father & Son - Cat Stevens ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/3 "2004-05-14T19:50:31Z")
When I Was a Boy - Dar Williams ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/4 "2004-05-14T20:25:53Z")
Circle Games by Joni Mitchell So Far Away by Carole King Robin by Carly Simon ---
**Author:** ![Aitara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aitara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aitara)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/5 "2004-05-14T21:07:26Z")
From Red=Luck by Patty Larkin In your Painting Birmingham St. Augustine ---
**Author:** ![Qwertyasdfg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/6 "2004-05-14T21:21:09Z")
Led Zeppelin - Battle of Evermore, That’s The Way, Tangerine, Gallows Pole ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/7 "2004-05-15T00:58:04Z")
[motioning with an upraised arm] “Ooh, ooh, pick me, I know the answer!” [/mwaua] **Nuada** (2002) by the British pop/folk band [Candidate](http://www.candidatesite.co.uk/pages/recordpages/nuada.html). Awesomely good LP, and glowing music reviews are on that site. Song snippet downloads are there, too. My favorite album from that year. I believe you’ll find this album of particular interest (beginning with the cover artwork in the link), given your appreciation of certain cult horror movies – one of which provided the thematic inspiration for this album! FWIW, Candidate has a new album just out that I’ll be getting as soon as I can afford to get it, with a less-folky, more electrified sound. Reviews so far have been positive, but not as superlative in their praise as for **Nuada**. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/8 "2004-05-15T01:33:10Z")
You can’t go wrong with Nick Drake. ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/9 "2004-05-15T01:35:34Z")
Dang, we are suggesting particular songs, eh? Um…Pink Moon is one that lotsa people know…anything off that album would work. ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/10 "2004-05-15T01:56:09Z")
_Poems, Prayers, and Promises_ and \*Looking for Space \* John Denver any of a group of songs by Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, and Dolly Parton on the Albums _Trio_ and _Trio II_… especially their cover of _After the Goldrush_ check out some Nickel Creek too ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/11 "2004-05-15T02:40:56Z")
Not gonna give you song titles, because I don’t have time, but some bands/artists in this vein: Alison Krauss Kenny Loggins Indigo Girls Norah Jones Sarah MacLaughlin The Corries Mary Black Rufus Wainwright Peter, Paul and Mary Joshua Kadison ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/12 "2004-05-15T02:42:09Z")
Ooh, almost forgot - you mentioned Jethro Tull: they have an album called Songs From The Wood you may like a lot. One song on there that would fit on your CD very well is Fires At Midnight. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/13 "2004-05-15T02:50:41Z")
This somewhat straddles the line between a poll and asking advice, but given the subject matter it is probably better suited to **Cafe Society**. I’ll move it on over for you. TVeblen, IMHO mod ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/14 "2004-05-15T04:08:02Z")
Patti Smith “Come Back Little Sheba” from her “Land” compilation. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-suggestions-for-soft-quasi-folk-mix/245153/15 "2004-05-17T12:30:47Z")
Thanks very much for the great suggestions, folks. I’m going to check out samples of as much of these titles today as I can. **LifeOnWry** - Am indeed familiar with the mighty fine _Songs from the Wood,_ and I did consider “Fires at Midnight” for this mix (!) Much as I love that and the other songs, though, there’s something about them that cries out to be kept as a piece- Ian Anderson’s songs can be so distinctive. A highly subjective ruling on my part, I’m sure.