British folk band Mumford and Sons say their six Grammy award nominations are "good for business".
The Wolfe Tones are an Irish folk band known for their rebel songs.
As the duo behind the comedy and musical group Flight of the Conchords, you might be wondering what a folk band from New Zealand can offer by way of business advice.
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Listen to Becoming a Jackal, the debut album by the Irish folk-rock band Villagers, and it's hard to believe it's the work of just one guy.
The inspiration: a festival-stage collaboration with The Sadies, best known as the preferred back-up band for folk-rocker Neko Case.
The first broadcast, at 7pm on Tuesday 6th March 1923, began with a pipe band playing the popular folk tune 'Hey, Johnnie Cope'.
Langhorne Slim and his band The War Eagles mix folk and blues with reckless punk-rock energy.
Other winners at the Radio 2 folk awards included the three-piece Scottish band Lau, who were named band of the year.
Webber and Wells got their start playing together in the neo-psychedelic folk-rock group Black Mountain, a Canadian band known for channeling acts like Led Zeppelin, complete with electrified riffs and aggressive beats.
Seabear's love of soft folk sounds is unquestionable, but that doesn't stop the Icelandic band from infusing its music with layers of instrumentation.
The soundtrack, with original music by Malaysian composer Adam Mansor, combines urban dance music with traditional Malay folk music -- in harmony with the storyline about a hip-hop band in Kuala Lumpur who head east into the Malay heartland, on the run from loan sharks because they can't repay the money they borrowed for their equipment.
The band's early attempts to conquer the US market were nearly thwarted by American folk singer Suzanne DeBronkart who had recorded under the name Suede and held the trademark.
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The project is called New Music 20x12 which covers a wide range of genres from contemporary classical, folk and opera in Scotland and Northern Ireland to bell ringing, beat boxing, jazz and brass band music in England and Wales.
The band that stood out as having the biggest overall boost from a late night television appearance is folk-rockers The Spring Standards, who appeared on Conan on June 18th of last year.
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