Firefly-ish music
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UPDATED: Tuesday, March 7, 2006 16:25
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There are two CDs by the Irish group The Chieftains:
Down the Old Plank Road and Further Down the Old Plank Road.
Both feature old time American music with their own brand of Celtic tossed in for a great sound. Great guest artists on both as well.
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Nickel Creek's music is recorded and distributed by a company called Sugar Hill Records, which is just down the road from me in Durham, North Carolina. Sugar Hill has a lot of Bluegrass artists in their catalog, so you might find it worth while to check out their website:
http://www.sugarhillrecords.com/
JingTsai
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Well... CRAP. I was listening to local radio today, and heard they were hosting a tribute concert for Chris Whitley, benefiting his daughter Trixie. I had that sinking feeling that something wasn't right. When I got home, I did a Google search, and found out the sad news: Chris Whitley died on November 20, 2005, of lung cancer. He was 45.
Really bums me out. He was one of the first live acts I went to see when I hit Austin back in '91. I'd heard a couple tunes on the radio, loved them, and wanted to go see him play. My wife and I got tickets to see him at the Back Room, and we were just blown away. The club was known more as a heavy metal venue, but Chris didn't fit that mold at all. Closer to alt-country or folk, if anything.
Now I'll feel an even closer kinship between his music and Firefly; both were gone far too early, and neither got anywhere near the recognition they deserved. :(
Mike
A baby seal walks into a club...
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Also you should check out the music of Sonny Rhodes, his voice will be awfully familiar.
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Strength in Numbers - "The Telluride Sessions"
I wonder sometimes if Edmonson wasn't inpsired the by this album. The similarities are remarkable. Really beautiful music.
SergeantX
"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock
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Not to hijack the thread but...
These guys are worth a serious mention:
I just bought "On the Drift" woot!
http://cdbaby.com/cd/bedlambards/from/celtic/
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Me too, this is the only place, apart from the discs that I have heard a rendition of The Hero of Canton.
Now quietly waits beside the letter box for 7 days till they come.
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hia guys, i just found this awesome site where you can download the themesong for free!! If your interested here's the link:
http://www.mp3-center.org/download_mp3/Serenity/Firefly%20Main%20Theme
/9363340
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
I've been working on my own list of songs that would seem to fit in the Firefly 'verse, some for their sound, some for their content, and some for both. Here's a few that struck me as 'verse-worthy:
I'll Fly Away - Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (Think of the Battle of
Serenity Valley)
Orange Sky - Alexi Murdoch (Great song for Simon!)
Big Sky Country - Chris Whitley
Windfall - Son Volt
All The Pretty Horses - Calexico
Heroes - David & David
Friend Of The Devil - Lyle Lovett
Southbound Again - Dire Straits
The Devil's Right Hand - Steve Earle
Living With The Law - Chris Whitley
Tear Stained Eye - Son Volt
Sleepwalk - Santo & Johnny
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
The only one that's really an instrumental is "Sleepwalk"; it doesn't so much fit the western-y theme of the show, it just makes me think of being "out in the black", as do most of the others listed. "Into the Mystic" doesn't really "fit", either, but just makes me think of being in the 'verse. 'Course, these days, MOST things make me think 'versally...
Mike
This is a great list! However, I would certainly add Chris Isaak's amazing song "Graduation Day" to this list. It's a perfect fit for the rest of these and can be found on the film soundtrack to the Ted Demme film "Beautiful Girls" and elsewhere I'm sure.
"...there's a whole universe of folk who are gonna know it too. They're gonna see it. Somebody has to speak for these people." -Mal
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Ozric Tentacles - Space rock with a deep influenceof world music mixed in. Half their stuff is not in the Firefly vein, but the stuff that is nails it (except for the western influence)especially the exotic cultural melting pot thing.
Here are some Firefly-ish examples:
http://members.cox.net/cosmicgoof/radio/Ozric%20Tentacles%20-%20Saucer
s-0.mp3
http://members.cox.net/cosmicgoof/radio/Ozric%20Tentacles%20-%20Mae%20
Hong%20Song-0.mp3
http://members.cox.net/cosmicgoof/radio/Ozric%20Tentacles%20-%20Half%2
0Light%20In%20Thillai-0.mp3
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