Modern bands like Spirogyra or The Pentangle

Are there any modern bands that do the psych folk male/female duo type thing? I don't really know what's out there. It seems like that type of music died off.

^I also like Circulus...psychy weird folk... though to me they aren't really that close to Spirogyra or Pentangle for that matter....who are more like Fairport Convention or Trees imho.

Edited by andrea - March 15 2018 at 23:58

starofsirius7 wrote: Are there any modern bands that do the psych folk male/female duo type thing? I don't really know what's out there. It seems like that type of music died off.

Came into my mind Finnish folkband Värttinä. It hasn´t got much to do with prog, but anyway I really have liked it, specially their 80-90 albums (their newer material has electro elements). Here´s one of their piece:

I love Spirogyra, and though I've listened to so much of other stuff, I can't think of anyone close with the type of quality, especially vocally.

dr wu23 wrote: ^I also like Circulus...psychy weird folk... though to me they aren't really that close to Spirogyra or Pentangle for that matter....who are more like Fairport Convention or Trees imho. You might like Wolf People....but it has a dark prog folk edge to it. I like Espers but again they have a moody psychy edge and not quite as playful as Spirogyra was.

Just come to mind Judy Dyble has made quite great solo albums in 2000`s. Flow & Change is the best album of those. Also, if haven´t heard her band Trader Horne, really highly recommended to you, they made only one album "Morning Way".

I must admit, nothing can top the amazing talents of Spirogyra. Cockerham, Gaskin, Borrill, Cusack (and guests) - what a team !!

Raff wrote: Mortte wrote: Came into my mind Finnish folkband Värttinä. It hasn´t got much to do with prog, but anyway I really have liked it, specially their 80-90 albums (their newer material has electro elements). Here´s one of their piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbrJNJknIf0&t=0s&list=PL5DF42146202E4A75&index=2 Värttinä are outstanding . I had the privilege of seeing them in Rome in 2004, and it was a fantastic gig. They were suggested to Prog-Folk at least once in the past, but the suggestion did not go anywhere - which is a pity, because I think they are very progressive (though maybe not in a "traditional prog" sense), and would not be out of place in our database. As to modern bands with male-female vocals, Fields Burning from Washington DC might be right up your alley: http://https://fieldsburning.bandcamp.com/releases

I saw them first time 1991. They were playing acoustic in one festival in Finland, I mean they´re with audience, they hadn´t got official gig there. Really their young energy hit me and I soon bought their album "Oi Dai". Saw them after that some times in the official gigs with amplifers. I think they lost something their original energy when Sari left, become a little bit too professional, but of course they´re still very great and original band. They really become a great time, folk music has become very "institutional" in Finland, it´s now much more living than those days.