Bon Iver -OR- What Is Folk Music? - Genre!

October 3 2016

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We listen to genre-bending Bon Iver and we ask, what exactly is folk music?

Is folk music a "sound," a certain aesthetic quality in the music -- is it the rallying cry of a people, spiritual catharsis, inspiration for body movement, cultural glue?

Playlist

1′10″ Flume by Bon Iver on For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguar)
5′46″ Lump Sum by Bon Iver on For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
9′10″ Skinny Love by Bon Iver on For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
9′18″ Minnesota, WI by Bon Iver on Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
15′18″ Holocene by Bon Iver on Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
16′38″ The Wolves (Act I and II) by Bon Iver on For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
23′00″ Blindsided by Bon Iver on For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
26′45″ Creature Fear by Bon Iver on For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
31′27″ Team by Bon Iver on For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
35′08″ For Emma by Bon Iver on For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
38′14″ Re: Stacks by Bon Iver on For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
50′16″ Perth by Bon Iver on Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
50′30″ Wash. by Bon Iver on Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
55′25″ Calgary by Bon Iver on Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)
60′16″ Towers by Bon Iver on Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar)