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Sidewalk Songs & City Stories- New Urban Folk

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Terms like "Neofolk", "Antifolk" or "Weird Folk" have been making the rounds for quite some time - a new generation has taken over the microphone,
and their folk is hybrid and unorthodox using elements of free improvisation & punk, mixing soothing melodies with drastic lyrics. Compiled by Martin
Buesser, "Sidewalk Songs & City Stories" assembles the forerunners & influences of these new songwriters (Jad Fair, Daniel Johnston and Eugene
Chadbourne) alongwith Devendra Banhart, the neodadaistic collectives Dufus and Huggabroomstik. The melancholic Kimya Dawson and Jeffrey
Lewis and musicians like The Microphones and Animal Collective, who connect folk with electronica and free improvisation. This compilation shows
the new singer songwriters take on American folk heritage
SIDEWALK SONGS & CITY STORIES FEATURING:
Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston - The Frogs - Eugene Chadbourne - Noise Addict - Kimya Dawson & Jeffrey Lewis - Prewar Yardsale - Double Deuce -
Diane Cluck - Jeffrey Lewis - Hiperjinx Tricycle - The Babyskins - Dufus - Kimya Dawson - Ben Haschish - Huggabroomstick - Calvin Johnson - The
Microphones - Devendra Bahnart - Animal Collective - André Herman Düne