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Since their inception in 1985, Minneapolis folk-rockers the Jayhawks have flown beneath the radars of critics and listeners alike, releasing meticulously crafted, country-tinged albums like 1995's "Tomorrow the Green Grass" and 2000's "Smile" on major labels while missing out on wider successes.
Dust of the Old, Boot Up the New Andy Beta 2011
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The obvious comparison is with those excellent Beijing-based Mongolian folk-rockers Hanggai, but Anda Union take a more traditional, acoustic approach, matching their sometimes growled and eerie throat singing techniques against morin khuur horse head fiddles, flute and Mongolian percussion – and with no guitars or keyboards.
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Ellen Reid's lone lead vocal (Put a Face) comes at the tail-end of this typically quirky project from the veteran folk-rockers, and by then you may have had enough of Brad Roberts 'croaky baritone.
Listen Up: Dead Weather goes bobbing through choppy 'Sea' 2010
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Thanks to the alt-folk revival, even lesser-known 70s psychedelic folk-rockers are back in fashion.
Dr Strangely Strange: Heavy Petting and Other Proclivities – review 2011
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Then it dawned on me that the Strawberries were a conflation of Brit folk-rockers the Strawbs and pop overnight sensations the Raspberries.
Michael Sigman: Inflation May Be Under Control, But Watch Out for Conflation 2010
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Then it dawned on me that the Strawberries were a conflation of Brit folk-rockers the Strawbs and pop overnight sensations the Raspberries.
Michael Sigman: Inflation May Be Under Control, But Watch Out for Conflation 2010
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Then it dawned on me that the Strawberries were a conflation of Brit folk-rockers the Strawbs and pop overnight sensations the Raspberries.
Michael Sigman: Inflation May Be Under Control, But Watch Out for Conflation Michael Sigman 2010
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Then it dawned on me that the Strawberries were a conflation of Brit folk-rockers the Strawbs and pop overnight sensations the Raspberries.
Michael Sigman: Inflation May Be Under Control, But Watch Out for Conflation 2010
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Then it dawned on me that the Strawberries were a conflation of Brit folk-rockers the Strawbs and pop overnight sensations the Raspberries.
Michael Sigman: Inflation May Be Under Control, But Watch Out for Conflation Michael Sigman 2010
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Then it dawned on me that the Strawberries were a conflation of Brit folk-rockers the Strawbs and pop overnight sensations the Raspberries.
Michael Sigman: Inflation May Be Under Control, But Watch Out for Conflation 2010
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