These changes represented a further departure from traditional folk music. The Byrds with hits such as Seeger's "Turn! Turn! Turn!" were emblematic of a new term folk rock. Barry McGuire left The New Christy Minstrels and recorded Eve of Destruction in 1965. Other performers such as Simon & Garfunkel and The Mamas & the Papas created new, hard-to-classify music that was folk-inflected and often included in discussions of folk rock.
During this period, the term "protest music" was often used to characterize folk music with topical political themes. Folk singers and songwriters such as Phil Ochs, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Arlo Guthrie and Tom Paxton followed in Woody Guthrie's footsteps, writing "protest music" and topical songs and expressing support for various causes including the American Civil Rights Movement and anti-war causes associated with the Vietnam War. A number of performers who had begun their careers singing largely traditional material, as typified by Baez and Collins, began to write their own material.
The Canadian performers Gordon Lightfoot, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Cockburn and Joni Mitchell represented such fusions and enjoyed great popularity in the U.S.; all four were eventually invested with the Order of Canada. Many of the acid rock bands of San Francisco began by playing acoustic folk and blues. The Smothers Brothers television shows featured many folk performers, including the formerly blacklisted Pete Seeger.
Bonnie Koloc is a Chicago-based American folk music singer-songwriter who made her recording debut in 1971, three years after several popular recordings by Melanie, who had released her first album in 1968 with a folk/pop blend.
The late 1960s saw the advent of electric folk groups. This is a form of folk rock, with a focus on indigenous (European, and, emblematically, English) songs. A key electric folk moment was the release of Fairport Convention's album Liege and Lief. Guitarist Richard Thompson declared that the music of the band demanded a corresponding "English Electric" style, while bassist Ashley Hutchings formed Steeleye Span to pursue a more traditional repertoire performed in the electric folk style. Exponents of electric folk music such as Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Alan Stivell and Mr. Fox saw electrification of traditional musical forms as a means to reach a far wider audience.
Krummi
Valravn Lyrics
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kaldri vetrarnóttu á
:verður margt að meini:
Fyrr en dagur fragur rann,
freðið nefið dregur hann,
:undan stórum steini:
Hammm Hammm
Á sér krummi ýfði stél
Einnig brýndi gogginn vel
:flaug úr fjalla gjótum:
Lítur yfir byggð og bú
Á bæjum fyrr en vaknir hjú
:veifar vængjum skjótum:
Hammm Hammm
Sálaður á síðu lá
sauður feitur garði hjá
:fyrrum frár á velli:
Krúnk krúnk nafnar komið hér
Krúnk krúnk því oss boðin er
:Krás á köldum svelli:
Hammm Hammm
The song, "Krummi" by Valravn, tells the story of a raven that sleeps in the cliff cave, on a cold winter night. The lyrics depict that the raven, living in the wild, faces many challenges in its life. The morning sun arrived slowly, and his beak was frozen as he moves to escape a big stone that rolls down from the cliff. In the chorus, the sounds of "Hammm Hammm" symbolize the raven's call, which adds a gloomy atmosphere to the song.
Later, as the day begins, the raven spreads his wings and flies over the villages and towns, enjoying the speed of its flight. It observes the life of humans as they awake from their sleep. The lyrics suggest that the raven is likely to scavenge for his prey, steal food, and do things that humans wouldn't like. The song then ends with the raven on a high note, as it is content with its life.
In conclusion, "Krummi" is a song that sheds light on the life of wild animals, specifically a raven. The lyrics communicate the daily struggles and joys the bird experiences in its life.
Line by Line Meaning
Krummi svaf i klettagjá, kaldri vetrarnóttu á :verður margt að meini:
Krummi slept in the crevices of the cliffs, on a cold winter night when trouble was brewing.
Fyrr en dagur fragur rann, freðið nefið dregur hann, :undan stórum steini:
Before dawn broke, Krummi's nose led him away from danger, scampering from underneath a great stone.
Á sér krummi ýfði stél, Einnig brýndi gogginn vel :flaug úr fjalla gjótum:
Krummi wore bright feathers, sharpened his eyesight, and soared out of mountain gorges.
Lítur yfir byggð og bú, Á bæjum fyrr en vaknir hjú :veifar vængjum skjótum:
Looking over homes and farms, Krummi waved his swift wings over towns before anyone was awake.
Sálaður á síðu lá, sauður feitur garði hjá :fyrrum frár á velli:
A chubby sheep lay by the fence, once lively on the field, now lifeless by the wayside.
Krúnk krúnk nafnar komið hér, Krúnk krúnk því oss boðin er :Krás á köldum svelli:
Caw caw, the ravens have arrived, caw caw, summoned to feast on carrion in the cold fields.
Contributed by Kayla E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Jakir982
If this not northern "power-mongering", then what is?
Don´t you feel like you fly with crows, proudly!
Everything under-neath are weak!
You, the Crows, rule the frosty morning, when sun is just waking up his pale face..
A village full of Good meat, slain around on the cold ground..
Croak, croak!
Call our friends from far!
Croak, croack!
Let´s feast on them!
(just feeling of the song, not much to do with the words of this great song)
M4sk3d-M4n
The Icelandic language is beautiful.
Erik
very beautiful, very original, very historic.
forever animal lover♡
True I wish I lived in Iceland 🇮🇸
Dallas Brown
Did you know , icelandic language is the closet language to old Norse language. And the closet to icelandic language is Norwegian.
teletubby queen
Sure is!
Pinar Feltham
Since the written language has not changed much, Icelanders are able to read classic Old Norse literature created in the 10th through 13th centuries (such as the Eddas and sagas) with relative ease. All north germanic languages have beautiful sounds yet well done Iceland to protect your culture and language so well. both the language and the country are amazing.
Mackenzie Lyon
Icelandic folk type songs are so beautiful 😍
Anyone know any more good ones?
Joshua Attig
Beautiful masterpiece of music
Arnkæll
this was wonderful, you should make one for the other version that they did! :)
hawran hrafnain
what the other version?