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Gryphon
British band
Malicorne
French electric folk group
Comus
70's British progressive folk band
Ougenweide
Ougenweide was a German folk rock band. They are notable for being pioneers of the medieval folk rock subgenre. The name comes from Middle High German ougenweide (Augenweide - feast for the eyes).
Landberk
Landberk was a Swedish prog/art rock band, characterized by a dark, sombre tone in their music. They were notable for their utilisation of the mellotron, which was as important as the guitar in their music. Landberk's last live performance was in Oslo 1999. The band released three studio albums during the 1990s, Riktigt Äkta (1992), followed by One Man Tells Another (1994) and Indian Summer (1996). They also recorded a cover version of No More White Horses, a song by T2, an almost forgotten psychedelic rock band from the 1960s.
The Savage Rose
Danish rock group
Auri
Finnish band
YU grupa
Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band
Kebnekajse
Kebnekajse is a Swedish band that was most active during the 1970s after its members left the Mecki Mark Men. The band was greatly influenced by both traditional Swedish folk music and African music. The name is taken from Kebnekaise, the highest mountain in Sweden. The spelling of the band name was originally the correct spelling of the mountain, but for the last two albums (Kebnekajse and Idioten), it was changed it to the present spelling.
Bellowhead
Bellowhead is an English contemporary folk band, active from 2004 to 2016, reforming in 2020. The eleven-piece act played traditional dance tunes, folk songs and shanties, with arrangements drawing inspiration from a wide range of musical styles and influences. The band included percussion and a four-piece brass section. Bellowhead's bandmembers played more than 20 instruments among them, whilst all performers provided vocals.
Dando Shaft
British band
Pierrot Lunaire
Italian music band
Hoelderlin
Hoelderlin were a German progressive rock band that was formed in 1970 as Hölderlin by brothers Joachim and Christian von Grumbkow with Nanny de Ruig, whom Christian was married to. They were influenced by rock, jazz, and folk music.