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Okay, so I've decided to compile a list of sorts for finding various of whatever genre of folk/neofolk/whatever you choose to call it that I like. This is by no means definitive, and I would love to learn about more of this stuff. going roughly chronologically, I'll start with Tolkien. So the Rankin-Bass hobbit soundtrack has great moments (need to find my dad's copy to digitize it). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dQ5c5SIYnc&list=PL7C0F6C1E40FBEF53 is where it may be found on youtube. a good chunk of the 1980 return of the king music may be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqvb_n8NZJ8&list=PL-HMOtGZW-4DlhOuQYvoSauIRPiRhyRFr&index=6 https://www.youtube.com/@ClamaviDeProfundis has done various songs from Tolkien's work, as well as many originals, I'd suggest Oshrjad Bonebreaker.

later, or maybe not, I am unsure, we have a generation that did some stuff: https://www.youtube.com/@SongsfromtheStars has a lot of these some specific names to potentially look out for: Alexander James Adams and his predecessor, Heather Alexander; Liz Fish, S.J. tucker, and Vic Tyler; these people participate in what is called filk, I am not in any way well versed on the topic, so I direct you to @filkyeahfilk for more info.

My number one pick in this genre thingy is the Mechanisms, who may be found here https://www.youtube.com/@themechanisms as well as Spotify, Bandcamp, and their website https://themechanisms.com. one other adjacent channel that is fan run is https://www.youtube.com/@TheVoidSings which has lyrics for the songs and a lot that was not officially recorded and work associated with various band members. I'll add a mention for the Cog is Dead and Aurelio Voltaire, although they are outside of the main purview for this list. the Forgetmenauts are also worth mention, if partially because it seems like most fans of the mechanisms on this website are also fans of them. Mostly found at https://www.youtube.com/@TheForgetmenauts, spotify, and bandcamp. One other one I'll put out here is Ye Banished Privateers, they tend to be more in metal spaces than folk from what I've seen, but going off of sound, they belong here. I would recommend Rowing with One Hand if you have a dirty sense of humor and the capstan shanty if you don't found at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEcxXAc938ASv-Yljju-yDg , and on Bandcamp and spotify.