July 16, 2024

Week 8 of folk-unlike on Gulls Window Circus covers the letters O-Q, with a side-stop on a missed L band starting off the show proper. This time the big names are The Only Ones, The Posies, Prefab Sprout, John Prine, Procol Harum, Suzi Quatro and Quicksilver Messenger Service, but you would be extremely short-changed if you didn’t immerse yourself in the lesser known artists, as those are the jewels the make this ring shine.

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July 9, 2024

Week 7 of folk-unlike on Gulls Window Circus, the companion series to folk-like, minus the constraint of finding the folk styled track by the artist – same artists in the same alphabetical order. Big names such as Meat Puppets, Joni Mitchell, The Monochrome Set, Morrissey, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Leonard Nimoy, NRBQ, Tubeway Army and Laura Nyro, stand aside the jewels from deeper within (everything else I didn’t just mention, all just as strong as the big guys).

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July 2, 2024

The sixth week in the folk-unlike series on Gulls Window Circus (the companion to the folk-like series, minus the ‘folk’ constraint) covers the letters L-M admirably, offering both known and unknown artists of all stripes, with my favorite of their lesser-known tracks woven to fit with their alphabetic neighbors. If I talk about one song I will have to talk about every song, so I urge you to listen and draw your own set of faves.

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June 25, 2024

The fifth week of the folk-unlike series on Gulls Window Circus alphabetically covers artists from H-K, with the first 3 songs featuring 3 artists I missed during their proper time. Now that we are deep in this companion series to folk-like, I can see that this series still mostly works as Folk rock, psychedelic folk, indie folk and acoustic rock, but definitely not in all tracks. I worked to dig out lesser-known artists for folk-like, so it is nice to give them one more change to shine, with the initial ‘folk’ constraint removed. I believe any rocker with an open mind will be thoroughly entertained.

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June 18, 2024

The fourth week of the folk-unlike series on Gulls Window Circus covers the letters F-H alphabetically. The artists in this show correspond to shows #615 and 616 in the original folk-like series, but don’t have the folk feel that qualified them for the original series. As a result you have some excellent music by artists plying their signature sound, which in some cases retains a folk rock, psychedelic folk, indie folk, or acoustic rock feel. Each track brings great joy to me, and surely will to you as well.

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June 11, 2024

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June 4, 2024

The second week of the Gulls Window Circus folk-unlike series finishes the letter ‘B’ and settles in on ‘C’. You can go back to shows #613/614 to hear the original folk-like selections. This time around I’ll be playing my fave songs from the artists, with no stylistic boundaries. Much good music ahead!

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May 28, 2024

Today starts the folk-unlike series on Gulls Window Circus. This is the companion series to folk-like (shows #613-624), with the ‘folk’ restraint removed. You will hear the same artists as before played alphabetically, but this time I’ll be choosing my favorite track instead hunting for the folk-like song. You will notice that many of the artists in the previous series do not sound anything like folk in their normal guise, and you will get to hear some incredible music as we go.

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