Folk Songs (Kronos Quartet album)

Folk Songs
Studio album by
Kronos Quartet with Sam Amidon, Olivia Chaney, Rhiannon Giddens, and Natalie Merchant
ReleasedJune 9, 2017 (2017-06-09)
RecordedSeptember 21–22, 2014 ("Last Kind Words" recorded June 6, 2016)
Studio
  • Avatar Studios, New York City, New York, United States
  • Studio Trilogy, San Francisco, California, United States ("Last Kind Words")
GenreAmerican folk music, Irish folk music
Length39:34
LanguageEnglish, French ("Montagne, que tu es haute")
LabelNonesuch
ProducerDoug Petty
Kronos Quartet chronology
Alexandra Vrebalov: the Sea Ranch Songs
(2016)		 Folk Songs
(2017)		 Ladilikan
(2017)
Sam Amidon chronology
The Following Mountain
(2017)		 Folk Songs
(2017)		 Fatal Flower Garden (A Tribute to Harry Smith)
(2019)
Olivia Chaney chronology
The Longest River
(2015)		 Folk Songs
(2017)		 The Queen of Hearts
(2017)
Rhiannon Giddens chronology
Freedom Highway
(2017)		 Folk Songs
(2017)		 There Is No Other
(2019)
Natalie Merchant chronology
Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings
(2015)		 Folk Songs
(2017)		 Butterfly
(2017)

Folk Songs is a 2017 studio album by American string quartet Kronos Quartet, featuring classical and roots musicians Sam Amidon, Olivia Chaney, Rhiannon Giddens, and Natalie Merchant. It has received positive reviews from critics and was followed in 2020 by Long Time Passing, a collection of Pete Seeger songs by the Kronos Quartet.

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