we can't go back in time , we cant fully understand how it was like centuries ago. but i think folk music can absolutely make us feel like the people then.we can feel for them.
noone knows who composed the folk songs.im not sure only one composed it. it was just a melody in the begining but the folk retouched it everytime they sing during decades which makes these folk songs perfect. Folk music posseses the happiness ,sorrow, excitement , despair of the ones before you. may be thats why its the only kind of music that can pull at your heartstrings easily.
enough of preach :) , i wonder whats your favorite folk song if you re interested in folk music. here is one of my favorite turkish folk music

This is my favourite Scottish folk song sang by my favourite Irish folk singer. Enjoy :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5fBppsntAE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUDtFdnn9oQ

thank you for the song :) which is really soothing . when it comes to scottish folk music, this occurs to me! i like this song, its so full of energy

hahaha:)) kool!

i worked for several yrs in a turkish resto. i came to love the music, as it played in the kitchen day and nite. thanks for the memory and links. very nice :)

you 're very wellcome :)) i hope that they played nice pieces of turkish music

finnish song i guess

Hawai'i '78

Hanohano Hawai'i

Hawai'i Aloha

No Ke Ano Ahiahi

hawai'i Aloha is very good!

a street band in istanbul consisting of a turk, french and a jew sing in hebrew.its very catchy.

> hawai'i Aloha is very good!

Israel Kamakawiwi'ole didn't write it, but he definitely does it justice. You may have heard this from him. It's one of his most well known covers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I

thanks for the link. love it!

The Imagined Village performing 'Cold, haily, rainy night'

Eliza Carthy singing The Rolling Sea

Anne Briggs singing The Time Has Come

Bert Jansch singing The Tree Song

you're wellcome :)

i know this song but havent heard this cover before .its very beatifully sung by him. it makes u want to listen to it over and over :)

Takes on an identity comparable to old American folk and spirituals.

Rosie I have no words for the ominous and despairing effect the drone in this song has on me.

Shanty Song

its not actually folk song but it a timeless song that s played in turkish restaurants so often.i hope you enjoy :)

nice! loved it

I don't know how we found each other, but I get to hear all of his folk music as it emerges. :)

http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_songs/866661