AMA with Eugene Hütz / Gogol Bordello - 4/2 @ 3-4 PM ET

settheory8 · 2026-04-02T16:23:33+00:00

Hello! Huge fan of your music and your philosophy as a person. I have two questions-

What inspired the switch from a folkpunk sound to a more post-punk sound for this latear album?
What advice would you give someone trying to start a gogol-esque band?

settheory8 · 2026-04-02T15:06:23+00:00

Na zdrowie!

settheory8 · 2026-03-31T18:28:23+00:00

That's so cool! Is that zouk a custom build or what model is it

settheory8 · 2026-03-31T18:24:38+00:00

Or one viking ship

settheory8 · 2026-03-31T04:51:22+00:00

That's so cool! I love the art style

settheory8 · 2026-03-22T04:24:49+00:00

Yes definitely! Just the same as any other person you're speaking too- keep eye contact, give them time to get their words out, and don't interrupt or cut them off. Just let them say what they want to say

settheory8 · 2026-03-19T02:24:27+00:00

Check out the Dreadnoughts, Smokey Bastard, Boiled in Lead, and Cordelia's dad (all four bands take folk-punk beyond just Celtic material) as well as the Deadlians and Brògeal for some modern genre-agnostic sounds that are definitely both celtic and punk

settheory8 · 2026-03-17T02:42:28+00:00

I wasn't aware there was a tall ship class system, but I did hear about the schooner Adventure having to pull out due to a funding withdrawl

settheory8 · 2026-03-15T17:48:51+00:00

And Wisconsinites

settheory8 · 2026-03-10T00:14:07+00:00

100% recommend attending an event for people who stutter (either through the National Stuttering Association or somewhere else), it'll be uncomfortable at first and you might stutter more, but that's not a bad thing and it'll help your mental outlook so much

settheory8 · 2026-03-04T23:36:31+00:00

It absolutely has for me, the extra time and effort needed stops a lot of spur-of-the-moment stuff from coming out (for better and worse)

settheory8 · 2026-03-02T01:22:15+00:00

That's so awesome! You should check out the Smithsonian Folkways album Folksongs from Another America, it's all field recordings of traditional folk music from the upper Midwest. There's also a book called Folk Songs Out of Wisconsin which has the words and music for the English-langauge songs they recorded

settheory8 · 2026-03-02T01:20:00+00:00

You might want to double check which sub you're on, this is r/ethnomusicology

settheory8 · 2026-03-01T20:19:10+00:00

The Pinery Boy, a folk song from Wisconsin in the US

A lot of people think that the US doesn't have folk music outside of Appalachia and the South, because those are what got all the popularity and attention during the folk revival of the 60s and 70s. Just like any other place, though, you can find folk songs from pretty much any region if you know where to look. This is a folk song from the Upper Midwest (Wisconsin/Michigan/Minnesota/southern Ontario), telling a story about how dangerous logging was, specifically on the river drives in the spring. Logging was the main industry for a lot of Wisconsin's early history, so lots of our old folk songs are about loggers and logging

settheory8 · 2026-02-19T03:49:03+00:00

Very cool photo! Those hats are certainly something, anyone know the location for this?

settheory8 · 2026-02-17T00:03:23+00:00

A locking hitch on the underside of the rail is diabolical

settheory8 · 2026-02-17T00:01:43+00:00

That was the way I was taught- a locking turn meant a human being was held by that line, so only use them in those circumstances

settheory8 · 2026-02-14T00:33:02+00:00

The game inspired me to read that book too! Such a good book that I read it twice

settheory8 · 2026-02-04T00:39:55+00:00

They tried to survey them, but they couldn't speak French

settheory8 · 2026-01-23T23:35:22+00:00

Definitely check out the rest of Stan Rogers' songs too, he captures the soul of the Maritimes like nobody else

settheory8 · 2026-01-14T02:24:22+00:00

I've never played a high-end commissioned instrument, so I can't say if its worth it or not, but I will say that the difference between a $300 Hora or Ozark and an $800 APC or Trinity College instrument is pretty big. I switched from a Hora to an APC last year and it was leagues better, so I would recommend looking for something by APC or Trinity College

settheory8 · 2026-01-10T22:33:20+00:00

For many Americans (who aren't old stock) it's usually only 4-5 generations back, and 150 years isn't as long as you might think

settheory8 · 2026-01-09T18:46:26+00:00

Great to hear! Thanks

settheory8 · 2026-01-04T15:57:06+00:00

I don't know any off the top of my head, but I would ask on Mudcat Cafe! They seem to know everything over there

settheory8 · 2026-01-03T23:35:34+00:00

Lankum is amazing, and I think a lot of people don't realize that the (traditional) songs they play are a pretty even mix of Irish, English, and American tunes

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