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Maggie Holland
Bones
Beyond the bands from which she emerged, singer, guitarist, banjo and bass player Maggie Holland's solo career has spanned from the National Theatre's Mysteries in the '80s to BBC4TV/The Barbican's Folk Britannia in 2006. Some of her supremely crafted original songs like A Place Called England, Perfumes Of Arabia and A Proper Sort Of Gardener have been recorded by folk luminaries like June Tabor and Martin Carthy but she's equally adept at hand-picking and re-interpreting works by others, from the well-known to the obscure. Bones – attractively Digi-packed with extensive notes by journalist/author Colin Irwin and Maggie herself – includes eight of her best-known original songs and two traditionals plus others by Billy Bragg, Bruce Cockburn, Tymon Dogg, Bob Dylan, Dave Evans, Robb Johnson, Peter Rowan, Chris Smither, John Tams, Richard Thompson and many more. It's a maxi-length 'best of' selection from her albums made between 1983 and 1991, plus a few previously unreleased tracks and a new recording of her BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-winning song "A Place Called England." The majority are on CD for the first time.
Lokua Kanza
Nkolo
Kanza draws on sounds from his father's village and his native Lingala tongue. A devout Christian, Kanza started out singing in the church in Kinshasha. Kanza, who now lives mainly in Brazil, was known as "The Brazilian" from an early age. The album' is a mixture of ndombolo [Congolese dance music] and samba, but Kanza also introduces instruments from outside these traditions, such as an ondes Martenot and a cristal Baschet (similar to a glass harmonica). Sung in Lingala, Portuguese and French, Nkolo is a strong cross-cultural mix, a blend of melody and atmosphere, with aesthetics defy simple catogorrization. Listen to Elanga Ya Muinda and Dipano
Sonnich Lydom and Morten Alfred Høirup
Svip Svap Svovlstikke
Lydom (1 and 2 row diatonic accordion, harmonica) and Hoirup (guitar/vocals) are both veteran performers on the Danish folk scene. They have each traveled the world with their music, recorded a number of albums and received a combined 9 Danish Music Awards. The album is named for an old dance tune from the island of Fanø. Lydom culled much of the music on the album from old tune collections and from archives at the Danish Institute of Folklore, music that has never before been recorded or published. Also on the album are three original tunes by Høirup, and three Danish songs. They are joine by Danish klezmer queen Channe Nussbaum on vocals, American fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld, Finnish jews harpist Tapani Varis and Danish fiddler Peter Gorm Sørensen, amongst others.
various
Imagine Africa
I do not go in for too many compilations, but this one stands out for its unique set of musicians and its collaborative spirit. East African artists from Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar offer music both traditional and modern, recordings made with care and respect for both the tradition and audio quality. Artistsinclude Witnesz, Bizmana Ntavoyo, Maryam Said Hamdun, Mahsein Ally, Anania Ngoriga, Nakite, and Bob Rudala from Tanzania, as well as Olith Ratego, Susana Owiyo, K'Odhialo, Ogoya Nengo, Katana Bin Kalama, Bismilahi Gargar, and Makadem from Kenya. Listen to Witnesz, Olith Batego and Suzanna Owiyo.
Dúmbala Canalla
M´enfango
A wild and rambuctious band, this Barcelona-based band combines the traditional music of the Balkans with traditional Catalan music, swing and klezmer, the music of the Eastern European Ashkenazi Jews. The present a raucous festival music full of rich, often circus-like melodies.
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Issa Juma and Super Wanyika Stars
World Defeats The Grandfathers
Wanyika Stars was the defining sound of Kenyan Swahili rumba in the late 70s and early 80s, and Issa Juma was a pivotal figure in both creating and giving it new directions. His powerful baritone voice was indisputably the best of the Wanyika clan and, constantly experimenting, his style could change with each producer and session. Carefully re-mastered, full-length recordings that include bona fide hits alongside rare, never-before-released tracks, this album is a long-overdue homage to a brilliant vocalist and band-leader, an innovative and accomplished musician. Listen
The Incredible String Band
Wee Tam and The Big Huge
Their fourth album was their most ambitious album to date, conceived as a double LP. First released in Europe as both a double LP and separate single LPs in November 1968. In the U.S., Elektra released the two albums separately as Wee Tam and The Big Huge, on the same day. By the second half of 1968, The Incredible String Band saw their popularity and reputation growing on both sides of the Atlantic, and they began to sell out large concert venues like the Fillmore (East and West) and London's Royal Albert Hall. The album reflected an even wider variety of influences than the previous two releases and was packed to overflowing with classic songs from Mike Heron and Robin Williamson. Deluxe 2CD set for the price of a single album. The Fledg'ling deluxe 2CD digipack edition comes in a choice of two front covers. Carefully remastered by original producer Joe Boyd, with engineer John Wood and mastering technician Simon Heyworth. The sets incorporate all elements of the original artwork and new sleevenotes from Mr. Boyd. Mike Heron (lead vocals, guitar, sitar, bass, organ, harpsichord, washboard, percussion, harmonica), Robin Williamson (lead vocals, guitar, bass, piano, drums, whistle, organ, violin, Irish harp, gimbri, sarangi, harpsichord, flute, kazoo, bass drum), Rose (violin, percussion), Licorice (Irish harp, percussion). Listen
V.A.
Une Anthologie des Musiques Traditionnelles (10 CDs)
This specially-priced set is a comprehensive anthology of the rich cultural heritage of French traditional music. This 10 volume compilation, featuring nearly 300 tracks, provides the listener a complete ethnomusicological panorama of the musical culture of France. The individual titles (recorded between 1900 and 2006) reveal the timeless and lasting nature of a collective memory reaching across whole generations, a memory which, in these times of globalization and uniformity, asserts the diversity of the heritage left to us by popular art-forms.
Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat
Songs From a Persian Garden
On 22 May this year KKV and two Western embassies arranged a remarkable concert. In a Persian garden in Tehran, the singers Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat broke the ban on public performances by women. The two sisters were accompanied by Knut Reiersrud and five other Norwegian and Iranian musicians
La Musgana
20
20th anniversary celebration by one of Spain's best known folk-roots ensembles; compilation of earlier recordings
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Amira and Merima Kljuco
Zumra
Although the songs on Zumra are beautiful examples of the standard repertoire of Bosnia's highly complex musical culture, Amira and Merima Kljuco's interpretations are far from standard. The title of the CD translates as 'emerald,' but the term can also be used to denote something that deviates from the norm. The music here is simultaneously original and contemporary. Contemporary not merely in its use of techniques, but also in its approach of the songs from a different perspective. Both with arrangement as well as with interpretation, a new dimension to a traditional song is created. Elements that are hidden in underlying layers are brought to the surface. Amira and Kljuco look at these traditional songs in a new light, and in so doing, 'rediscover' them and present them to us as the true gems they are.
Fotefar and Håvard Lund
Fest
FEST is the first CD from the folk trio Fotefar (Footprints) and clarinet player Håvard Lund. The trio is Lena Jinnegren, Bendik Lund Haanshus and Ragnhild Furebotten. Lena, from Sweden, has deep roots in rock, folk music and folk ballads. Ragnhild was nominated for the same award in 2008 for her solo CD "Endelig vals" (Finally a waltz). Bendik trained at the music conservatory in Trondheim, and plays in the group KADO and the tango music band Orangutango. Håvard is artist in residence for the cultural centre in Troms county, and now has a permanent position there as a musician, composer and arranger. He has played with the band Farmers Market, with Frode Fjellheim of Transjoik and collaborated with Trygve Seim.
Etoile de Dakar featuring Youssou N'Dour
Once Upon A Time In Senegal (2 CDs)
The Birth Of Mbalax 1979-1981 - There are not many African artists whose names are as well-known as Youssou N'Dour's. And it's not just his '7 Seconds' duet with Neneh Cherry, or his frequent collaborations with Peter Gabriel and others. No, you don't reach his status just by who you hang out with, you get there by who you are and what you do. On one level these 2 CDs form a chapter in the story of who Youssou N'Dour is. But on another they show him simply as an equal member of a band … a band in the right place at the right time and doing the right things. That brief but vital moment in time is captured in these 23 tracks selected from the cassettes that Etoile de Dakar recorded between 1979 and 1981. Several have never been released outside of Senegal, and all have been sensitively re-mastered from the earliest available audio source. These are the best sounding recordings of this material available.
Luis Delgado
As-Sirr
This exploration by noted musician and scholar Luís Delgado centers on the medieval muwaxahas: a poetic form originating in Al-Andalus, which within a short time extended all over the medieval world.
Ensemble Khan Bogd
Chinggis Ayalguu - Vol. III - Traditional songs from Mongolia
The ensemble was founded in 1997 by members of the Academy of Music in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. They use a number vocal styles: khöömij (throat singing), magtaal (praise songs) and traditional songs for women accompanied by tovshuur (lute), morin khuur (horse-head fiddle), yoochin (table zither), khuuchir (a spike fiddle), yatga (large tubular zither) and small percussion; as well as intrumental pieces for dance.
Gabriel Yacoub
de la nature des choses
It took seven years for this French artist to compose and record an all new studio work, but the wait is always worth it when you have an artist of such high caliber. Joined by a wonderful ensemble (including Gilles Chabenat, Yannick Hardouin, Julien Biget and many more), his voice is surrounded by deep folk roots and modern sounds, all to the service of 14 rich and marvelous songs. As you might suspect from this description, it comes highly recommended!
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Om Mikaelidagen - Kongero
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Four Swedish singers - Josefin Peters, Emma Björling, Lovisa Liljeberg and Emma Ludvigson - present songs aold and new for voices only, bringing, as they say it, "traditional Swedish music from out of the past and into the present. Kongero perform their music with dignity, warmth and humour." Listen to "Den som frisker är och sund" and "Konge-ro."
Traditional music from Uganda - Vol. I - Sarah Ndagire, Pedson Kasume and friends
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Sarah Ndagire: female voice, yodelling, ullulation, handclapping (engalo); Pedson Kasume: male voice, adungu (bow harp), adungu bass, endingidi (tube fiddle), amadinda (xylophone), engalabi (long drum), engoma (Uganda drum), ensaasi (shakers), akacenge (shakers), ebinyege (rattles), engalo
Verité d'Afrique - Pierre Akendengue
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The 19th album by one of Africa's most interesting artists (says Cliff), recorded in part, in a shanty town in Libreville, Gabon with the remaining tracks were finished up in Paris. While continuing to mine a traditional African vein, Akendengué also branches out in new musical directions, working with Cape Verdean producer Nado Andrade (best known for his role as pianist and musical director to Cesaria Evora), and even delving into reggae. However to please his fans, Akendengué also slips in an old favorite, "Considérable," amongst his new material. Originally written in 1972, the song's lyrics about pan-African unity remain as topical as ever.
Fez Club - Figli Di Madre Ignota
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This is the third release from a Milanese band who play an energetic mix of Balkan music, evil polkas, and klezmer with a twist. Mean swings and breathless tarantellas are all made up with surf guitars and a compelling horn section. Beginning in the late '90s, they found a natural inspiration in Balkan brass bands and klezmer melodies, and like every good self-declared rootless artist, they picked up the spirit of the dance-or-die and mixed it with a powerful rock combo. Guets include trumpeter Roy Paci, Seattle band Circus Contraption and Italian theatrical lunatics Banda Osiris.
The Kusum Beat - Sweet Talks
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Sweet Talks were amongst the top five most popular bands in Ghana during the 1970s having recorded a string of hit albums. ‘The Kusum Beat’ was originally released in 1974 and became a household favourite with heavy emphasis on the ‘Afro’ through its traditional rhythms and motifs, blended together into a modern mix that combined highlife, funk and Afrobeat Like a small handful of seminal Ghanaian albums, The Kusum Beat has stood the test of time and sounds as original and unique today as it did back in 1974.
Ghosts from the Basement - Various Artists
- 15.99
lost songs, dreams and folkedelica from the vaults of Village Thing, 1970-74 - Subtitled ‘the alternative folk label’, Village Thing Records released two dozen albums and a few singles between 1970 and 1974. With strong national press and radio support, the label prospered with a unique and hard-to-pin-down mix of established names and newcomers, original singer/ songwriter/ guitarists, a few visiting Americans, and folk entertainers. Over the years, many of Village Thing’s releases have gained cult status amongst collectors of ’70s ‘psych folk’, often changing hands for high prices and now enjoying a big revival of interest. This 20-track compilation to mark the label’s 40th anniversary is superbly remastered and comes in an environmentally friendly pack full of lots of old photos and detailed notes. It concentrates on the ‘contemporary folk’ core of Village Thing’s output and includes many items on CD in the UK for the first time or never previously released. Featured are Wizz Jones, Derroll Adams, A
The Time is Ripe - Ian A. Anderson
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rare psych folk from the Village Thing years 1970-73 - Following the release of his debut LP in 1969, country blues singer/guitarist Ian A. Anderson took a sudden left swerve into what now gets called psych folk or acid folk. Between 1970 and 1972 he released three albums on the now cult ‘alternative folk’ label Village Thing – the acoustic Royal York Crescent which showcased his interplay with guitarist Ian Hunt with whom he appeared at the first Glastonbury Festival; the folk/rock oriented A Vulture Is Not A Bird You Can Trust, recorded with a band including drummer Pick Withers, soon to be in at the start of Dire Straits; and Singer Sleeps On As Blaze Rages with steel guitarist Mike Cooper’s Machine Gun Company and some meaty forays onto 12-string guitar. With 2010 marking the 40th anniversary of Village Thing, a new generation seeking out the alt.folk music of the ‘60s and ‘70s, a spate of books on the music and the era, and old vinyl copies of Village Thing albums being highly valued by collector
Bones - Maggie Holland
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Beyond the bands from which she emerged, singer, guitarist, banjo and bass player Maggie Holland's solo career has spanned from the National Theatre's Mysteries in the '80s to BBC4TV/The Barbican's Folk Britannia in 2006. Some of her supremely crafted original songs like A Place Called England, Perfumes Of Arabia and A Proper Sort Of Gardener have been recorded by folk luminaries like June Tabor and Martin Carthy but she's equally adept at hand-picking and re-interpreting works by others, from the well-known to the obscure. Bones – attractively Digi-packed with extensive notes by journalist/author Colin Irwin and Maggie herself – includes eight of her best-known original songs and two traditionals plus others by Billy Bragg, Bruce Cockburn, Tymon Dogg, Bob Dylan, Dave Evans, Robb Johnson, Peter Rowan, Chris Smither, John Tams, Richard Thompson and many more. It’s a maxi-length 'best of' selection from her albums made between 1983 and 1991, plus a few previously unreleased tracks and a new recording of her BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-winning song "A Place Called England." The majority are on CD for the first time.
50 Years - Malung Spelmanslag
- 18.99
The Malung Spelmanslag's jubilee record is devoted entirely to dance rhythms, and the quick springlek tunes have pride of place. The fiddlers' group boasts several composers and eleven of the thirty-three tracks are new tunes in traditional style, including the group's signature tune, Selim Bengtlars' waltz In the Mountain Pastures. Hars Åke Hermansson sings a couple of songs and solos are played by Juha Höglund, bagpipes, and Kalle Almlöf, Joel Hermansson and Anders Almlöf, fiddle.
Valkyrien Allstars - Valkyrien Allstars
- 18.99
Three Norwegian fiddlers join forces to bring the tradition to life - Ola Hilmen, Tuva Livsdatter Syvertsen and Erik Sollid, joined by a full band, push the music into pop, rock, jazz and even some traditional folk songs. Listen and Listen
Manuia! - Ukulele Club de Paris
- 18.99
The mysterious Ukulele Club de Paris brings many different ingredients to the musical stew: the music of the South Seas, a healthy dose of jazz, some serious instrumental dexterity, a vaguely demented sense of humor and much more. This music is as hard to categorize as it is pleasure to hear. Utterly charming and highly recommended.
Rite - Unni Lovlid
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Norwegian vocal musc extraordinare. RootsWorld says: "Every once in awhile, an album emerges that is so singular that it appears to have dropped out of the sky like a diamond meteorite. Such is the case with the Norwegian vocalist Unni Lovlid's latest CD, Rite. In these days of post-folk, where bedroom laptop gurus deconstruct guitar chords and gauzy field samples, the human touch has migrated to anonymous microchip forests. Unni Lovlid's chief instrument, however, is her remarkable voice, as pure as a stream's refracted light and as lulling and seductive as a ripe moon. On Rite, Lovlid takes her voice into the dark organic wildwood of an imagination shadowed with possibilities: she gives birth to an art music of soothing strangeness."
áššogáttis (by the embers) - Sofia Jannock
- 18.99
The Swedish Sami singer will bring a number of references to mind, from the energy of Varttina to the jazzy sophistication of lena Willemark. But ultimately, she can stand on her own. This is her second recording, and its mix of sami roots, pop and jazz has many moods, from pure pop to complex new music. A fine singer, a great band and a willingness to experiement make this one well worth your consideration. Give her a listen.
As I went down to Horsham - Mabs and Gordon Hall
- 17.99
Traditional folk singing from England by two generations of the Hall family.
Randana - Le Trio Joubran
- 16.99
Palestinian musician and composer Samir Joubran - a master of the ud - is joined in duet and trio arrangements by his brothers Wissam Joubran, 20, and Adnan Joubran, 18.
Istanbul - Dimitrie Cantemir - Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall
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This release is mainly based on 'The Book of Science of Music,' published in 1710 by the Moldavian prince Dimitrie Cantemir, after many years spent in Istanbul. This unique manuscript enables us to discover rare jewels of Turkish traditional music. Jordi Savall already included some of the pieces from this collection in his album Orient-Occident (AVSA 9848), but he decided to explore it further. This portrait of Istanbul wouldn't have been complete without selections from the fascinating Armenian and Sephardic repertoire that was also familiar in the city during this time. Savall attempts to sheds new light on a Golden Age of cultural dialogue, with the help of Hespèrion XXI and outstanding Turkish and Armenian guests musicians. The result is a 'Jordi Savall experience' that goes beyond far beyond music.
African Pearls: Sénégal: Echo Musical - VA
- 21.99
A 2CD collection of music from '70s Senegal.Senegal has been strongly influenced by Cuban music coming to Dakar through Cuban sailors. Widely broadcast, the Afro-Cuban repertoire stands at the foundation of modern Senegalese music. Mornas and coladeras from Cabo Verde are also to be heard along Dakar streets. This collection brings together some famous names and some you have never heard before in a beautiful set of rugged roots. Artists include Omar Pene and Le Super Diamono; Star Band De Dakar; Etoile de Dakar; Xalam; Ifang Bondi; Orchestra Baobab; Star Band No. 1; and many others. 24 full tracks in all.
Next Stop... Soweto Vol. 2: Soultown, R and B, Funk and Psych Sounds From The Townships 1969-76 - various
- 15.99
Second of a 3-part series exploring underground South African music during the late '60s and '70s. Touches on mbaqanga and jazz artists who dabbled with soul and funk fusions during the early '70s: the Mgababa Queens and Mahotella Queens, and great SA jazz combo The Heshoo Beshoo Group, more. 22 tracks.
Cote D'Ivoire: West African Crossroads - various (African Pearls)
- 28.99
A fantastic double CD with 33 pearls recorded in Ivory Coast between 1966 and 1985. Artists include Ernesto Djédjé, Bailly Spinto and Amédée Pierre capture another aspect of the Golden Age of West African music.
Sidiba - Bako Dagnon
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One of Mali's premier Mande musicians and a respected female griot, born in the west of Mali. Bako sings with the authority, passion and wisdom born of having learned her craft the old way: not from recordings, as many young singers do nowadays, but at the feet of masters, deep in the countryside. As such, she may be one of the last griots to live according to the old ways, though she carries her message for the current age with a knowledge base that ranges from her native Biriko style, to the more lyrical Maninka music from Guinea to the Bambara style from Segou. Her songs sound deceptively simple; yet they are informed by a prodigious knowledge of Mande history and culture, with even Ali Farka Touré often consulting her and Banzoumana Sissoko, "the old lion" inviting her regularly to his house in the 1980s to sing famous old songs like "Janjon." She has the gift of bringing the old stories to life, making them sound utterly contemporary. She is the bridge between the old and the new.
Fotheringay 2 - Fotheringay
- 16.99
The 2nd release for UK folk-rock legends Fotheringay, including all members Sandy Denny, Pat Donaldson, Trevor Lucas, Gerry Conway, and Jerry Donahue. These are the original recordings from 1970. Fotheringay lasted less than a year, and released just one album. Now, the that debut album are joined by the eleven that would have constituted the follow-up. They broke up during the recording sessions for their second album but all the tapes survived. Thirty-eight years later, the surviving members have mixed all the material to finally complete the album.
Majaz - Le Trio Joubran
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The second recordng by Palestinian ud trio of Samir, Wissam, Adnan Joubran with guest percussionist Yousef Hbeitsch.
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