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Tag: folk

19/01/2024 nausika

Carry Them With Us: Scottish Gaelic folklore given new life by smallpipes and saxophone duo

Brìghde Chaimbeul, Carry Them With Us, Germany, Glitterbeat, GB 139 CD / vinyl LP (2023) Albums of instrumental music centred

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03/01/2024 Ed Pinsent

The Bonny Bunch of Roses

UK singer Sharron Kraus is one I’ve tended to associate with traditional English folk and ballad form, and her imaginative

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19/12/2023 nausika

Le d​é​sespoir utopique: eclectic selection of genre elements results in a wistful and complex meditation on human displacement

Forêt Endormie, Le d​é​sespoir utopique, Fiadh Productions, United States, FP210 cassette / vinyl LP (2023) In an age when, according

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24/11/2023 Ed Pinsent

Wolves of a Feather

Ah, this ought to be good – anything with “wolf” in the title gets my vote, with certain expectation that

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29/10/2023 nausika

Waillee Waillee: a wondrous work of spaced-out psychedelic folk and neo-mediaeval experimentation

Dorothy Carter, Waillee Waillee, United States, Palto Flats, PF012 CD / vinyl LP (December 2023 reissue) / Germany, Putojefe Records,

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24/09/2023 nausika

Nighturns: a compilation of minimalist experimental music drawing on African folk influences and field recordings of rituals

Un Caddie Renversé dans l’Herbe, Nighturns, Germany, Cellule 75, CELL-10 CD (2022) With a name like Caddie Renversé dans l’Herbe

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03/09/2023 Ed Pinsent

When the Bagpipe Sings i’ th’ Nose

François Robin and Mathias Delplanque L’Ombre de la Bête BELGIUM PARENTHESES RECORDS PREC18 CD (2022) French sampling-synth-composer bod Mathias Delplanque

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25/08/2023 Ed Pinsent

A Tangled Tale

Staraya Derevnya Boulder Blues RAMBLE RECORDS RAM-0082 LP (2022) Another fine one from this UK-Israeli collective of musicians who call

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23/08/2023 Paul Khimasia Morgan

Cantus Firmi

Michal Górczyńsky Regions POLAND Unzipped Fly Records RP05 CD (2021) A chunky set of pieces for contrabass clarinet, composed and

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30/07/2023 nausika

l’A Neuve: violin-percussion duo creating a highly textured if austere music

Anouck Genthon & David Meier, l’A Neuve, Switzerland, Wide Ear Records, WER068 limited edition CD (2022) Both Anouck Genthon and

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