Univrs. (RASTER NOTON R-N 133) by Alva Noto is a record which I would like to think celebrates the joys
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Folk and Folk-Rock Christmas 2011
The Sound Projector Christmas Radio Show Friday 16th December 2011 Steeleye Span: ‘Hard Times of Old England’ ‘Gaudete’ ‘The Wife
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The Tree in the Quadtych From Sheffield here’s Cameron Deas, another guitar-playing acoustic Englishman worthy to hold his head alongside
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Twenty of Another Kind A lengthy triple-CD box set of microtonal minimalism is Twenty Ten (12K1066) by the New York
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Pilesar Please Me Radio Friendly (PUBLIC EYESORE PE112) is an energetic set of crazy songs delivered roughly in the lo-fi,
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One hour of dank and clammy Swedish drone from Keränen, who spends the entire disc describing the lurid lighting effects
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On Edges (+3DB 010), the improvising double-bass player Michael Francis Duch steps up to the manly task of performing compositions
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Leaves From Off The Tree (BO’WEAVIL RECORDINGS WEAVIL16CD) is another shining example of contemporary folk music from the very fine
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American crusader of loon-boon cut-up mayhem Ros Bobos returns with his release for this year, Mandatory Astral Projections (NO NUMBER
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Folk Rock II (TSP radio 06/02/09)
Richard and Linda Thompson, ‘When I Get to the Border’ (1974) From I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
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