Vilsevind - Dag o Natt (Argentina/Sweden 2019) @320
Vilsevind is the new band of Sergio and Johanna Ribnikov Gunnarsson (ex Huldreslåt). The name (pronounced Vílsevind) means "errant wind" in Swedish and describes the essence of his music perfectly: a...
View ArticleDuo TTC - Aux objets trouvés (France 2013) @320
The chromatic accordion is one of the most common instrument in the world ; it is also an instrument emblematic of France. However, it remains marginal in the revival of the music, trad, especially...
View ArticleHuldreslåt - Vallfärd Och Viljevandring (Argentina/Sweden 2015) @VBR
We are Huldreslåt, a Swedish-Argentine trio that perform Nordic Folk music with a particular taste of the Baltic island of Öland.01 - Genklang Från Det Förflutna (intro)02 - Käringen På Barnsöl03 -...
View ArticleKentigern - Kentigern (1979 Scitland) @VBR192
Kentigern was a group formed in 1978 out of a regular session at the Victoria Bar, Glasgow. This was a band who realised the increased range of variation which could be achieved by having more members,...
View ArticleBattlefield Band - Scottish Folk - Farewell to Nova Scotia (1976 Scotland) @320
Farewell to Nova Scotia is Battlefield Band's debut (studio) album. It was first released on LP in 1976 on the Breton label Arfolk as Scottish Folk and on the Escalibur label as Volume I - Farewell to...
View ArticleGeraldine MacGowan & Friends - Reconciliation (1995 Ireland)
The one-time singer in the band Oisin touches you with ballads and folksongs of feeling, traditional consciousness without schmaltz or pathos. With a heart warming voice, she sings poetic traditionals...
View ArticleGeraldine MacGowan Band - Somewhere Along the Road (2004 Ireland)
This long awaited recording from the Geraldine Mac Gowan Band is a rare and beautiful collection of songs from the vaults of Irish Tradition to the wealth of modern-day storytellers, together with...
View ArticleOisín - Oisín (1976 Ireland)
This 70s Irish folk group comprised Geraldine MacGowan (b. Dublin, Eire; vocals, bodhran) and, joining in the early 80s, Anne Conroy (accordion). Oisín’s 1987Winds Of Change, on Tara Records, was...
View ArticleOisín - Bealoideas (1978 Ireland) @224VBR
Bealoideas (Tradition) is Oisín's second 1978 album and concentrates on their vocal work. Here the songs come from the oral tradition, hence the title. Peata Beag do Mhathair is a stunning opener where...
View ArticleKornog - Korong (2000 France) @320
In the northwest of France lies the province of Brittany, where a unique Celtic culture hasflourished for centuries. Nearly twenty years ago, Kornog merged traditional Breton tunes with a Scottish...
View ArticleBon Débarras - Errance (Canada 2013) @320
Bon Débarras unites the worlds of music, dance and poetry through a collaboration between Montreal artists Dominic Desrochers, Jean-François Dumas and Marie-Pierre Lecault. The group brings together a...
View ArticleDuncan Chisholm - Redpoint [1997 Scotland] @320
The seminal album from Duncan Chisholm.1997’s Redpoint is regarded in terms of fiddle recordings as a modern classic. Recorded atPhil Cunningham’s Aigas studio this album has a classical flavour yet is...
View ArticleLeveret - New Anything (England 2015) @320
Leveret is a new trio featuring three of England's top instrumentalists - Andy Cutting, SamSweeney (Bellowhead) and Rob Harbron (The Full English). All three are well known for their work with numerous...
View ArticleTopette!! - C'est Le Pompon... (England / France 2017) @320
With a ready-punctuated name and an appealingly simple approach to graphics, Topette!! would be immediately memorable even if their music was not so captivating. Born out of the friendship of five...
View ArticleLeveret - In the Round (England 2016) @320
Leveret – an instrumental folk trio whose pedigree, should it be listed, would read like a condensed who’s who/family tree of English folk music. Their second album comes exactly a year since their...
View ArticleMartin Simpson, Andy Cutting & Nancy Kerr - Murmurs (England 2015) @320
It’s one of the strengths of the current British folk scene that its leading musicians keep regrouping in different bands. So after False Lights and Leveret comes this distinguished new trio, in which...
View ArticleNaragonia - Tandem (2005 Belgium) @320
Naragonia :Pascale Rubens (accordéon, violon, voix, xylophone)Toon Van Mierlo (Cornemuses, uillean pipes, flutes, clarinettes, accordéon)Invités :Grégory Jolivet (vielle)Philip Masure...
View ArticleLes Mains Baladeuses - Les Mains Baladeuses (France 2015) @320
Fabien Bucher: guitare, mandolineFabrice Kieffer: accordéon chromatique, vielle à rouePol Small: rik, daf, derboukaTracklist:1. Bourrée Nikriz2. Parquet surprise3. Toulouze Blouze4. Premiers pas5....
View ArticleThe Woods Band - The Woods Band (Ireland 1971) @320
The Woods Band was an Irish folk-rock band formed in 1970 by husband and wife team Gay & Terry Woods, shortly after their departure from Steeleye Span. The band played and recorded for four years...
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