Gay & Terry Woods - Tender Hooks (Ireland 1978) @320
Even in 1978, Steeleye Span were just a memory for Gay Woods and husband Terry. They had left after just one album and started The Woods Band using material they had written together. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleBivoac - Bivoac en concert (2007 France/Bretagne) @320
Jazz and folk: this is a particular hybrid that, when it works, creates its own mood. Certainly the ECM label is the most recognized purveyor of this variety of border-crossing; and there are other...
View ArticleSver - Fruen (2010 Norway) @320
Olav Luksengård Mjelva (fiddle, hardangerfiddle and viola); Vidar Berge (Guitars, harmonica, mandola); Leif I. Ranøien (squeezebox/ 2-row accoridion); Anders Hall (fiddle, hardangerfiddle and viola);...
View ArticleAlambic - Rue du Sablier (France 2009) @320
With "Rue du sablier", third album of the band, Alambic continues to compose and arrange its own music dedicated to "bal folk": let's dance!01 - Ballotage Favorable (Scottish Et Polka)02 - Absinthe...
View ArticleSver - Reverie [2018 Norway] @320
We are proud to release this album in our 10th year as a quintet. The whole shebang was recorded live in two energetic days filled with music, cosiness, and beer. We hope you enjoy the new tunes and...
View ArticleSver - Fryd (2015 Norway) @320
There are a couple of outstanding fiddlers in this Swedish/Norwegian group: you may have come across Olav Mjelva and Anders Hall as solo musicians, or in the Nordic Fiddlers Bloc with Shetlander Kevin...
View ArticleSnaarmaarwaar - B.L.O.C.K. (Belgium 2014) @320
Snaarmaarwaar is a Belgian three-piece outfit (though the line-up often delights to deceive with the sound of twice that complement!); the music is centred around creative and considered deployment of...
View ArticleHedningarna - Trä (Sweden 1994)
As popular in their own country as Top 40 rockstars are in the U.S., Scandinavia'sHedningarna is starting to get the attention they deserve from the rest of the world as well. Combining elements of...
View ArticleGarmarna - Guds Spelemän (Sweden 1996) @320
Guds spelemän is Garmarna's second full-length album, released in 1996. All songs except "Njaalkeme" are sung in Swedish. The album contains a number Scandinavian gloomy folklore songs.01 - Herr...
View ArticleBivOAc - **** (2014 France / Bretagne) @320
Les BivOAc :Raphaël Chevalier : violon, banjo Ronan Le Gouriérec : saxophone baryton, bombarde Ronan Robert : accordéon diatonique, chantLes **** :Laurent Carré : saxophone ténor Jean-Marie Nivaigne :...
View ArticleNovar - Emerald (2016 France / Belgium) @320
NOVAR, it’s new.Bits of trad, bits of electro.The brightness of the hurdy gurdy of Thierry Nouat and the darkness of Toon van Mierlo’s bagpipes.Massively supported by Jeroen Geerinck's keyboard and the...
View ArticleStelenko - Kan ha swing (2012 France / Bretagne) @320
Tracklist:01. Maitre Laurent (ridée 6 tps)02. Swing menez 1 (ton simpl de gavotte montagne)03. Swing kreiz (tamm kreiz)04. Swing menez 2 (ton doubl de gavotte montagne)05. Frehel (valse)06. Le fils de...
View ArticleLors Landat & Thomas Moisson - An Tan Skornet (2013 France / Bretagne) @320
On the face of it, this is a duo album of Breton singer Lors Landat and accordionist Thomas Moisson.. However, the album has very much a band sound – this is partly due to the full sound that Thomas...
View ArticleLe Bal de l'Éphémère - Azuré (2015 France) @320
from official site:The "Bal de l'éphémère" was born from the common desire to propose a repertory to dance "trad" on original compositions and texts.We Dance Mazurka, circles, Scottish, Chapelloises,...
View Articlem-zA - m-zA (2005 France / Bretagne) @320
Tracklist:1. Le moulignier (Traditionnel) 2. Amusez-vous jeunes filles (Traditionnel) 3. La vache noère (Traditionnel) 4. Dessous les lauriers blancs (Traditionnel) 5. Le couteau (Théodore Botrel) 6....
View ArticleSteeleye Span - On Tour (England 1982) @320
Live recording of two Steeleye Span concerts on February 8 and 9, 1982 at the Opera Theatre, Adelaide, Australia;Twelve of these tracks were reissued, remixed and digitally remastered by Nigel Pegrum...
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View ArticleAmazing Blondel - Fantasia Lindum (England 1971) @320
Fantasia Lindum was an album released by the band Amazing Blondel in 1971. It featured the style of music which they described as "pseudo-Elizabethan/Classical acoustic music sung with British...
View ArticleVäsen - Brewed (2017 Sweden) @320
Väsen return to the studio with 15 new original compositions, steeped in the tradition of Uppland, Sweden, yet crafted in a modern way that has become unique to this trio of revered musicians.01 -...
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