Traditional fiddlers Liz and Yvonne Kane are sisters from Letterfrack, a small village on the wild and scenic coast of Connemara, in County Galway. They released their third album Side by Side in July 2010, and kindly sent me a review copy all the way from Ireland. This record deserves attention as a brilliant example [...]
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The Kane Sisters: Side by Side (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, Celtic, fiddle, Irish, traditional, tagged acoustic, Celtic, fiddle, flute, Irish, traditional on August 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Genticorum: Nagez Rameurs (MP3)
Posted in accordion, acoustic, Canadian, fiddle, flute, male singer, traditional, world, tagged accordion, acoustic, Canadian, fiddle, flute, male singer, traditional, world on August 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Close your eyes and let the smooth flowing music of Genticorum transport you to another time and place, where French fur trappers and intrepid loggers navigate the roaring rivers and limitless lakes of the North Country. The core trio consists of Pascal Gemme, Alexandre de Grosbois-Garand, and Yann Falquet, and they are joined on their [...]
Grada: Natural Angle (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, Celtic, female singer, fiddle, flute, Irish, traditional, world, tagged acoustic, Celtic, female singer, fiddle, flute, Irish, singer-songwriter, traditional, world on June 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
From the Better Late Than Never Dept: Here’s a post on Grada’s latest release Natural Angle. I hate it when I’m rummaging through some random pile of desktop detritus and find a CD I should have reviewed a year ago. That’s what happened with Natural Angle, which came out early in 2010. It’s so good [...]
Nettle Honey: Wild Greens and the Old Path (MP3)
Posted in acoustic, banjo, female singer, festival, fiddle, male singer, old-time, singer-songwriter, traditional, tagged acoustic, banjo, female singer, festival, fiddle, male singer, old-time, singer-songwriter, traditional on June 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Here’s another band we heard and met at NW Folklife. Nettle Honey is an old-time quartet from Seattle, WA that plays equal parts classic standards and original compositions. Their sound is as pure as the Northwest rain that falls on her mist-shrouded mountains and fills her roaring rivers. They’ve taken pure-core Appalachian chops and applied [...]
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