Swedish folk supergroup Väsen will release Väsen Street (NorthSide) on August 18, 2009. Olov Johansson (nyckelharpa), Roger Tallroth (guitar) and Mikael Marin (viola) have toured together for 20 years and are celebrating the milestone with this new recording. The repertoire here consists of newly composed material, old Väsen favorites not recorded earlier, and some traditional [...]
Posts Tagged ‘world’
Väsen Street (MP3)
Posted in Scandinavian, acoustic, fiddle, nyckelharpa, traditional, viola, world, tagged acoustic, fiddle, nyckelharpa, Scandinavian, traditional, viola, world on August 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Live Oak Music Festival and Joe Craven
Posted in Cajun, Celtic, bluegrass, blues, female singer, festival, male singer, rock, singer-songwriter, world, tagged bluegrass, blues, Cajun, Celtic, female singer, festival, male singer, rock, singer-songwriter, world on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Calling all California music-lovers! Now is the time to get your tickets for the wild and crazy Live Oak Music Festival 2009, to be held on June 19-20-21. This benefit for KCBX Public Radio, which happens annually in the hills near Santa Barbara, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. Fiddlefreak will be in attendance—hope to see [...]
Pale Imperfect Diamond: Behind the Music
Posted in Uzbeki, female singer, male singer, traditional, world, tagged female singer, male singer, traditional, Uzbeki, world on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Some may call it World Music, some may call it Uzbekigrass, or whatever … we want to spread this great American music out into the world… and more important to us, we want to expose listeners here to what’s going on over there.” Sitting in the Carter Family homestead in southwest Virgiania, John Carter Cash [...]
Cedar Hill Refugees: Pale Imperfect Diamond (MP3)
Posted in accordion, acoustic, dobro, male singer, mandolin, world, tagged acoustic, dobro, male singer, mandolin, world on March 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Can you point to Uzbekistan on a world map? Me neither. Ever heard of an Uzbek jam band called Jadoo? Me neither. Ever heard truly transcendant music that successfully blends modern and ancient traditions from vastly separated regions? Well I guess I have, but not many. (I might name Deep Forest and Afro-Celt Sound System, [...]
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