FolkWorld #44 03/2011

CD & DVD Reviews

  English Reviews

Antonio Amato Ensemble "Furtuna" Italy
Various Artists "Steele The Show - The Songs of Davy Steele" Scotland
Barbara Dickson "Words Unspoken" Scotland
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama "The Future of our Past" Scotland
Ghetonia "Live in Salento" Italy
Bregada Berard "Bon Nadal Occitania" Italy
Gai Saber "Angels Pastres Miracles - Chancons de Nadal en Occitania" Italy
Kraja "Brusand Hav" Sweden
Vigüela "Entre Tonadas" Spain
Iñaki Plaza & Ion Garmendia "20 Hatz Proiekt" Spain
Korrontzi "Getxo" Spain
Boys of the Hills "Boys of the Hills" Spain
Kherau "Munduan Ortzoik" Spain
Mielotxin "Cuando la Beharra Obliga" Spain
Mercedes Peon "SÓS" Spain
Rosa Cedron & Cristina Pato "SOAS Muller" Spain
Uxia "Danza das Areas" Spain
Various Artists "Musica Galega Hoxe" Spain
O’Carolan "Nota de Paso" Spain
Tom Doherty "Dance Sean Nós" Ireland
The Kane Sisters "Side by Side" Ireland
Three Mile Stone "Three Mile Stone" USA
Mr Ho's Orchestrotica "The Unforgettable Sounds of Esquivel" USA
Matt Cranitch & Jackie Daly "The Living Stream" Ireland
Antóin MacGabhann & Mick O'Connor "Doorways & Windowsills" Ireland
Hugh Healy & Michael O'Connell "We Were Drinking and Kissing the Ladies" Ireland
Matheu Watson "Matheu Watson" Scotland
Hoogie "Spot the Bothy" Scotland
Natalie MacMaster "Live in Cape Breton" Canada
Vishtèn "Live" Canada
Shannon Heaton "The Blue Dress" USA
Kitus "Après l'After" France
Rowan Leslie "Itchy Fingers" Northern Ireland
Casey Driessen "Oog" USA
The Old Swan Band "Swan for the Money" England
Folkcorn "Wie sal dan" Netherlands
Twee violen en een bas "De graaf van Buuren" Netherlands
Chimera "Uitgevlogen" Netherlands
Bandasud "Sudmusik" Germany
Ton Rulló I la Pegebanda "Menja I Calla!" Spain
Jody Adams "Voices of Home" USA
Kataya "Voyager" Finland
Slagr "Straum, stille" Norway
No Border Orchestra "Arctic Cinema" Norway
Shira Etana "Spiel Klezmer" Norway
Klezwoods "Oy yeah!" USA
Mishkale "Tanz tanz" Italy
skaZka Orchestra "Farada" Germany
Sirba "Strast" Germany
Tara Fuki "Sens" Czech Republic
Vägilased "Kes aias" Estonia
Gankino Circus "Spielt das Potpourri des Herrn Baron von Gunzenhausen" Germany
Wuppinger & L’orchestre Europa "Fais ton cirque" Germany
Scarazula "Balam kuk" Germany
The Red Sea Pedestrians "Adrift" USA
Piirpauke "Koli" Finland
Aranis "Roqueforte" Belgium
Aurelia "The Hour of the Wolf" Belgium
Alpcologne "Alpsolut" Germany
Christian Muthspiel’s Yodel Group "May" Austria
The Pickpocket Ensemble "Memory" USA
Jarek Adamow "Ethnomalia Project" Poland
Siegra "Memories of the Stone" Poland
Kremlinaires "The Ghost of Uncle Joe" Britain
Lenka Lichtenberg "Fray" Canada
Terrae "Unknown People" Italy
Bezobratri "Bezobav" Czech Republic
Ida Kelarova, Desideriem Duždou, Tomáš Kačo, Škampa Quartet "Romská balada" Czech Republic
Dreamers Circus "Dreamers Circus" Denmark
Daniel & Emma "Innerligheten" Sweden
Sinatra Tribute Band & Max Neissendorfer "All the Way" Germany
Marco Lobo e Convidados "Bahia" Brazil
Die.hammerling "Hommage an die verlorenen Sprachen" Germany / Austria
Sonalp "Moutor" Switzerland
Bengalo "Foy" Norway
Ensemble Marâghî "Anwâr" Italy
Maramme "Terre senz aqua" Germany / Italy
Andrea Capezzuoli & Francesco Nastasi "Per fare legria ai siuri de Milan" Italy
Pratola Folk "È n’ammuina" Italy
Gregor Huebner "El violin Latino" Germany
Fürstenecker Nyckelharpa Consort "Carpe Harpam" Sweden
Daniel Pettersson "Oxögon" Sweden
Dalsland Spelmansförbund "Drivved" Sweden
Jaune Toujours & Mec Yek "RE: plugged" Belgium
Svjata Vatra "Zillja zelenen’ke" Estonia / Ukraine
Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird "Lost Causes" USA
Kirsten Bråten Berg "Songen" Norway
A Fil de Ciel "Vertigo" Italy
Shlomit "Tehora" Israel
Maja Osojnik Band "Black Waters" Slovenia
Ensemble Oni Wytars "Mediterraneum" Germany
Zefiro Torna "O, monde aveugle!" Belgium
Bob Brozman, John McSherry & Dónal O’Connor "Six Days in Down" Ireland / USA
Harry Payuta & Friends "Zacatecoluca" Germany
Chris Newman "Still getting away with it" England
Trondheimsolistene "In folk style" Norway
Uchsummer "Ymai" Russia
Stepanida "Impressio" Russia
Olchey "Shuga" Russia
Opycham "s.t.i.h.i." Russia
Bylina "About Dobrynya" Russia
Oktay "That we should build" Russia
Mel d’oro "Another Glass of Wine" Germany
Flutterband Trio "Bach Tunes and Free Tango" Germany
Uwaga! "Rich Man" Germany
Uwaga "Achtung" Germany
Bonovo "Bonovo" Spain
Zariza Gitara "Pashe Yagorya" Russia / Kazakhstan / Ukraine / Germany
Sergent Pépère "Du vent sous les robes" France
Sergey Starostin "Zhyli-Byli" Russia
Sväng "Schladtshe!" Finland
Les Yeux d’la Tête "Danser sur les toits" France
Maria Kalaniemi "Vilda roser" Finland
Zywiolak "Muzyka psychodelicznej switezianki" Poland
Zywiolak "Nowa ex-tradycja" Poland
Zywiolak "Nowa mix-tradycja" Poland
Evening Star "One" France / Italy / Spain / England
Maalstroom & Jo Freya "Meet" Netherlands / England
Blowzabella "Dance" England
Tim Eriksen "Soul of the January Hills" USA
Horslips "Live at the O2" Ireland
Dr. Eugene "Dr. Eugene" Belgium
Triple-X "Wodka Vaseline" Belgium
Startijenn "'Kreiz da fas !" France
Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller "Shadows Tall" Scotland
Lorne MacDougall "Hello World" Scotland
The Shee "Decadence" Scotland
NicGaviskey "Home away from Home" USA / Ireland
Robbie O'Connell, Aoife Clancy, Donal Clancy "The Clancy Legacy" Ireland
Tattie Jam "Jam" Scotland
Matt Seattle Band "Reivers of the Heart" England
Sophie & Fiachra "Sophie & Fiachra"" Canada / Ireland
Frankie Gavin & De Dannan "Jigs, Reels & Rock n' Roll" Ireland
Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts "Up From The Deep" England
Seána "Traditional Irish Harp" Ireland
Kate Rusby "Make the Light" England
Nua "Both Sides" Germany
Andy Irvine "Abocurragh" Ireland
Uxu Kalhus "Ao Vivo - 10 Anos de Folk em Português" Portugal
Susan McKeown "Singing in the Dark" Ireland
Jadid Ensemble "Sigh of the Moor" England
Colin Grant "Fun for the Whole Family" Canada
"La Guitare Celtique de Soïg Siberil" France
Lyy "Lyy" Sweden
Gary Miller "Reflections on War" England
The Wakes "No Irish Need Apply" Scotland
June Tabor "Ashore" England
Peadar Ó Lochlainn & Aggie Whyte "Seancheol ar an Seannós" Ireland
Triakel "Ulrikas minne" Sweden
Jocelyn Pettit "Jocelyn Pettit" Canada
Helene Blum "Liden Sol" Denmark
Dave Sheridan "Drivin' Leitrim Timber" Ireland
Broom Bezzums "Wine from a Mug" England
Stewart Hardy & Frank McLaughlin "Root2" Scotland
Stewart Hardy & Frank McLaughlin "Compass" Scotland
Joe Derrane "Grove Lane" USA
Fling "A Ditch Near Cree" Netherlands
Stan Rogers "The Very Best of..." Canada
Sandy Brechin & Friends "The Sunday Night Sessions" Scotland
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band "Vaughan Williams - Carols, Songs & Hymns" England
Máire Breatnach & Cormac De Barra "Tarraing Téad - Pulling Strings" Ireland
David Rovics "Troubadour - People's History in Song" USA
Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll "Beneath the Black Tree" England
The Doonans "Further Along" England
Rig the Jig "Live in Dublin" Ireland
4Square "Chronicles" England
Michael Bucher "Believe" USA
Gerry O'Beirne & Rosie Shipley "Yesterday I saw the earth beautiful" Ireland
Freight Hoppers "Mile Marker" USA
Tom Acton "Down the Irish Gravel Road" Ireland
Mabon "Live at the Grand Pavilion" England
Cee Cee James "Seriously Raw" USA
Stevie Palmer "Heartprint Shadow" Scotland
Stevie Palmer "Heartprint Shadow" Scotland
Kíla "Soisín" Ireland
Bruno Coulais & Kíla "The Secret of Kells" France / Ireland
Ronan O Snodaigh "Water off a Duck’s Back" Ireland
Nick Marsh "A Universe Between Us" England
The Burns Unit "Side Show" Canada
Jim Murdoch "Yonder Shore" USA
Spike Flynn "It’s Alright" USA
Judy Collins "Paradise" USA
Luna Blanca "Provence" Germany
Bob Corritore and Friends "Harmonica Blues" USA
Robb Johnson "Man Walks into a Pub" England
Dom Duff "Roc’h" France
Martyn Joseph "Under Lemonade Skies" Britain
The Ocean Band "Couch Dictators" Singapore
Various Artists "Revolution Disco" Various
Gary Wright "Connected" USA
Sorry Gilberto "It Was the Longest Day and We Didn’t Know How to End it" Germany
Les Ramoneurs de Menhirs "Amzer an-Dispac’h" France
Evensong "Evensong" Britain
Figli di Madre Ignota "Combat Disco Casbah" Italy
Sophie Bancroft "Bird of Paradise" Scotland
Cowboy Junkies "The Nomad Series Volume 1: Renmin Park" Canada
Cowboy Junkies "The Nomad Series Volume 2: Demons" USA
Kelly Dalton "Everything Must Go" USA
Brian Kramer "Myself and Mine" USA
Seth Swirsky "Watercolor Day" USA
Ciaran Dorris "Home" Scotland
Shiregreen "Peaceful Shades" Germany
Ronnie Taheny "Renaissance Point" Australia
Lobi Traore "Rainy Season Blues" Mali
Yambalaya "Dance of Ambivalence" Germany
Wolfgang Kalb "Got Them Old Walkin’ Blues" Germany
Michael on Fire "The Artist, the Dreamer, the Lover, the Fool" USA
Tony Reidy "Hayshed Days" Ireland
Paul Cowlan "Out of the Sun" England
The Banditi "Achtung!" Italy
Paul Vens & Friends "Words in Time" Netherlands
DVA "HU" Czech Republic
Tim Laycock "Sea Strands" Britain
Rosie Nimmo "Home" Scotland
Adam Donen "Immortality" England
Slowman & Friends "Hey Jimi" Sweden
Wooldridge Brothers "Days Went Around" USA
Ivor Game "Then" England
Bruce Brittain "More to Love" USA
Muchachito Bombo Infierno "Idas y Vueltas" Spain
Depot "Diamond Joe" England
Ivan Drever "Notes from an Island" Scotland
Ivan Drever Band "Every Beat of the Drum" Scotland
Caedmon "A Chicken to Hug" Scotland
Rebecca Barclay "Cinnabar" England
Dominic Mancuso "Comfortably Mine" Canada
Jon Harvison "Still Water" England
Lennie Gallant "If We had a Fire" Canada
Jimmy MacCarthy "Hey-Ho Believe" Ireland
Rik Barron "Never so Far" Canada
Bobtown "Bobtown" USA
Francis D’Octobre "ma bête fragile" Canada
Dragon Rose "Revolution, Man" USA
Jesse Brewster "Wrecking Ball at the Concert Hall" USA
The Delta Flyers "Sixteen Bars" USA
Lynwood Slim and the Igor Prado Band "Brazilian Kicks" USA / Brazil
6 Day Riot "On this Island" England
David Myles "Turn Time Off" Canada
Delaney Gibson “Hurricanes and forget me nots" USA
Mama Rosin "Black Robert" Switzerland
Mama Rosin "Black Robert" Switzerland
Lucky Bones "Together, We are All Alone" Ireland
Garden of Delight "Sailing with Us" Germany
Ted Russell Kamp "Get Back to the Land" USA
Dan Mangan "Nice, Nice, Very Nice" Canada
Pokett "Three Free Trees" France
Puta Madre Brothers "Queso y Cojones" Australia
Nicky Swann "Matches & Dispatches" England
John Shipe "Villain" USA
The Phoenix Foundation "Buffalo" New Zealand
Nick Parker "The King of False Alarms" England
Meadowland "Harbours" USA
Bravo Johnson "Come Taste the Sun" USA
Bravo Johnson "The Crooked and the Straight" USA
The Sonnenhof Songs "…from the therapy couch …from higher ground" Germany
Akron/Family "S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT" USA
The Bad Shepherds "By Hook or by Crook" England
The Slapstickers "Sonic Island" Germany
The Stagger & Sway "Break Til You Bend" USA
Jack Bruce and the Cuicoland Express "Live at the Milkyway" USA
Marshall Lawrence "Blues Intervention" USA
Earl Pickens & Family "Gathering" USA
Eden Brent "Ain’t got no troubles" USA
Amos Lee "Mission Bell" USA
O’Hooley & Tidow "Silent June" England
Luke Powers "Hwy 100" USA
The Headlocks "Cuckoo Bird" USA
Saoirse Mhor "Thursday Asks" Ireland
Francesco Lucarelli "Find the Light" Italy
Ladysmith Black Mambazo "Songs from a Zulu Farm" South Africa
Drive-By Truckers "Go-Go Boots" USA
Victoria Vox "Exact Change" USA
Samplers, EP's & Demo CD's: Tina Lie, Elle Osborne, Maini Sorri, Riccardo Tesi, No Masters Co-Operative, 100% Music Songwriting Contest Various
Antonio Amato
Kraja
Mielotxin
Matheu Watson
The Old Swan Band
Ton Rullo
Klezwoods
Gankino Circus
Piirpauke
Hammerling
Jaune Toujours
Daniel Kahn
Bylina
Sväng
Les Yeux d’la Tête
Maria Kalaniemi
Blowzabella
Leslie & Miller
Colin Grant
Lyy
Broom Bezzums
Stewart Hardy
4Square
The Secret of Kells
Michael Bucher
Tony Reidy
Bruce Brittain
Garden of Delight
Dan Mangan
Meadowland
Earl Pickens
Drive-By Truckers

  Deutsche Rezensionen

Dragseth "Soweit ... - Songs 1990-2010" Germany
Die Irrlichter "Rauhnächte" Germany
David Rovics "Troubadour - People's History in Song" USA
Duvekot, Heaton, Hutchinson, Zukerman "Winterbloom: Traditions Rearranged" USA
T.K.P. "Weihnachten groovt!" Germany
Fleadh "Humpy'n'lumpy" Germany
Nifty's "Naftularasa" Austria
Cowboy Junkies "Demons" Canada
Earl Pickens & Family "The Joshua Tree" USA
Skuffle "Skuffle" England
One-Eyed Mule "Drifting to a Happy Place" Denmark
Lukas Tower Band "Albedo" Germany
Lincke & Hatt "Way North" Switzerland
Howard Glazer and the EL 34s "Wired for Sound" USA
Sigrid Moldestad "Sandkorn" Norway
Die Strottern "Das größte Glück" Austria
Weiherer "Offline live" Germany
Mercedes Peón "Sós" Spain
Gretchen Peters "Circus Girl" USA
Spieltrieb "Unabhängigkeitserklärung" Germany
Dolores Sola "Salto Mortal" Argentina
Shlomit "Tehora" Israel
Escoriza "Mirando p'l este" Spain
Fraunhofer Saitenmusik "Nordsüd" Germany
Steinar Aadnekvam "Simple Things" Norway
Alpha Yaya Diallo "Immé" Canada
Celtech "Celtech" England
Various Artists "Berlin Global" Germany
Di Grine Kuzine "Everybody's Child" Germany
Various Artists "Il Sud" Italy
De Poil "C'est pas une blague!" France
Mayte Martin "Al Cantar a Manuel" Spain
Heli Deinbroek "Cooler Ader" Austria
Anais Mitchell "Hadestown" USA
Brunoise "Volume 2" Belgium
Mayra Andrade "Studio 105" Cape Verde
Buci Ncube "Salulandela" Zimbabwe
Sarr e Roma "Sarayland" Bosnia
Helt Oncale "Play 'em all" USA
Kamal Ben Hicham "Dikrayat Andalucia" Morocco
Raphael Fays "Extremadura" France
Holger Paetz "Songs" Germany
Yellow Sisters "Tubab Woman" Czech Republic
Antonio Castrignano "Mara la Fatia" Italy
Allan Frank "The Road so Far" USA
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band "Legacy" USA
Bimbache Jazz Y Raices "La Conducion Humana" Canary Islands
Steve Ashley "Time and Tide" England
Watermelon Slim "Ringers" USA
My Sweet Patootie "Patootified" Canada
Inneke23 & The Lipstick Painters "Elephant Crossing" Belgium
Incendio "Vihuela" USA
Al Mouraria "Fadinho a 2" Portugal
Mélange Oriental "Mélange Oriental" Austria / Israel
Various Artists "Classic Sound of New Orleans" USA
Tone Bent "Say what you will" USA
Bardomaniacs "Im Wasser" Germany
Hot Club of Cowtown "What makes Bob Holler" USA
Bengalo "Foy" Serbia
Matthew Davies "Highway Specific" USA
Gar Francis "The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same" USA
Teye e Belén "Flamenco Obsesiona Arte" Netherlands
Unni Løvlid, Becaye Aw, Rolf Erik Nystrøm "Seven Winds" Norway / Mauretania
Los Hermanos Cubero "Cordaineros de la Alcarria" Spain
Yellow Umbrella "A thousand faces" Germany
Tom Corbett "Tonight I ride" USA
Ken Stacey "I will still be me" USA
Fernando Terremoto "Terremoto" Spain
Giuseppe Moffa "Non Investo in beni immobili" Italy
Götz Widmann "Balladen" Germany
Audiofolk "Sagghie 'u mare" Italy
Holmes "Stop go" USA
Los de Abajo "Actitud Calle" Mexico
Frank London "A Night in the old Marketplace" USA
Kouame Sereba & Erik Wallo "Bako" Cote d´Ivoire / Norway
Titus Lang "Ausflug" Germany
Blandine Bonjour & Bernd Köhler "Chansons sans cigare" Germany / France
Nataša Mirković-De Ro / Matthias Loibner "Winterreise" Bosnia-Herzegovina / Austria
Maite Itoiz & John Kelly "Elfenthal - An Ancient Story" Spain
Bloody Kalinka "Bloody Kalinka" Germany
Robb Johnson "Man walks into a Pub" England
Mnozil Brass "Magic Moments" Austria
Mariza "Fado Tradicional" Portugal
Christian Zehnder Quartett "Schmelz" Switzerland
Eleven Hundred Springs "This Crazy Life" USA
Felix Meyer "Von Engeln und Schweinen" Germany
Hanjo Butscheidt "Patina" Germany
Jürgen Schwab "Heute noch" Germany
Rachael Sage "Delancey Street" USA
Schwarzbrenner "Stadt am Abend" Germany
Tommy Rickard "Dream California" USA
Wenzel "Kamille und Mohn" Germany
Cesária Évora "Cesária Évora &..." Cape Verde
Meike Köster "Seefahrerherz" Germany
Nadine Germann "Samstagnachmittag" Germany
Thomas Felder "40 liederliche Jahre" Germany
Trollius Weiss "Ein flüchtiger Blick" Germany
Dieter Kropp "Schönen Gruß vom Blues" Germany
Ennulat & Spatz "Meilensteine" Germany
Strom & Wasser "Mondpunk" Germany
Timon Hoffmann "Drahtseilakt" Germany
Fjarill "Livet" Sweden / S. Africa
Fjarill "Livet" Sweden / S. Africa
Fei Scho "Ungrantig" Germany
Fei Scho "Ungrantig" Germany
Tunnagan "Glasgow Storm" Austria
Ben Sands "Take My Love With You" Northern Ireland
The Clerks "Vagabund" Germany
Rowland Salley "Killing the Blues" USA
Flo "Sad but Sweet" Switzerland
The John Lennon Song Project "Imagined" USA
Die Tagelöhner "Delirium" Germany
Global Kryner versus The Rounder Girls Germany / Austria
Carlos Núñez "Alborada do Brasil" Spain
Rebecca Turner "Slowpokes" USA
dieSteinbach "Tram" Austria
Coope Boyes & Simpson "As if ..." England
Graziella Schazad "Feel who I am" Germany
Pink Martini "Joy to the World" USA
Aniada a Noar & Prijatelji "Liacht - Svjetlo" Austria
Poisoned Folk "Blacksand" Spain
Sacco & Mancetti "Live at the Speisesaal" Germany
Greg Koons and the Misbegotten "Welcome to the Nowhere Motel" USA
Spillÿck "Pipers Cathedral" Germany
The Moonband "Open Space" Germany
Che Sudaka "Tudo é possible" Spain
Tears for Beers "Folk meets Classic" Germany
Hugh Morrison "Robert Burns rocks" Scotland
Sláinte "Horse Power" Switzerland
Carolyn AlRoy "Gorgeous Enormous" USA
Carolyn AlRoy "Through a Screen Door Darkly" USA
Various Artists "Jane's Journey" Germany
Red Hot Chilli Pipers "Music for the Kilted Generation" Scotland
Nua "Both Sides" Germany
Charly Beutin "Wildes Herz & klare Kante" Germany
Vogelfrey "Wiegenlied" Germany
Farfarello "Glück!" Germany
Konstantinos Andrikopoulos "Paradoxon" Greece
PurPur "Gabria & Leonora" Germany
PurPur "ZwieGesang" Germany
Souad Massi "Ô Houria" Algeria
Pampatut "BähBähBäh" Germany
Stefan Dettl "Rockstar" Germany
The Dangleberries "Nae Sleep tae Regent Street" Scotland
Omdulö "Menschenmaler" Germany
Martin Rastinger "Live im Fraunhofer" Germany
Mediaeval Baebes "Illumination" England
Jimmy Kelly "The Hometown Sessions" Ireland
Flor Enversa "Senher Dalfin" France
Capella Antiqua Bambergensis "Klang der Staufer" Germany
Sampler, EPs & Demos: In Extremo, Tribute to Bruce Springsteen, More Music from Home Germany / USA
Skuffle
One Eyed Mule
Die Strottern
Gretchen Peters
Alpha Yaya Diallo
Celtech
Sarr e Roma
Los de Abajo
Wenzel
Meike Köster
Strom & Wasser
Fei Scho
Tunnagan
Die Tagelöhner
Aniada a Noar
Che Sudaka
Pampatut
Capella Antiqua Bambergensis


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