ARTO and ANTTI JĂRVELĂ Os Fera Liluli OArt 8 Members of the Järvelä clan – arguably the first family of Finnish folk fiddling – cousins Arto (fiddle and cross-tuned fiddle) and Antti (acoustic … Continue reading →
THERESE HONEY Summer’s End Waterbug 108 www.waterbug.com Some instrumental albums force you to dance; Therese Honeyâs solo harp release makes you want to hunker down with a fleece and a steaming mug of cocoa. … Continue reading →
On the cusp of the 1960s, Dave Van Ronk was the king of the Greenwich Village folk scene and one of the central shapers of the aesthetic he later dubbed âneo-ethnicâ – musicians who not only loved old folk songs, … Continue reading →
Happy New Year, everyone! We asked our esteemed group of regular reviewers to fire off a list of what they thought the best albums of 2013. As we dash out the door for the year, we’re happy to share a … Continue reading →
SARAH JAROSZ Build Me Up From Bones Sugar Hill 4093 www.sugarhillrecords.com Build Me Up From Bones, Sarah Jarosz’s third album, again shows a quantum leap in growth, ambition and reach as singer, songwriter and … Continue reading →
VARIOUS ARTISTS 12 Years a Slave Columbia 88843 00857 2 www.columbiarecords.com One of this season’s most wrenching films, director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave is based on the memoirs of Solomon Northrup, a … Continue reading →
WOODY GUTHRIE American Radical Patriot Rounder www.rounder.com Woodrow Wilson âWoodyâ Guthrie, probably the most prominent single figure in American folk music, was born on Bastille Day, 1912, and before his early death in 1967 … Continue reading →
CLANNAD The Essential RCA/Legacy legacyrecordings.com The word âessentialâ can refer to something that is absolutely necessary, its deepest essence, or even both at once. Whether or not this two-disc collection satisfies either definition is … Continue reading →
MAJA and DAVID NORD GO’ 1013 www.gofolk.dk If you want proof that Transatlantic collaborations can work, look no further than this. Danish fiddler (and singer/Hardangefele fiddle player) Maja KjĂŚr Jacobsen teams up with fiddler and … Continue reading →
KAT GOLDMAN GYPSY GIRL Goldman, Kat www.katgoldmanmusic.com Kat Goldman grew up in Toronto and won a dance scholarship for college. Soon after, her dance passions were replaced by a 24/7 need to listen to … Continue reading →
