STEELEYE SPAN Now We Are Six Again Park 113 www.parkrecords.com No one else does it like Steeleye Span does it. Their unique blend of elegant singing (both lead and those perfect close harmonies) and … Continue reading →
CHRIS JONES & THE NIGHT DRIVERS Lost Souls & Free Spirits Rebel 7518 www.rebelrecords.com Though his voice is familiar to thousands as a DJ on Sirius XM radio’s bluegrass channel (a gig that has … Continue reading →
HEGE RIMESTAD The Seed Keeper Turn Left 28 euridice.no Subtitled ‘A musical tribute to the farmers of India,’ this is a document of a trip Norweigan fiddler Rimestad took to the subcontinent, travelling and … Continue reading →
MAJORSTUEN Live in Concert Majorstuen Fiddler’s Co. 04 www.majorstuen.biz/ They may not be widely known outside Norway, but the five-piece fiddler’s collective Majorstuen (which once included Ragnhild Furebotten) has been around for a decade and … Continue reading →
KONGERO Bakvända Världen Dimma 010 www.dimmaswe.com The second outing by the four female voices that make up Kongero weaves an even lovelier blanket of song than their debut. No overdubs, no auto tune, this … Continue reading →
BRYONY GRIFFITH and WILL HAMPSON Lady Diamond Selwyn 0007 www.selwynmusic.co.uk www.facebook.com/BryonyandWill English fiddler and traditional singer Bryony Griffith and melodeon player and dancer Will Hampson have played together in various ensembles … Continue reading →
BOO HANKS w/ DOM FLEMONS Buffalo Junction Music Maker 148 www.musicmaker.org www.musicmaker.org/artists/boo-hanks Yes, field recordings are still being done in 21st-century America. Here Dom Flemons of Carolina Chocolate Drops travels to Buffalo Junction, Va., to … Continue reading →
MARIA MULDAUR Steady Love Stony Plain 1346 www.stonyplainrecords.com With the exception of a stunning makeover of blues poet Percy Mayfield’s signature song “Please Send Me Someone To Love,” all thirteen tracks on Muldaur’s latest were … Continue reading →
CECILIA In Bad Appel 1331 www.tsmiske.be/stek8/appel/appelstart.aspx The debut from Belgian trio Cecilia positively hums with energy and invention. Originally a duo of flute/cornet and hurdy-gurdy/cittern, they were joined by diatonic accordion player Greet Wuyts, a … Continue reading →
CRAIG BICKHARDT Live At Sellersville Theater Stone Barn 1006 www.craigbickhardt.com Every time I present Philadelphia-based master songwriter Craig Bickhardt, I introduce him by pondering how it happened that hit songwriters including Janis Ian, POCO, … Continue reading →
