Tag Archives: traditional music

Various Artists’ The Ultimate Guide to Welsh Folk

Posted on 8th April 2018 by Lars Nilsson

When talking Celtic music we often think Irish or Scottish, or maybe music from Britanny. But remember Wales also claims Celtic roots, though their language is not from the same branch of Celtic languages as the Gaelic of Scotland and … Continue reading →

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Oslo Kammerkor’s Kyst, Kust, Coast; Voces Nordicae’s Nordic Voices

Posted on 24th March 2018 by Robert

The Olso Kammerkor, based in the Uranienborg Church in Oslo, is an internationally known chorus with an extraordinarily wide repertoire, ranging from Gregorian chant to jazz and folk music. The group has been most widely recognized for its translations of … Continue reading →

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Gabriel Fliflet and Ole Hamre’s Eine kleine Kraftmusik

Posted on 24th March 2018 by Robert

My first reaction to Fliflet and Hamre’s Eine kleine Kraftmusick was to break into laughter from sheer surprise and delight. One forgets, sometimes, how raucously fun-loving Norwegians can be. That is only one point in favor of this collection — … Continue reading →

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Jody Marshall’s Cottage in the Glen; Malcolm Dalglish’s Jogging the Memory

Posted on 16th March 2018 by Robert

Jody Marshall has a distinct facility for drawing together a variety of musical threads into a rich and engaging weave. Cottage in the Glen was my introduction to her music, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. One hallmark of this collection … Continue reading →

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Danish String Quartet’s Last Leaf

Posted on 16th March 2018 by Robert

Last Leaf is the Danish String Quartet’s second foray into “traditional” music. Their previous album in this vein, Wood Works, focused on music of the Faroe Islands and various small Nordic towns and villages. Last Leaf, although still focusing on … Continue reading →

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Robin & Linda Williams’ Visions Of Love

Posted on 4th March 2018 by Robert

(This review was written by Judith Gennett for a prior incarnation of GMR.) Visions Of Love is, by my count, the sixteenth album by American music harmonists Robin and Linda Williams. It is produced by Garrison Keillor and, unlike most … Continue reading →

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Odetta At The Gate of Horn

Posted on 1st March 2018 by Robert

Albert Grossman, who among other things managed Bob Gibson and a number of other prominent folk artists, opened The Gate of Horn in Chicago in 1956. It became quite arguably the performance venue for the burgeoning folk music scene in … Continue reading →

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Wûtas’ Eponymous Debut Album

Posted on 15th February 2018 by Robert

“Wûtas” (pronounced “wuotas”) is an Alemannic word denoting the Wild Hunt. (Alemannic is either a group of discrete languages or a group of dialects, depending on which school of linguistics is your favorite, spoken mainly in southern Germany, Austria, parts … Continue reading →

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Iona’s A Celebration of Twenty

Posted on 11th January 2018 by kestrell

The phrase “world music” has come to be associated in my mind with a certain sound, which can basically be summed up as too much soprano sax and too many cutesy penny whistles. (I admit, I can be something of … Continue reading →

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Boban Marković Orkestar’s Boban i Marko

Posted on 23rd November 2017 by Robert

There seems to be, in the Gypsy tradition of Serbian music, an affinity for Western jazz. This does not mean that the music performed by the Boban Marković Orkestar is jazz, but simply that jazz wanders in and feels very … Continue reading →

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