FolkWorld #75 07/2021

CD Reviews


»[Man in the Maroon] has been quite a ride. I started making this record more than a year ago, at the beginning of the pandemic. Last April there was a feeling we all shared that the world was on pause. We didn't know how long that was going to be. A lot of nerves, but also, a lot of experiments. Did you make any experiments? Mine was this album. [...] I started recording Man in the Maroon over a year ago. I try to avoid hyperbole, but putting out a record in 2021 is like floating in a one person life raft in the middle of the ocean shouting through fog. Which is to say, I need all the friends I can get. If you like what you're hearing, please consider sharing Maroon on your socials and maybe tell your friends and family. I don't know about you but when someone I know and respect tells me to check out a piece of music they enjoy, I take it a lot more seriously than something that shows up on an algorithm. Also, this being an album, I know it's different than asking you to listen to a single song. Take your time.« — Korby Lenker

»What was: It was a crazy year as you can imagine, and of course… being a musician it was extra complicated. But it was a time for innovation, we needed new ideas, and to break it down - at the end I had an easy lifestyle giving online concerts to elderlyhomes in the North of Sweden and spending the evenings with my kids in the downhill slopes since they were open throughout the whole winter… 2020 was also the year when the showgroup Blås Bröders was founded! What is: Right touring Germany. Great to be out playing again and doing what I love! What’s coming up: Some tours are slowly taking shape, so keep an eye on the Homepage and Facebook for updates, since we still kind of have to react to the world situation.« — Stefan Johansson

»I think First Farewell will be my last album. Then again, I may make another just for the pleasure of working with my three children and their partners. [...] We are kin, friends, workmates: how serendipitous is that? With this album, my family have given me a priceless gift, arriving in my 85th year and tied with a big bow. Musical dark chocolate with soft centres, roasted almonds and more memories for my treasure chest.« — Peggy Seeger



  English Reviews


Tara Breen, Pádraig Rynne & with Jim Murray & Dónal Lunny "NASC" Ireland
The Fire "Marigold" Scotland
Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain "More Tunes from the Goodman Manuscripts" Ireland
Charlie Piggott & Rowan Piggott "The Trip We Took Over the Mountain" Ireland
Rowan Leslie "Escaping the Dawn" Ireland
Andrew Marlin "Fable & Fire" USA
Ron Jappy "Vincular" Scotland
Aggie Whyte "East Galway Fiddle Music" Ireland
John Keehan "The Humours of Scariff" Ireland
Fintan Vallely "Merrijig Creek" Ireland
Brad Reid "NEW Scotland" Canada
Patrick Mangan & Friends "The Frost Is All Over" USA
John Tunney "The Immigrant: A Stone on the Cairn of Tradition" Ireland
Nóirin Lynch "In Her Own Time" Ireland
Steve Tallis "The First Degree" Australia
Andrew D. Huber "Chasing Time" USA
Niamh Ní Charra "Donnelly’s Arm" Ireland
David Munyon "American Guitar" USA
Wren "Pink Stone: Songs from Moose Lodge" USA
Sveriges Vänner "Fin är du" Germany
Steve Tilston "Such Times" England
Emma Langford "Quiet Giant" Ireland
Emma Langford "Sowing Acorns" Ireland
Varo "Varo" France / Italy
Deborah Henriksson "So far" Sweden
Merry Hell "Emergency Lullabies" England
Merry Hell "When we meet again" England
Perttula "Pajavasara" Finland
GF Morgan "Driftwood" USA
Sigrid Moldestad "Tonen i meg" Norway
Liz Simmons "Poets" USA
Tony Trischka "Shall We Hope" USA
Ensemble Vinorosso "Schräge Zeiten" Germany
Ian Melrose und Uwe Neumann "Heine gets the groove" Germany
Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell "Grit & Polish" USA
Andy Irvine & Lillebjørn Nilsen "Live in Telemark" Ireland / Norway
Basco feat. Jullie Hjetland "Ræk mig Faklen" Denmark
Basco & Julie Hjetland "Ræk mig Faklen" Denmark
Teyr "Estren" England
Teyr "Estren" England
Honey and the Bear "Journey Through the Roke" England
Thommy Wahlström "Låtar på sopransaxofon" Sweden
Himla "Himla" Denmark / Norway
Ar Vro Bagan "War hent Youenn Gwernig" France
Ray Cooper "Land of heroes" England
Dagadana "Tobie" Poland / Ukrainia
Valkyrien Allstars "Slutte og byne" Norway
Lune Bleu Trio "The other road" France
BmB "Ge vindt wel een taal" Netherlands
La Talvera "A tu vai" France/Occitan
Gnoss "the light of the moon" Scotland
Gnoss "The Light of the Moon" Scotland
Graham Rorie "The Orcadians of Hudson Bay" Scotland
Graham Rorie "The Orcadians of Hudson Bay" Scotland
Helen Gentile & Lewis Wood "Alors, On Danse!" England
Ciara McElholm "Amergin Fire" Ireland
Andries Boone "T.I.M.E.L.A.P.S.E" Belgium
Lisa Ward "Utopia" Ireland
Paul Hutchinson "Petrichor" England
Duncan Lyall "Milestone" Scotland
Grosse Isle "The Bonesetter" Canada / Ireland
Northern Resonance "Northern Resonance" Sweden
Staran "Staran" Scotland
Maura O'Connor "It's Handed Down" Ireland
Lily Honigberg "Sunrise Summit" USA
Andrew Finn Magill "Festa!" USA
Chad Wolfe "Clogs & Jigs & Reels ... Oh My!" Canada
Mats Edén "Alvaleken" Sweden
Irish Millie "Thirteen" Canada
James Lindsay "Torus" Scotland
Kathryn Locke "La" England
Stringflip "Stringflip" Denmark / Sweden
Wouter en de Draak "Zonnewachter" Belgium
Adeline "Adeline" USA
Ridge Roberts "Lone Star Fiddler" USA
Nellie Quinn & Chris Meredith "The Greenside Sessions" Canada / Scotland

Short & Sweet:

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  Deutsche Rezensionen


Sue Sheehan "Beyond Shadows" USA
Annett Kuhr & Sue Sheehan "Eine Reise - A Journey" USA / Germany
Doppelbock mit Christine Lauterburg "Froh & Roh" Switzerland
Alpine Dweller "Among Others" Austria
Gary Moore "How Blue Can You Get" Ireland
Vollbard "Coverklabauter 1‰" Germany
Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra "Migrants" Norway
Kate McDonnell "Ballad of a Bad Girl" USA
Gnoss "The Light of the Moon" Scotland
Graham Rorie "The Orcadians of Hudson Bay" Scotland
Grosse Isle "The Bonesetter" Canada
Halva "Dinner in Sofia" Belgium
Peggy Seeger "First Farewell" USA
molden/resetarits/soyka/wirth "schdean" Austria
ernst molden & das frauenorchester "neiche zeid" Austria
Korby Lenker "Man in the Maroon" USA
Alasdair Roberts og Völvur "The Old Fabled River" Scotland
Murray & Magill "Murray & Magill" Scotland / USA
Andrew Finn Magill & Seán Gray "Half Light" USA / Scotland
Seán Gray "The Great Stariski" Scotland
Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles "Keys" USA
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi "They're Calling Me Home" USA
Bodh'aktan "De part et d'autre de l'Atlantique (Live)" Canada
Luis Peixoto "Geodesia" Portugal
Harmony Glen "Sing Me A Song" Netherlands
Albaluna "Heptad" Portugal
Ale Möller "Xeno Mania" Sweden
Dota "Wir rufen Dich, Galaktika" Germany
Camilla Barbarito "Sentimento Popolare Vol. 2" Italy
Monika Stadler und Harald Peterstorfer "Diary from Within" Austria
Piirainen | Bloom | Company "Matka" Finland
Rachelle Garniez & Erik Della Penn "An Evening in New York" USA
Suistamon Sähkö "Varokaa! Henganvaara" Finland
The Secret Sisters "Saturn Return" USA
Yat-Kha "We will never die" Tuva
Niamh Ní Charra "Donnelly’s Arm" Ireland
David Munyon "American Guitar" USA
Wren "Pink Stone: Songs from Moose Lodge" USA
Sveriges Vänner "Fin är du" Germany
Steve Tilston "Such Times" England
Emma Langford "Quiet Giant" Ireland
Emma Langford "Sowing Acorns" Ireland
Varo "Varo" France / Italy
Deborah Henriksson "So far" Sweden
Merry Hell "Emergency Lullabies" England
Merry Hell "When we meet again" England
Teyr "Estren" England
Perttula "Pajavasara" Finland
GF Morgan "Driftwood" USA
Sigrid Moldestad "Tonen i meg" Norway
Liz Simmons "Poets" USA
Tony Trischka "Shall We Hope" USA
Ensemble Vinorosso "Schräge Zeiten" Germany
Ian Melrose und Uwe Neumann "Heine gets the groove" Germany
Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell "Grit & Polish" USA
Andy Irvine & Lillebjørn Nilsen "Live in Telemark" Ireland / Norway
Basco feat. Jullie Hjetland "Ræk mig Faklen" Denmark

Kurz & bündig:

Äl Jawala | Indra Bahía | Gisela Berndt | Billow Wood | Andrew Bird | Joe Bonamassa | Book of Stories | Bridge City Sinners | Bukahara | Ray Cooper | Don Marco | Dropkick Murphys | Dom Duff | Fiddler’s Green | Robert Finley | Gankino Circus | Gebrüder Nonsens, The Golden Creek | Guacáyo | Herr Svenson singt Liebeslieder | Hollow Coves | Robert John Hope | Hotel California | Graeme James | Johnny & The Yooahoos | Kaminer | David Keenan | Cat Lee King | Michael Lane | Anna Mabo | Massilia Sound System | Jimbo Mathus | Eamonn McCormack | Mirja u Minnig | Florian Paul | Paula & Karol | PEZ | Stellmäcke | Subway To Sally | Tempi Passati | Three For Silver | Urban Village | WÖR | Andreas Zöllner



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