New stock now up online -
👉 'Peasant' - the new Weird Walk music zine.
👉 Angeline Morrison - 'The Sorrow Songs' - Green vinyl re-issue.
👉 Anne Briggs - Records Store Day 2024 limited edition re-issue + 7-inch EP.
Plus:
👉 Dave Evans great lost folk LP from 1972 - 'Elephantasia'.
Well, I was dead sure this band was an English one! But alas: they're from the U.S.! Huh 😗... anyway...
... the weekend's gone and a new #Monday has arrived, so that sucks, right? Luckily #BlackMetalMonday's here for the rescue, delivering #Epic, #Melodic and heroic #Folk#Black#Metal (they do sound like they're from ye olde Engalonde, don't they???) to save us all! Have a #GoodMorning, cvties 🌞🌳🌈💐 ->
I've just seen Evie Waddell in Edinburgh's TradFest. I'm not well versed in traditional folk music, but this was just brilliant. She sings in Gaelic, Scots and English, and signs many of her songs. She even taught the audience how to sign some bits. She also acts out the words and dances.
Her enthusiasm is so infectious! The whole thing was simply wonderful.
If trad/folk is your thing - or even if it's just good music and a great time - get to see her!
A beautiful May morning dawns, and we are up to see it, along with about a hundred other Cambridge folk. Serenading the sunrise is a magical moment. Now, on with summer.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is quilt week here at my art business, this is the latest one my mom e-mailed me photos of last week, really vibrant and colorful, this one is titled 'Caribbean Waters' and is made with batik fabrics from Indonesia, it measures 54 x 54 in (137 x 137 cm), this one is available, lots of great energy in this one; if anyone is interested, please let me know! ~ #art#quilts#quilting#quilter#quilters#artmarket#artforsale#artists#artist#handmade#crafts#artwork#folk
Released in 1988 on the album 'Fisherman's Blues', The Waterboys' iconic song blends Celtic folk, rock, and country. Its expansive sound features fiddles, mandolin, and soaring vocals, painting a vivid picture of life by the sea. This timeless classic marked a shift in the band's direction and remains a beloved anthem.
Second album by this SW Virginia area trio. Soon One Morning is firmly planted in Old-Time Appalachian tradition, but concentrates mostly on original material. Standing out in particular is "Floyd Allen," Ralph Berrier Jr's masterful retelling of an area tragedy with a sweet and unexpected major/minor chorus change-up. Mike Gangloff's lengthy and elegiac instrumental "This War Is Killing Me" glides along on a sad melody passed around between resonator guitar, cello and fiddle. Many tracks are anchored by Gangloff's unusual gut-string baritone banjo. Two solo instrumentals on the CD add balance between the vocal numbers - Isak Howell's "Have You Been To Alabama?" is a subtle fingerpicked workout, while Gangloff's "Ironto Special" is a considerably more exotic-sounding modal construction on the big banjo. Elsewhere, there's an upbeat essay of "Pallet On The Floor," a relation to "Poor Boy Long Ways From Home," which appeared on the groups debut North Fork Flyer album. Among the traditional numbers, none is more striking than the group's charging and rough treatment of "Oh Death," with Gangloff and Berrier spitting out the call and response vocal which gives the album its title.
Rough-edged folk delivered with a minimalist arrangement – a voice, a guitar, and some poetry. Like most material in this genre, your enjoyment is going to be directly tied to how much you enjoy not just the format but also the particulars. The lyrics are clever, well constructed and engaging, so if they click with you, this will likely find a home in your heart.