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Alabaster dePlume: To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1

April 7, 2022 By guillaume

Alabaster dePlume - To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1 (2020)

Alabaster dePlume is the enchanting moniker of Angus Fairbairn, a performance poet, activist, composer and saxophone player originally from Manchester who moved to London in the mid-2010s to join a residency at the Total Refreshment Centre. The London’s South Bank studio and music venue has not only been home to a community of ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk, Jazz Tagged With: Alabaster dePlume, saxophone

In The Echo: Field Recordings from Earlsfort Terrace

October 7, 2021 By guillaume

In The Echo: Field Recordings from Earlsfort Terrace (2021)

A drummer (with Lisa Hannigan and Villagers), producer and electronic musician (with I Am The Cosmos and The Din), Ross Turner was also artist in residence at Dublin’s National Concert Hall between 2014 and 2016. During that time, the musician curated a series of collaborations between musicians across a wide range of ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk, Ireland, Jazz, Modern Classical Tagged With: Brigid Mae Power, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Katie Kim, Lisa Hannigan, Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, Sean, Seán Mac Erlaine

Altin Gün: Gece / Yol

July 7, 2021 By guillaume

Altin Gün - Yol (2021)

Formed in 2016, based in Amsterdam and comprised of Ben Rider on guitars, Jasper Verhulst on electric bass, Daniel Smienk on drums and Gino Groenveld on percussions, Altin Gün is a Dutch/Turkish folk-rock band fronted by two vocalists (and keyboard players), namely Merve Daşdemir and Erdinç Ecevit. Instead of performing covers, ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: Altin Gün, bass, drums, guitar, saz, songwriting

Nahawa Doumbia: Kanawa

May 6, 2021 By guillaume

Nahawa Doumbia - Kanawa (2021)

With a professional career spanning over 40 years, singer Nahawa Doumbia is one of the prominent performers of the south Malian Wassoulou style of music. A passionate advocate for peace, justice and women’s rights in her own country, the singer has also long been the voice of the Malian community living abroad and especially in ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: Nahawa Doumbia, ngoni, songwriting

Lau Nau: Poseidon

December 28, 2020 By guillaume

Lau Nau - Poseidon (2017)

Laura Naukkarinen - aka Lau Nau - is a Finnish singer songwriter and composer based in Kimito, Finland, 160km west of Helsinki. A self-taught multi-instrumentalist, devoted sound designer and record collector, Lau Nau seamlessly blends elements of Finnish folk with modern classical, ambient and experimental music using both ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk, Modern Classical Tagged With: ambient, electronic, Lau Nau, songwriting

Birds on a Wire: Ramages

September 18, 2020 By guillaume

Birds on a Wire - Ramages (2020)

Sur la place où tout est tranquilleUne fille s'est mise à chanterOn the square, where everything is quietA girl has started singing Jacques Brel Franco-American singer songwriter Rosemary Standley and Brazilian-born singer and cellist Dominique Pinto (aka Dom La Nena) released their enchanting self-titled début Birds on a ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk, Traditional Tagged With: baroque, Birds on a Wire, cello, Dom la Nena, Rosemary Standley, songwriting

Brigid Mae Power: Head Above The Water

June 17, 2020 By guillaume

Brigid Mae Power - Head Above the Water (2020)

Following a first self-release in 2014 and two magnificent solo studio albums to date for Tompkins Square, namely her self-titled début in 2016 and The Two Worlds (2018), Galway and now London-based Irish visual artist and singer songwriter Brigid Mae Power has been ploughing her own furrow as an individual voice on the ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk, Ireland Tagged With: Brigid Mae Power, indie, songwriting

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