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The Foxglove Trio - Mr And Mrs - These Gathered
Branches - www.thefoxglovetrio.co.uk/
Gren Morris and Sam Stephens - Cells - Hums
Ancient And Modern - SAM www.grenmorrisandsamstephens.com/
Moonrakers - Albion Heart - Bird on the Wing - www.moonrakers.net/
Ceumar - Rio Verde - Silencia
- ARC Music www.musicabrasileira.org/ceumar-silencia/
Alana Henderson - Wax and Wane - (VA)Culture Ireland - www.alanahenderson.com/
Manuel Diogo - Wa Kwata Imbamba - Music of
Angola - ARC Music
The Foxglove Trio - James Snooks - These Gathered Branches - www.thefoxglovetrio.co.uk/
Gren Morris and Sam Stephens - Lover Come Back To
Me - Hums Ancient And Modern - SAM www.grenmorrisandsamstephens.com/
Moonrakers - All the Tunes in the World- Bird on
the Wing - www.moonrakers.net
Ceumar - Penhor - Silencia - ARC Music www.musicabrasileira.org/ceumar-silencia/
Padraig Rynne's Notify - Hiding In The Magic World -
(VA)Culture Ireland www.padraigrynne.com/
Manuel Diogo - Torrent D'Amour
- Music of Angola - ARC Music
The Foxglove Trio - "is a group
of multi-instrumentalists who perform mostly traditional songs from around
the British Isles in English and Welsh. Gathering material from sessions,
published song collections and contemporary artists, these talented
musicians are making a name for themselves on the UK folk scene for their
beautiful harmonies, creative new arrangements and engaging live
performances." - Artists' website
Moonrakers - "is an Oxford-based group of four musicians,
some from the classical and some from the folk tradition. Instrumentally,
the group is sufficiently diverse to create different sound textures for
each piece. The fact that the band "just OOZES quality" (Living
Tradition) is down to the careful arrangements and selection of tunes and
songs, presenting “exquisite music” (BBC). The choice of
material is largely from the Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English traditions,
reflecting a love of traditional tunes and contemporary songs 'in the idiom'.
Jon Bennett composes several of the tunes and songs, but the arrangements
are down to the special talents of the group members. He explains: "We
weave a tapestry of sound around the tunes and songs both old and new,
giving them an entirely fresh appraisal - and our audiences love it!"
Anna Lockett’s Celtic harp is very much a centre
piece of the group, complemented by Liz van Santen’s superb fiddle,
and Jon’s bouzouki, guitar, whistles and bodhran.
The warm vocals of Jo Daley combine with Jon’s rich baritone. Moonrakers now have three albums under their belt and
have received glowing reviews in the music press (“highly
infectious”- Maverick; "fine organic collection of apt
musicianship" - Earbuzz). They've appeared
at many festivals and arts centres in the last couple
of years and are currently doing a 22-date "In-Spires" tour of
churches in the Cotswolds and beyond." -
Artists' website
Gren Morris and Sam Stephens - second album from
well-established and regarded East Midlands duo with previous individual
recordings with Sherwood Rise plus a solo album from Gren
and 3 duo albums with Anne Lennox Martin from Sam.
' "Merlin's
Song"...beautifully harmonised..."The
Minor Lakes of Pontchartrain"...a tour de force...watch out for these
lads' Roy Harris THE LIVING TRADITION
" Impeccable quality is assured, the duo's accomplishment and
commitment are in no doubt." - fROOTS
Ceumar - glorious Brazilian singer, songwriter and
guitarist whose webpage is currently broken :-( .
"Since 2009 Ceumar lives in Amsterdam,
Holland. As a world citizen the singer/songwriter, guitarist easily mixes
with other cultures. In Holland there was a jazzy corporation with the
fantastic Mike del Ferro Trio. But there was also Balkan Meets Brazil (with
drummer/ percussionist Simone Sou(l) and Oleg Fateev, the bayan player from Moldavia), along with African
influenced projects. With Silencia, Ceumar lets it all calm down for a moment with the
music of her own Brazil, the country she loves most of all countries. This
moment of silenced explosions of expressions gives us a beautiful CD."
- Musica Brasileira
website (www.musicabrasileira.org/ceumar-silencia/)
Alana Henderson - "Northern Irish
singer-cellist- songwriter Alana Henderson has a sound which fuses her folk
music roots with elements of classical, blues and pop influences, combining
lyrics of great poetic depth with a burning sense of intellectual enquiry.
Her unapologetically romantic tales of lost love and broken relationships, fragile
and delicate vocals, combine with emotive cello accompaniment and songs
that ease along and bring surprising moments of vigour.
Her stage-presence, melody and heart, combined with her disarmingly honest
songwriting style, make her a truly captivating performer." - Artist's
website
Pádraig Rynne - " is a name that's been at the forefront of ground
breaking projects in Irish and World music over the past decade. Pádraig's musical vision has lead him to be
involved in creating ground breaking projects such as Guidewires, Dán, Triad – a trio with Breton flautists
Sylvain Barou and world renowned musician and
producer Dónal Lunny
and Atalntic I/O - a collaboration between pop
music and world music. Pádraig's newest album "NOTIFY" (released Jan 2014) is his
latest venture which consists of self-composed melodies. Due to success of
the album, the band NOTIFY was formed. The five
piece band includes some of Irelands best known and in demand artists. Pádraig Rynne -
Concertinas, Davie Ryan - Drums & Percussion, Cillian
King - Guitars, synths and Vocals, Eoin "Walshy" Walsh - Electric Bass and Cormac McCarthy
- Pianos and Keyboards. The album was nominated by The Irish Times
newspaper as one of the top 5 releases in 2014." - Artist's website
Manuel Diogo
- "This is a pleasant set of African pop music from contemporary
Angola, solidly produced, brightly melodic and cheerfully bouncy. Most
English-speaking listeners won't be hip to the album's religious message
until deep into the album, when Diogo sings of
Jesus by name (in the Portuguese-language "Teu
Nome E Jesus") and when he dips into the musically anomalous
"Torrent D'Amour," a French-language
hymn that is popular with Angolan Christians. Like many Africans, singer
Manuel Benedicto Diogo
has a fluid, diverse identity that encompasses several cultures and
nationalities: he was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and began
his musical career playing in Christian youth ensembles that toured
throughout Southern Africa. This album reflects his more recent interest in
exploring traditional Angolan musical forms and incorporating these styles
into his ministry. Although the religious message is firmly embedded in his
music, most international fans will simply hear the music as part of the
modern African pop mainstream, though thankfully not too synthy or slick -- Diogo
spotlights traditional instruments and hits a nice balance between electric
and acoustic sounds. Nice album - definitely worth a spin!" - (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue Guide To
World Music) customer review on Amazon.com
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