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Jeanne Jolly: Angels [Digipak] [5/21] *

1 CD / Hardboiled / 2013-05-21

Tracks: Angels On Hayworth St.; Sweet Love; Happy Days Cafe; Hard Way, The; Tear Soup; Long Way Home; All is Not Lost; Round and Round Again; Kiss, The; Good Man
Artists: Jeanne Jolly

Audio Mixer: Chris Boerner.

Recording information: Sound Pure Studios, Durham, NC; The Burlap Palace, Raleigh, NC.

Photographer: Celeste McLean Young....continue...

Jadea Kelly: Clover [Digipak] [5/21]

1 CD / Linus Entertainment / 2013-05-21

Tracks: Wild West Rain; Powell River; Lone Wolf; Mary Don't Go; You Had Me; Saintly Stare; Hour North; Clover; I'll Be; Count On; Violet
Artists: Jadea Kelly

Personnel: Jadea Kelly (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Tom Juhas (acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, sitar); Jason Sniderman (keyboards); Nigel Hebblewhite (bass synthesizer, bass...continue...

Manol Mihailov: Fiery Strandja: Folk Songs

1 CD / Gega New / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Mando, Chasha Sreburna [Manda, a Silver Cup]; Alen Bijur V Gradina [Scarlet Peony in a Garden]; Dunavo, Dunavo [Danube, Danube]; Bogorodichka Milna, Ta Draga [Mother of God, Dear and Beloved]; Nadnik...
Artists: Manol Mihailov

Matuto: The Devil and the Diamond [Digipak]

1 CD / / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Toca O Sino [Ring the Bell]; Diamond; Way I Love You, The; Sun Song; Chicken Teeth; Devil's Hand, The; Horse Eat Corn; Drag Me Down; Demon Chaster; Tears; Thousand To Three; Matuto Chant
Artists: Matuto

Personnel: Clay Ross (vocals, guitars, cavaquinho); Rob Curto (vocals, accordion); Aoife O'Donovan (vocals); Rob Hecht (fiddle); Richie Barshay (drums); Zé Maurício (percussion).

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Valerie June: Pushin' Against a Stone

CD / Sunday Best (UK) / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Workin' Woman Blues; Somebody To Love; Hour, The; Twined & Twisted; Wanna Be On Your Mind; Tennessee Time; Pushin' Against a Stone; Trials, Troubles, Tribulations; You Can't Be Told; Shotgun; On My W...
Artists: Valerie June

Shlomo Carlebach: The Best of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach [Sojourn]

2 CD / Sojourn Records / 2013-05-14

Tracks: Esso Einei; Haneshama Lach; Luley; Borschi Nafshi; Let Me Hear Thy Voice; Joy to the Land; Od Avinu Chai; Ein Kelokeinu; Shifchi Kamayim (Pour Out Your Heart); Mimkomo (Lord, Where Are You?); L'Shana...
Artists: Shlomo Carlebach

David Francey: So Say We All [Digipak]

1 CD / Red House Records / 2013-05-07

Tracks: Rain; Cheap Motel; Harm; Pandora's Box; Weather Vane; Satellite; American Blues; Star Above, A; Long Long Road; Ordinary Man; Blue Skies; Blue Yonder; Bitterroot; So Say We Wall; [CD-ROM Track]
Artists: David Francey

Lyricist: David Francey.

Personnel: David Francey (vocals); Chris Coole (guitar, dobro, banjo); Mark Westberg (guitar, percussion); Darren McMullen (bouzouki, mandola, mandolin, piano); Colin F...continue...

Ruth Moody: These Wilder Things [Digipak]

1 CD / Red House Records / 2013-05-07

Tracks: Trouble and Woe; One and Only; Dancing in the Dark; These Wilder Things; Trees for Skies; Pockets; Make a Change; One Light Shining; Life Is Long; Nothing Without Love
Artists: Ruth Moody

Personnel: Ruth Moody (vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, ukulele, piano, Fender Rhodes piano); David Travers-Smith (melodica, trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion).

Audio Mixer: David Travers-Smith....continue...

Charlie Parr: Barnswallow [Digipak]

1 CD / Tin Angel / 2013-05-07

Tracks: Jimmy Bell; Nowhere....Fast; My Wife Left Me; Motorcycle Blues; Badger; Groundhog Day Blues; Henry Goes To the Bank; True Friends; Jesus is a Hobo; Rattlesnake
Artists: Charlie Parr

Personnel: Charlie Parr (vocals, guitar, banjo); Emily Parr (vocals); Dave Hundreiser (guitar, harmonica); Mikkel Beckman (washboard).

Audio Mixer: Tom Herbers.

Liner Note Author: Joseph...continue...

Frances Black: Stronger

1 CD / Compass (USA) / 2013-04-30

Tracks: Love Song; It's Too Late; I Would Be Stronger Than That - (remix); Stupid; Rise; Long Ago and Far Away; Strong Enough; Heart Like a Wheel; Dance Tonight; Waltzing's for Dreamers
Artists: Frances Black

After a 10-year break from recording, Frances Black, one of Ireland's top vocalists, makes her long-awaited return with Stronger. Her pure vocal tone and energetic,...continue...
Personnel: Bill Shanley (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, ukulele, keyboards, background vocals); Sharon Shannon (accordion); Andrew Holdsworth (piano, keyboards, drums); ...continue...

Arborea: Fortress of the Sun [Digipak]

1 CD / ESP-Disk / 2013-04-30

Tracks: Pale Horse Phantasm; Daughters of Man; After the Flood Only Love Remains; Ghost; Rider; When I Was On Horseback; Rua Das Aldas (For Shanti and Victor Herrero); Cherry Tree Carol; Pale Horse Phantasm ...
Artists: Arborea

Among the most artistically successful practitioners of the genre dubbed Psychedelic Folk, Maine-based duo Arborea consists of Shanti Curran (vocals, banjo, "banjimer", harmonium, ukulele, sawing...continue...
Personnel: Shanti Curran (vocals, guitar, banjo, hammer dulcimer, harmonium); Buck Curran (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, flute).

Audio Mixers: Buck Curran; Shanti Curran.

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Ensemble Séfarade & Méditerranéen: ESEM [Digipak]

1 CD / Fidelio / 2013-04-30

Tracks: Por La Tu Puerta; Skalerica De Oro; Una Matica De Ruda; La Serena; Morenica; Durme; Taksim; Jaco; Yedi Kule; Una Hora En La Ventana; Noches, Noches; Nani Nani; Cantiga Del Fuego; La Galana
Artists: Ensemble Séfarade & Méditerranéen

Sephardic repertoire is both rooted in the reality of daily life, and infused with real poetry. The subjects include Songs of love and marriage; songs...continue...
Personnel: Jean-François Daignault, Hélène Martinez (chant); Andrew Wells-Oberegger (oud, percussion); Jean-Philippe Reny (oud).

Recording information: L'église St-Matthias ...continue...

Various Artists: Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6: Origins of American Primitive Guitar [Digipak]

CD / Tompkins Square / 2013-04-30

Tracks: Guitar Rag - Sylvester Weaver; Buck Dancer's Choice - Sam McGee; Darkey's Wail - Riley Puckett; Cannon Ball Rag - Davy Miller; Way Down Yonder Blues - Lemuel Turner; Hutchinson's Rag - Frank Hutchins...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Christopher King.

Liner Note Author: Christopher King....continue...

Faustus: Broken Down Gentlemen [Digipak]

1 CD / Navigator / 2013-04-30

Tracks: Broken Down Gentlemen; American Stranger; Blow the Windy Morning; Prentice Boy; Banks of the Nile; Captain's Apprentice; OG's Eye Man; I Wish, I Wish; Lovely Johnny; Thrashing Machine
Artists: Faustus

The Faustus are three of the leading lights of English folk music of their generation. Broken Down Gentlemen features their trademark powerful delivery, faultless harmonies,...continue...
Personnel: Benji Kirkpatrick (vocals, guitar, bouzouki); Paul Sartin (vocals, fiddle, oboe); Saul Rose (vocals, melodeon).

Audio Mixer: Stu Hanna.

Recording information: Chalkhill Music ...continue...

Various Artists: Imaginational Anthem Vol. 1-5 [6 CD Box Set] [Box]

6 CD / Tompkins Square / 2013-04-30

Tracks: Imaginational Anthem (2004) - Max Ochs; Bouba's Bounce - Brad Barr; Train Z - Suni McGrath; Lake Shore Drive (Slight Return) - Harris Newman; Dorian Sonata - Harry Taussig; White Mule III - Jack Rose...
Artists: Various Artists

Recording information: Berkeley, CA (01/2011); Big Wave Music, New York, NY (01/2011); Blue Wave Studios, Vancouver, BC (01/2011); Brooklyn, NY (01/2011); Cleantone Digital Audio, Roxbury, MA (01/2011...continue...