MAY 2008 RELEASES
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Promenade (re-issue) Folk / LUN3028 Mulligan/Compass - $A28.30 
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Re-released on the iconic Mulligan label this is the album that won the Montreaux Jazz Festival's Grande Prix Du Disque. Michael and Kevin combine their unique talents on a recording of unquestioned brilliance. Fantastic fiddling, hypnotic vocals, sublime accompaniment - this one has it all. |
The Blue Fiddle (re-issue) Folk / LUN3051 Mulligan/Compass - $A28.30
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Sean Smyth originally released this album in 1993, approximately three years before the band which would make him famous, Lunasa, was started. This album proves that he can be just as potent as a solo performer as he is working in the band Lunasa. The Blue Fiddle was named one of the ten best albums of that year by the Irish Echo. |
Time To Time (re-issue) Folk / LUN3060 Mulligan/Compass - $A28.30
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Gerry O'Connor brought the banjo to places no other player had tread before. Originally released in 1992, this is Gerry's first album and widely considered a classic. His composition "Funk the Cajun Blues", first heard on this album was included on the hugely successful compilation "Trad At Heart". In 1993 Gerry joined "Four Men and a Dog" and recorded three critically acclaimed albums in the company of rock legends "The Band". |
Fairest Floo`er Folk / HEGRICD03 Hegri Music - $A30.10
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Multi-award winning Karine Polwart presents a set of traditional songs plus one bonus track penned by herself. This acoustic CD is an intimate and dark affair, which marked a public return to traditional Scottish songs for the award winning singer-songwriter. The pared down arrangements and performances of ballads and love songs on this album showcase Karine's warm and earthy vocals and assured story-telling. |
Faultlines Folk / NEONCD005 Neon Records - $A32.95
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Highly rated talent who only arrived on the scene a couple of years ago. This is as much an edgy 'new-pop' sound as a display of Karine's talents; and there is a Canadian input in some of the sound mix. |
That`s Proper Folk!! Folk / PROPERFOLK06 Proper Records - $A13.95
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An amazing value limited edition folk sampler featuring five tracks exclusive to this release - two versions entirely unique to this CD and three tracks only available elsewhere on DVD. Includes performances by Eliza Carthy, Karine Polwart, Kris Drever, John McCusker, Martin Simpson, Luka Bloom, Mary Gauthier, The Waifs, LAU, Bellowhead, Sharon Shannon and Mundy, Kathryn Williams & Neill MacColl! |
Threads Folk / MCRCD7003 Mrs Casey Records - $A28.30
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In the UK, this debut album by Nottingham 18-year old Ruth Notman, has created quite a stir, receiving great reviews including 4 Stars in The Guardian and Mojo Magazine and airplay on many local and national radio stations including BBC Radio 2 and 3. Ruth's pure and powerful voice conveys stories of love, loss, adventure and heartache, weaving through simple stripped down ballads and soaring above complex arrangements. |
