Every two weeks the
Folk
And
International
Roots Album Club votes for an album that they will listen to and discuss in the coming weeks.
Anyone can vote in this poll, but if you vote, please follow through and be ready to discuss whichever album wins the poll.
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Originally Posted by Frownland
Sainkho Namtchylak & Ned Rothenberg - Amulet
Beautiful album consisting of saxophone (bass, I believe) and vocals from two musicians who truly know their instrument. It goes through an amazing field of textures in so little time and the two really complement one another.
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^ This intriguing-looking album from Frownland hasn´t attracted much attention recently, so I think it´s time for it to be given its LAST CHANCE.
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Originally Posted by Frownland
Kath Bloom & Loren MazzaCane Connors - Restless Faithful Desperate & Moonlight
Some beautiful folk from an improvisational guitarist and a female folk singer. This is a two disc album that contains the first two albums of this duo. The songs are hauntingly emotional, mostly because of Bloom's vocals. Connors plays some good and somewhat noodly backgrounds to these songs that complement Bloom's style very well. I don't know if Connors is improvising or not, but it's a stunning product either way.
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Originally Posted by stp
I've been debating putting this one up for a while mainly because it is of more a classical bent but I figure you can't get much more international folk than medieval French troubadours.
Heliotrope - The Romance of the Rose (Feminine Voices from Medieval France) 1995
While the songs were sourced from 13th century texts the actual melodies on these recordings were kind of educated guesses as there was little musical notation from the period.
More info here: The Romance of the Rose |
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Originally Posted by stp
Milton Nascimento - Clube de Esquina (1972)
Fifth album from Brazilian Milton Nascimento. Well technically it's a collective effort of " The Corner Club".
(Video features entire album apparently)
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Originally Posted by stp
Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir (1975, Reissued 1986 on 4AD/ 1987 in US)
 
Bulgarian Womens' Choir featured on Fly, Fly My Sadness. Thought I would finally check out the original album compiled by ethnomusicologist Marcel Cellier.
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Originally Posted by stp
Doudou Ndiaye Rose - Djabote
While the purely percussive tracks on this album can be a little homogeneous the vocal tracks are rather wonderful.
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Ruhani Oyun Havalari (or Psyche Belly Dance) by BaBa Zula (2003)
A pretty relaxed album by a band from Istanbul which waters down the intensity of traditional belly dance music with echoey, laid-back electronica. Nothing ground-breaking by today´s standards, but an agreeable listen if you´re not a purist.
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Seven albums to choose from this week. Stephen still gets the special dispensation of voting for his own nomination if he wants, because over half the options are his.
