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Townes Van Zandt never had a real hit, he was completely indifferent to commercial success. To this day, he is considered one of the most influential song poets in the USA.
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Townes Van Zandt - Highway Kind (USA)
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On Kathryn Tickell’s Return to Kielderside (Resilient Records), the Northumbrian smallpipes player reworks her teenage debut album (1984’s On Kielder Side) with old friends and recent collaborators. It’s hearty, often moving stuff, especially when you hear curlews surround her on Sycamore Gap.
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Kathryn Tickell - Sycamore Gap (England)
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Typical of traditional Cretan music is the dominant role of the lyra, a pear-shaped, bowed-necked lute, which Petrakis himself masters with virtuosity.
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Stelios Petrakis - Voreia Monoipatia (Greece)