The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

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Kourosh Yaghmaei - Gol-e Yakh (Ice Flower)

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Omar Bashir - Pharon

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The Georgian folk music group Chveneburebi consists of eight artists. Each of them represents a different region of the country, which significantly influences the character of their music and singing. All group members sing Georgian folk songs in three voices, accompanied by Georgian folk musical instruments and traditional dances.

Chveneburebi & Lela Nakeuri - Vardis Shto (Georgia)

Spoiler for Chveneburebi & Lela Nakeuri - Shen Alazano:

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American musician with folk/traditional music influences from Eastern Europe. I was looking for bands which feature violin a few months ago and found this.

Hala Strana (Steven M Smith) - Stouthrief



Black Dust

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Really like the second song you posted there Safar.

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If you travel in Georgia and you stay in Udabno at the feed of the Caucasus mountains, you have a pretty good chance to run into a wild party thrown by the Casletila Ensemble at the Oasis hostel on Saturdays.

Casletila Ensemble from Georgia in Krako/Poland.

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All Gnawa music has a role to fulfill in the healing ritual called the “Lila” which means “Night” in Arabic. A “lila” can last for more than 12 hours, and is usually conducted in intimate gatherings, for the purpose of creating a safe place for people to get into a trance and be healed by the music. ..We normally like to include translation subtitles. But in this case, Toura Toura is untranslatable. It is sung in “Bambara" which, in Moroccan Gnawa culture, has evolved to be a mixture of several sub-Saharan African languages, but is presently spoken or understood by no-one.

Innov Gnawa - Toura Toura (Morocco/New York City)

The Jerusalem Orchestra East West is a multi-cultural orchestra comprising musicians from three religions, from all over the country and from all of Israel’s diverse groups.

TJOEW Feat. Mehdi Nassouli & Omri Mor – Bambra بامبره (Israel/Argentina/Morocco)

Spoiler for TJOEW Feat. Mehdi Nassouli & Omri Mor – Ayli Ouhiyani أيلي حياني:

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Thomas Mapfumo, long known as the "Lion of Zimbabwe," invented the guitar-driven style he calls chimurenga while on the run during the independence wars of the ’70s. Ironically, he’s still in contention with his homeland—only now it’s with president Robert Mugabe and the other power brokers Mapfumo's work once helped to liberate. Both his music and his message remain relevant and enduring.

Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited - Nyoka Musango Live - African Crossroads 2020 (Zimbabwe)

Spoiler for Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited - Ndangariro:

Lu Rusciu de lu Mare is another Tarantella! Originally this was a very slow ballad from Apullia, Italy. Later it transformed into a very fast traditional.

Cantistoria - Lu rusciu te lu mare (Italy)

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Helsinki based electro-folk band Okra Playground was originally formed in 2010 from a shared wish to bring together excellent people and musicians to play around traditional Finnish music with a fresh approach.
The strong voices of the three female singers, as well as the age-old lyrics, simultaneously take the listener to far-off places and close to home.

Okra Playground - Turmio (Finland)

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Ketevan "Katie" Melua Georgian: ქეთევან "ქეთი" მელუა, born 16 September 1984, is a Georgian and British singer and songwriter. Melua was born in Kutaisi and raised in Belfast and London.

Katie Melua - Tu Ase Turpa Ikavi (Georgia/GB)

Kathleen MacInnes, or Caitlin NicAonghais in Scottish Gaelic, (born 30 December 1969) is a Scottish singer, who performs primarily in Scottish Gaelic. She is a native of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and lives in Glasgow with her partner and three sons. In 2010, she appeared on the soundtrack to the Ridley Scott film Robin Hood.

Kathleen MacInnes - Òran na Cloiche ("Song of the Stone") [Stone of Scone] (Scotland)

Spoiler for Kathleen MacInnes with Sarah Jarosz - Gur Milis Morag: