The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

[Lisnaholic]

^ That's a nice cheerful tune. The singer looks a bit like Leonard Cohen to me - apart from the fact that he's cheerful of course.

In general, Madredeus (from Portugal) are a little too smooth for my liking, but this track gets a welcome bit of edginess with the strings:-



Actually, I've hit a bit of a slack period in terms of exciting new (or old) world music lately, so I'd welcome some recs: something thin, raw and wild would be good!