The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

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Marta Pereira da Costa begins her musical training on the piano at the age of 4; she studied 2 years of classical guitar at age 8; At 18, she started playing Portuguese guitar.
She graduated in Civil Engineering, and after working for 8 years, in 2012, she abandoned the activity and dedicated herself exclusively to music and the Portuguese guitar, thus starting her solo career.

Marta Pereira da Costa -Fado Lopes (Portugal)

Formed in 2006, Beirut is an American folk pop outfit, originally the brainchild of Zach Condon, who hails from Santa Fe, New Mexico. They are a concoction of indie - rock and world music.

Beirut - Serbian Cocek (USA)

Spoiler for Beirut - Gulag Orkestar:

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This 8-strong collective from England, Italy, France, Congo, Argentina and New Zealand combine traditional afrobeat and hi-life with funk, jazz, Latin and dub to deliver party music born of their truly global DNA.
Sung in Lingala by lead vocalist Juanita Euka.

London Afrobeat Collective - Topesa Esengo Na Motema (England)

Yeghish Manoukian is an Armenian duduk player, performing since 1967.

Yeghshe Manukyan - I Beg You Mountains (Armenia)

Steeped in the cadence of her native County Cavan, it is by turns raw and wild, warm and melodic, grief-stricken and exuberant, driven always by the drama inherent in the song.

Lisa O'Neill - Old Note (Ireland)

The Mary Wallopers are a folk group from Dundalk, breathing new life into both well known & rare ballads. Travelling the length & breadth of the country singing & collecting songs, they exude a raw energy that could be described as the Clancy Brothers meet John Lydon.

The Mary Wallopers - Cod Liver Oil & The Orange Juice (Ireland)

Spoiler for The Mary Wallopers - Eileen Og:

Caravan is a jazz standard composed by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington.
The melody is emphatically chromatic, mysterious, almost oriental. Ellington arranged the song with additional orientalisms and gave it a new, more conventional middle section, which contrasts strongly with the main melody in terms of rhythm and tone. The piece draws its particular strength from this contrast.
It's no wonder that greats like .... and Tommy Emmanuel don't want to miss out on joint concerts with Joscho Stephan. The German is one of the great innovators of the genre.

Tommy Emmanuel & Joscho Stephan - Caravan (Australia/Germany)

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If I Had You is a pop song written by Ted Shapiro, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly under the joint pseudonym Irving King and published in 1928. Originally from England, the song became popular in the 1930s, particularly in the United States, and also became a much-played jazz standard.

Spoiler for Tommy Emmanuel & Joscho Stephan - If I Had You:

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TaranProject was a Calabrian ethnic music group from Locride, led by Mimmo Cavallaro and Cosimo Papandrea.
The numerous performances (a hundred or so from May to December), almost all in the localities of Locride, the area where the musicians are originally from, record a growing success, to the point of unleashing an authentic collective passion: the town squares are packed with people of all ages, from the elderly who rediscover the songs of their past and the desire to dance the tarantella to the ancient use, to the young people who, attracted by the rock sounds, rediscover the forgotten roots of the musical culture of their land. Their signature song is undoubtedly “Spagna,” which takes a text already proposed years ago by Otello Profazio with a new melody, and becomes the soundtrack of the Locridean summer.

Mimmo Cavallaro & Cosimo Papandrea TaranProjekt - Spagna (Italy)

Spoiler for Mimmo Cavallaro & Cosimo Papandrea TaranProject - Hjuri di Hjumari:

Spoiler for Mimmo Cavallaro & Cosimo Papandrea TaranProject - Stilla chjara:

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Eugenio Bennato (born 16 March 1948) is an Italian folk musician and songwriter. He is the brother of the musician Edoardo Bennato. In 1998, he founded a musical movement called Taranta Power, with the aim of promoting south-Italian folk culture through music, cinema and theater.

Eugenio Bennato - Riturnella (Italy)

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El Negro Palma is a dedicated and passionate artist, known for his deep connection to traditional Latin American music. His career has been marked by a profound ability to convey raw emotion through his songs, making him a beloved figure in his genre. Despite not being widely known on the global stage, his music resonates deeply with those who appreciate heartfelt storytelling.

El Negro Palma - Homenaje a las Coplas (Argentina)

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Black roots, samba and African batuque in the music of Paulo César Pinheiro and Mauro Duarte, sung by Clara Nunes, tell of the emergence of Brazilians from three races, whites, blacks and Indians. Indians were plundered, blacks kidnapped, all enslaved by white Europeans. The resistance of the Quilombo, the extermination of the indigenous people the “sobs of pain”, the historical responsibility of white Europeans.
The blatant oppression lasted more than 300 years and was overcome just over 100 years ago, not for humanitarian reasons, but because of the need to adapt to the economy.

Clara Nunes - Canto Das Três Raças (Brazil)