The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

[Buckeye Randy]

Sometimes you just have to raise your eyebrows and say, "Didn't see that coming".

Orville Peck & Willie Nelson - Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other

[Safar]

Landless are Ruth Clinton, Meabh Meir, Sinead Lynch and Lily Power. They sing unaccompanied traditional songs from Irish, Scottish, English and American traditions in close four part harmony. Their repertoire features songs of love, death and lamentation, as well as work songs, shape-note hymns and more recently penned folk songs. Landless have performed in a variety of settings, both in Ireland and abroad, and are closely involved with traditional singing sessions in Dublin and Belfast.

Landless - The Fisherman's Wife (Ireland)

Spoiler for Landless - Via Extasia:

[Safar]

"Qawaali music," explains Bobby Friction, "Is the physical and musical manifestation of the Sufi religious tradition in South Asia. Powerful, poetic & transcendent, its hypnotic rhythms and melodies celebrate God, love and music as one."
Qawaali emerged in what is now India and Pakistan in the 13th century, in close association with the Sufi and their Islamic mysticism. Typically, there are a lot of people involved in a performance, with eight or nine players making music with harmoniums, tabla, dholak and other percussive instruments. There was a time when women were banned from performing Qawwali music, but things have changed.....
These dedicated women have been honing their Qawwali skills under the guidance of Tahir Qawwal at the esteemed Sama School of Music in Bali since 2020.

Ilahi Sufi Qawwali Women & Sunaz Hesari - Tumhein Dillagi (Pakistan/...)

.....A lead vocalist and a small team of side singers take turns weaving in several different melodies, some of which will be improvised. After a long, improvised introduction for the main song, the singers all join in and vie with each other as the song builds towards its crescendo and sudden, abrupt end.
It’s all about the build-up, so Qawwali songs are rarely short - there are no radio edits here. They can be anywhere between 15 and 30 minutes long, with one of the longest known Qawwali songs - Hashr Ke Roz Yeh Poochhunga by Aziz Mian Qawwal - being almost two hours long!

Hina Nasrullah - Sanson Ki Mala (Pakistan)

Nooran Sisters are Sultana Nooran (born 14 June 1992) and Jyoti Nooran (born 24 February 1994), an Indian devotional Sufi singing duo. Born to a family of Sufi musicians, they perform Sham Chaurasia gharana classical music, a family's style of singing in Hindustani classical music known for the singing of vocal duets.

Dama Dam Mast Kalandar - Nooran Sisters (India)

[Drjohnrock]

Originally Posted by Safar

Landless - The Fisherman's Wife (Ireland)

Spoiler for Landless - Via Extasia:

I really liked this. Thanks for posting it.

[Safar]

Musical group created in the city of Rosario, Argentina, with the aim of recreating (with much respect) classics of Jamaican music...
With a repertoire full of Reggae Roots, Rocksteady and Ska to dance to the rhythm of the "Roots Session" Orchestra.

Roots Session - Swing Easy (Argentina)

[Safar]

Lennie Hibbert (born Leonard Aloysius Hibbert, 12 November 1928 - 8 September 1984) was a Jamaican musician who was bandmaster at the Alpha Cottage School, and also a vibraphone virtuoso, recording two albums for Studio One.

Lennie Hibbert - More Creation (Jamaica)

[Safar]

‘Steam will come out of readers’ ears!’: Joe Boyd on his epic, enraging history of global music

And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music

[Safar]

Stéphane performs his composition Bistro Fada. New York Observer recently said, "Stephane Wrembel represents the living face of Gypsy jazz." Rolling Stone Magazine has called him “a revelation”.

Stéphane Wrembel - Bistro Fada (France)

Awesome Tapes From Africa
Senegalese kora master Sourakata Koité began music from pretty much day one. "All the Koité are musicians!,” he says. Indeed he is a member of a family of djéli (or griot in French), the hereditary caste of musician-storyteller-historians in West Africa. After moving to Paris in the late 70s he began to play in different bands and for musicians like Manu Dibango, Touré Kounda, Mangala, Mah Damba and more.

Sourakata Koité -- Ha-Madi

Awesome Tapes From Africa
1970s/80s Senegalese mbalax rarely gets old to me. Is it the dusty electric guitar expositions? these soulful, acrobatic vocals? the jazzily-phrased yet kick-out-the-jams, bombastic drum stabs? I have only listened to this 1.5 times but that was enough to warrant sharing this lesser traded gem by a classic ensemble of the Dakar scene.

Number One Dakar 83 – Aile (Senegal)

Their music painted a vivid, you-are-there account of the great age of the heady 90s when Africa was in the throes of independence euphoria.

Dalom Kids - Ndilambile (South Africa)

[Safar]

Awesome Tapes From Africa

Spoiler for Number One Dakar 83 – Touki (Senegal):

Gillian Howard Welch (/ˈɡɪliən ˈwɛltʃ/; born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, bluegrass, country and Americana, is described by The New Yorker as "at once innovative and obliquely reminiscent of past rural forms.

Gillian Welch - Wrecking Ball (USA)

[Drjohnrock]

Originally Posted by Safar

Awesome Tapes From Africa

Spoiler for Number One Dakar 83 – Touki (Senegal):

Gillian Welch - Wrecking Ball (USA)

I'm curious as to how you would define "Americana", Safar. To me it's an all purpose category which includes a lot of musicians who would seem to not have a lot to do with one another, from purely acoustic music to performers like Gillian Welch to straight ahead rock and rollers like Webb Wilder. It's like, "we'll, we don't know what to call it--it's ot a clear cut category like counrty, folk, metal or punk, so let's just call it Americana."