Das in Amsterdam ansässige Quartett ist seit eh und je international aufgestellt. Bei Arifa fließen Ost und West ineinander und werden zu einem schillernden Amalgam. Alte Musiktraditionen aus dem Nahen Osten und dem Balkan werden mit Jazz und zeitgenössischer Musik vermischt.

The kaleidoscopic third album from Sean Mulrooney and his Ireland meets Berlin ensemble. Ecstatic folk-psych that full embraces the natural world and living ancestry, through joyful experimentation and deeply rooted sonics. An inspired soundscape that echoes eclectic and eccentric atmospheres: traditional Irish folk, outsider pop, global sacred music and drone rock. Features...

A new album of Borders poet W.H. Ogilvie's verses is set to music "The Land We Love", with music specially composed and performed by folk singer Ian Bruce, supported by several local artists such as Ian Lowthian, Pete Clark and Bruce McGregor. Eighteen of Ogilvie's poems, including The Raiders and The Road to Roberton, have been given new musical life. This music helps to...

A fluid sophisticated voice that constantly plays with its own identity, with masculinity and femininity, strength and sweetness, the richness of melisma and pure silence. A Mediterranean songbook, between tradition and modernity. Like in a garden of cedars and roses, tarantellas and love songs from Gargano and Salento (the two extreme parts of the Southern Italian region of...

An eagerly anticipated second album from five-piece band Eabhal. 'Aisling' showcases an array of arrangements of both Gaelic and English songs alongside self-penned tunes. Includes sleeve notes with song lyrics and translations. The album is a culmination of their creative work so far, and it draws heavily on geographical influences. Each track has a strong connection with a...

"Come Spend A While Wi' Us", like its predecessor "Plockdown", was recorded in the fairly challenging circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is the 21st annual CD by the students of the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music. The album contains a mix of traditional and contemporary material chosen, arranged, and often composed by the students themselves. The...

An eagerly anticipated third album release by a seven-piece band from the Highlands, Ho-Ro. This exciting, high octane contemporary trad album features a new lineup with Alastair MacLean (pipes, whistles), Calum MacPhail (accordion, vocals), Hannah Macrae (fiddle, vocals), Sean Cousins (guitar), Paul Martin (keys, electric guitar), Calum MacQuarrie (bass). It's the perfect...