Folk

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   Violin

   The sad beauty of slow air in Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch

   'Slow air' refers to the type of the Irish traditional music, first brought to a wider audience by the publishings of…

   April 25, 2018

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   Hardanger Fiddle

   You can't stay still when you hear the reel

   The Shetland islands, located between Norway and Scotland, has always had their folk music at the crossroads of two…

   April 20, 2018

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   Classical Guitar

   Folk dances illuminate the heritage of Gaspar Sanz, the Baroque guitar maestro

   Composer, guitarist, organist and priest, Gaspar Sanz studied at the University of Salamanca, where he was later…

   April 11, 2018

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   Guitar

   The irony of Cuban love song in the work of trova-musician Compay Segundo

   Chan Chan was written in 1987 by Cuban singer Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles, known as Compay Segundo. The song…

   April 9, 20181 comment

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   Songwriter

   Dazed and Confused: evolution through Led Zeppelin live shows

   Dazed and Confused is the folk-song written by Jake Holmes in 1967. The song was recorded for his debut album and…

   March 26, 2018

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   Saenghwang

   Modern jazz meets traditional Korean music in Park Jiha's Communion

   Both somehow minimalist and carrying the richness of jazz improvisation, Park Jiha's debut album Communion borders on…

   March 19, 2018

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   Songwriter

   The Snows They Melt the Soonest survives through folk tradition

   The Snows They Melt the Soonest is a British folk song dating back to at least as far as 1821. It was mentioned, along…

   March 15, 2018

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   Classical Guitar

   Stylistic diversity of acoustic guitar duo Oka Vanga

   Oka Vanga—a play on the name ‘Okavango’, a river delta in Botswana—is the band name for South African born Angela Meyer…

   March 13, 2018

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   Violin

   Wild harmony of the northern fjords by Nils Økland and Hardanger fiddle

   Nils Økland is an innovative violinist and composer from Norway, instantly recognizable for his extensive use of the…

   March 10, 2018

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    Songwriter

    The Unthanks: keeping with the modern spirit of the English folk song

    The Unthanks is an English group known for their eclectic approach in combining traditional Northumbrian folk with…

    March 10, 2018

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    Film

    Man of Constant Sorrow revived in the Coen brothers' classic

    Man of Constant Sorrow is a traditional American folk song first published by Dick Burnett, a partially blind fiddler…

    March 6, 2018