Bumping this to tell the world, or at least grindy, that I underestimated A Hawk and a Hacksaw a few posts back. More traditional than avant-garde, they have several albums of gypsy music to their credit. Here they are (far left accordion and far right violin) with their sound being beefed up by some other musicians:-
A French lady who has impressed me recently is Emmanuelle Parrenin. In 1977 she made an exquisite album of French folk music called Maison Rose , then waited about 30 years before making a comeback with material that earns her a place in this thread:-
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