The Country, Folk & World Recommendation Thread

[Drjohnrock]

Originally Posted by Safar

The Durutti Column - Sketch For Summer (England)

This is yet another of the seemingly millions of musical acts I've heard of but never heard anything by--until now. I really like the sounds Mr. Reilly gets from his guitar. I'll be sure to check out more music from The Durutti Column/Vini Reilly.

As always, your posts are enjoyable and informative, Safar.

[Safar]

Glad, my recent find was helpful Drjohnrock, but my info is a little thin. Here is some more.

...having developed a completely new and unique guitar sound in the late 1970s, which had a decisive influence on the following decades, one would expect an extroverted media personality with rock star gestures. But Vini Reilly, the mastermind behind Durutti Column, is completely different.

Spoiler for The Durutti Column - Never Known:

[Safar]

The name probably derives from the Masovia region around Warsaw. The dance was first mentioned in writing in the 14th century. However, it only really took off 200 years later, when the mazurka made its way beyond the borders from rural festivals. There is no such thing as one type of mazurka: rather, it is a generic term for several dances that vary in tempo and character... To some ears, the mazurka may therefore sound like a somewhat bumpy waltz. But that is precisely its secret: the accent shifts between the second and third beats, making the dance lively, unexpected, and distinctive.

Sarah Loughran and Paul Young - The Origin Of The World (England)


Paul Young - Septembre (England)


Konstantin Klabunde - The joy of Joyce (Germany)

Blowzabella is a genuinely unique band that makes an inimitable, driving, drone-based wall-of-sound played with a fabulous sense of melody, rhythmic expertise and sheer feeling They compose their own music which is influenced by English and European traditional folk music and song – a shared culture with ancient roots. Many of their tunes are “standards” in the modern British/European folk repertoire and are played by people all over the world.

Blowzabella - Neylis (Track 5 Tilham) (England)