FolkWorld Issue 35 02/2008

Highlights Folk & Trad 2007

++ FolkWorld's Recommendations ++ fRoots Best Albums ++ Folk Alley's Top CDs ++ World Music Charts Europe ++ Folker! ++ German & Austrian World Music Awards ++ Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik ++ BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards ++ Scots Trad Music Awards ++ liveIreland Awards ++ Danish Music Awards ++ About.com Best US Folk CDs ++ Americana Music Association Top 100 Albums ++ Canadian Folk Music Awards ++ Folk Alliance Australia Awards ++

FolkWorld's Recommendations

The Best Loved Albums 2007 - The Editor's Choice:
Julie Fowlis

Tsuumi Sound System "hotas" (Finland)

The Cast "Greengold" (Scotland)

Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne "Live at Fylde" (Ireland - this is a 2005 album, but what a stunner!)

"Peerie" Willie Johnson "Willie's World (Scotland)

Mau Mau "Dea" (Italy)

Julie Fowlis "Cuilidh" (Scotland)

Frigg "Live" (Norway)

Kirstine Sand "Det dansende par" (Denmark)

Fiona MacKenzie "Duan Nollaig - A Gaelic Christmas"(Double CD) (Scotland)



Iontach Walkin' Tom's Best Loved Albums 2007:

Herbert Bartmann "Temmi" (Germany)

Celtish "Centrifusion" (Wales)

Dervish "Travelling Show" (Ireland)

Dziuks Küche "Live im Quasimodo" (Germany)

Eliza Gilkyson "Your Town Tonight" (USA)

Iontach "Jiggin' It" (Germany/Ireland)

Henrik Jansberg "Omnivor" (Denmark)

Robb Johnson "All That Way for This" (England)

Sofia Karlsson "Visor från Vinden" (Sweden)

McDermott's 2 Hours "Goodbye to the Madhouse" (England)



Richard Thompson Eelco Schilder's Best Loved Albums 2007:

Bjork "Volta" (Iceland)

Sofia Karlsson "Visor från Vinden" (Sweden)

Klezzmates "Reflections" (Poland)

La Fleur Fatale "Night Generation" (Sweden)

Marja Mattlar "Polku" (Finland)

Chieko Mori "Katyou fuugetsu" (Japan)

Linda Thompson "A Versatile heart" (England)

Richard Thompson "Sweet Warrior" (England)

Wouter Vandenabeele "Chansons sans Paroles" (Belgium)

Rufus Wainwright "Release the Stars" (Canada)



Mercedes Peon Karsten Rube's Best Loved Albums 2007:

Berrogüetto "10.0" (Galicia/Spain)

Bruce Cockburn "Life Short Call Now" (Canada)

Gloria Estefan "99 Miles" (USA)

Faltriqueira "effecto" (Galicia/Spain)

Outos Aires "Dos" (Argentinia)

Mercedes Peon "Shia" (Galicia/Spain)

Raul Paz "Revolucion" (Columbia)

Pink Martini "Hey Eugene" (USA)

Maria Salgado "Abrecaminos" (Spain)

Suzanne Vega "Beauty and Crime" (USA)



Rory Campbell Adolf Goriup's Best Loved Albums 2007:

Breabach "The Big Spree" (Scotland)

Broadlahn "…vom Rande der Welt" (Austria)

Rory Campbell "Intrepid" (Scotland)

Celtic Chakra "Moving Stones" (Germany)

Lowri Evans "Kick the Sand" (Wales)

Mandolinquents "Dance of the Comedians" (England)

Maggie Reilly "Rowan" (Scotland)

Pamela Wyn Shannon "Courting Autumn" (USA)

The Tim Edey Band "Farrago" (England)

V/A "The Imagined Village" (England)




Kate Rusby fRoots Best Albums 2007:

1 Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba "Segu Blue"
2 Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective "Watina"
3 Tinariwen "Aman Iman"

..., Martin Simpson "Prodigal Son"; Manu Chao "La Radiolina"; V/A "The Imagined Village"; Rachel Unthank & The Winterset "The Bairns"; Fanfare Ciocarlia "Queens and Kings"; LAU "Lightweights & Gentlemen"; Yasmin Levy "Mano Suave"; Sylvia Barnes "The Colour of Amber"; Ersatzmusika "Voice Letter"; Julie Fowlis "Cuilidh"; Bella Hardy "Night Visiting"; LaXuLa "In X-ile"; Oysterband "Meet You There"; Kate Rusby "Awkward Annie"; Shantel "Disko Partizani"; June Tabor "Apples"; Taraf de Häidouks "Maškaradă"; Tiris "Sandtracks"; Chris Wood "Trespasser", ...

www.frootsmag.com


Folk Alley's Top CDs 2007:
Gráda
Levon Helm "Dirt Farmer"
Russ Barenberg "When At Last"
Kane Welch Kaplin "Kane Welch Kaplin"
Josh Ritter "The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter"
Loudon Wainwright III "Strange Weirdos"
LAU "Lightweights & Gentlemen"
Iron & Wine "The Sheppard’s Dog"
Fairport Convention "Sense of Occasion"
Richard Thompson "Sweet Warrior"
Martin Simpson "Prodigal Son"
Kris Drever "Black Water"
Beoga "Mischief"
Mary Gauthier "Between Daylight and Dark"
Terri Hendrix "The Spiritual Kind"
Grada "Cloudy Day Navigation", ...

www.folkalley.com


Fanfare Ciocarlia World Music Charts Europe 2007:

Tinariwen "Aman Iman: Water is Life"
Fanfare Ciocarlia "Queens and Kings"
Shantel "Disko Partizani"

www.wmce.de


Cara Folker! - Die Besondere CD 2007:

Cara "In Between Times"
Johnny Clegg "One Life"
Woody Guthrie "The Live Wire"
Iva Nova "Chemodan"
Lorraine Jordan "A Light Over There"
Planxties & Airs "Portrait"
Hank Shizzoe & The Directors "Headlines"
Törf "Olipodrigo"
Peter Wassiljewski & Das Leschenko-Orchester "Russenball"

www.folker.de


Hans-Eckhardt Wenzel German World Music Awards (RUTH) 2007:

Deutsche RUTH: Achim Reichel
Globale RUTH: Etta Scollo
Ehren-RUTH: Charlie Mariano, Mike Kamp

German World Music Awards (Creole) 2007:

Äl Jawala, Ahoar, ulman

Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik- Bestenliste 1-4/2007:

Lila Downs "Loteria Cantada"
Wenzel "Glaubt nie, was ich singe"
Berrogüetto "10.0"
Der Odenwälder Shanty Chor "Eiland"
Céu "Céu"
Polkaholix "The Great Polka Swindle"
Abi Wallenstein "Blues Culture"
Charly Schreckschuss Band "Ne Menge Leben"

www.weltmusikpreis.de, www.creole-weltmusik.de, www.schallplattenkritik.de



Last Orders BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2007:

Best Album: Freedom Fields (Seth Lakeman)
Folk Singer of the Year: Seth Lakeman
Best Duo: Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick
Best Group: Bellowhead
Best Traditional Track: Barleycorn (Tim Van Eyken)
Horizon Award: Kris Drever
Audience Vote/Favourite Folk Track: Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Sandy Denny)

BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2007:

Winner: Last Orders: Cumbrian four-piece who play traditional and original tunes.

Finalists: David Delarre, Ewen & Megan Henderson, Ruth Notman & Bryony Bainbridge, Wilber, Ryan Young.

www.bbc.co.uk, www.bbc.co.uk


Old Blind Dogs Scots Trad Music Awards 2007:

Album of the Year: Cuilidh (Julie Fowlis)
Composer of the Year: Phil Cunningham
Gaelic Singer of the Year: Julie Fowlis
Instrumentalist of the Year: Catriona McKay
Live Act of the Year: Red Hot Chilli Pipers
Scots Singer of the year: Mairi Campbell
Scottish Folk Band of the Year: Old Blind Dogs
Up & Coming Artist of the Year: Maeve Mackinnon


www.handsupfortrad.co.uk


Beoga liveIreland Awards 2007:

Composition of the Year: Jean Yelland (Mairi Campbell)
Instrumental Album of the Year: FireWire (Maire Ni Chathasaigh)
Male Vocalist of the Year: Tim Dennehy
Concert of the Year: The David Munnelly Band
Male Musician of the Year: Chris Droney
Vocal/Instrumental Album of the Year: The Roseland Barndance (North Cregg)
Female Musician of the Year: Mairi Campbell
Compendium Album of the Year: The Barra MacNeils
Vocal Cut of the Year: Billy O'Shea (Michael Black)
Instrumental Cut of the Year: Jazzy Wilbur (Beoga)

www.liveireland.com


Helene Blum Band Danish Music Awards (Folk) 2007:

Best Album: Instinkt "Grum"
Best Traditional Artist: Kvasir "Nye sko"
Best Debut: Helene Blum "En sød og liflig klang"
Best Song Album: Sussie Nielsen "Pigens morgen"
Best Blues Album: Theessink, Nalle & Møller "Goin’ Down Slow 2"
Best Foreign Album: Reiersrud/Kleive "Nåde over nåde"
DMA-Folks Award: Lang Linken


www.folkemusik.dk


Kim & Reggie Harris About.com Best US Folk CDs 2007:

..., Kane Welch Kaplin "Kane Welch Kaplin", Erin McKeown "Sing you Sinners", Kim & Reggie Harris "Get On Board!", Ani DiFranco "Canon", ...

The Americana Music Association Top 100 Albums 2007:

..., Steve Earle "Washington Square Serenade", Old Crow Medicine Show "Big Iron", Amy LaVere "Anchors and Anvils", Ted Russel Kamp "Divisadero", Last Train Home "Last Good Kiss", Terri Hendrix "The Spiritual Kind", Willie Nelson "Songbird", Kane Welch Kaplin "Kane Welch Kaplin", Southern Culture On The Skids "Countrypolitan Favorites", Loudon Wainwright III "Strange Weirdos", Nanci Griffith "Ruby's Torch", Grayson Capps "Wail & Ride", JJ Grey & Mofro "Country Ghetto", Jim Lauderdale "The Bluegrass Diaries", ...

folkmusic.about.com, www.americanamusic.org



Tanglefoot Canadian Folk Music Awards 2007:

Best Album-Traditional: La Part du Quêteux "Paye la Traite"
Best Childrens’ Album: Pied Pumkin "Pumkids - Tuneful Tales for Kids & Kin"
Best Singer-Contemporary: David Francey "Right of Passage"
Best Songwriter-Aboriginal: Sandy Scofield "Nikawiy Askiy"
Best Vocal Group: Tanglefoot "Dance like Flames"
Best Ensemble: Les Charbonniers de l’Enfer "À la grâce de Dieu"
Best Solo Artist: Sarah Noni Metzner "Daybreak Mourning"

Folk Alliance Australia Awards 2007:

Best CD: Wheelers & Dealers "Full House"

www.canadianfolkmusicawards.ca, www.folkalliance.org.au




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