FolkWorld #77 03/2022

CD Reviews


»Hello, I would like to send you a copy. It will remain my current CD anyway. As far as I can humanly judge, I will not produce any more. In my experience, it has become pointless. Sales have been steadily declining (at least for me) for years. What is new is that the SWR in Mainz (alongside the SR still my house broadcaster) refused to accept this CD at all. The reason: poorly produced. At Pentecost I was a guest in a program on SWR 4 for two hours in the evening. But this CD was not even allowed to be mentioned. Thank you and I wish you all the best.«
—Manfred Pohlmann

»The music world finds itself in a time of tumultuous change. Covid-19 brought the entire business to its knees, and currently whatever exists, exists online. Music stores have closed, the days of the CD are numbered. Therefore labels must turn to the current model; worldwide streaming. JARO has begun a monthly Spotify Playlist, which is published on both Facebook and its Homepage. Here one can find a playlist of over 100 available JARO releases, a cross-section of the label‘s nearly 40 year history. JARO Digital, which commenced in Fall 2020 - at the peak of the pandemic, is the newest branch of the label, dealing exclusively with digital publishing. The decline of physical sales exerted mounting pressure to go digital. Here one can find recordings which can only be heard in Downloading/Streaming formats worldwide.«
—Ulrich Balß (JARO Medien)


»After the collaborative experimentation of Maroon, I’ve been drawn back toward the acoustic world that spawned me. I’ve taken to playing a lot more fingerstlye guitar lately, and making recordings where I’m singing and playing at the same time. These recordings are technically less perfect, but to me, there’s something truer about them. It’s as close as you can to just hearing someone play for you in your house, in your room. It’s an approach attractive to me on an aesthetic level, and a philosophical one. In this day and age of auto-tune and every plug-in you would ever want to make your record sound BIG BIG BIG, I feel like, how is that special if everyone can do it? What can you do as a person in the world, as a unique person in the world, that’s unlike anyone else? Get rid of the machines. Put as few things as possible between the sound in the room and the sound in the speaker. Strip it down, all the way down, and sing and play at the same time, and record that.«
—Korby Lenker



  English Reviews


Various Artists "Sense of the Place" Britain
Nufolk Global Connections Orchestra "Live" Misc
Luca Bassanese "Piazza Bassanese Vol. 2" Italy
Hoven Droven "Trad" Sweden
El Pony Pisador "It's Never Too Late for Sea Shanties" Spain
Burbridge Booth "Icons" England
Rónán Ó Snodaigh "Tá Go Maith" Ireland
Valerie Armstrong "False Bride" Ireland
Chris Newman "Breaking Bach" England
Aaron O’Hagan and Luke Ward "From the Devil’s Punchbowl" Ireland
Jason Rouse "Fieldish Recording" Ireland
Kenneth MacKenzie "Glendrian" Scotland
John Dew "Mackerel Sky" Scotland
Eddie Seaman "Cave of Gold" Scotland
Ellen Gibling "The Bend in the Light" Canada
Becky Dellow "Take Her Out And Air Her" England
Jack Rutter "Gold of Scar & Shale" England
Cara Dillon "Live at Cooper Hall" Northern Ireland
Fran O'Rourke & John Feeley "Casadh na n​-​Amhrán / Turning the Song" Ireland
Emer Dunne "Hourglass" Ireland
Polca an Rí "From Sliabh Moscó to Cathair Pheadair" Russia
João Diogo Leitão "Por onde fica a primavera" Portugal
The Craigowl Band "40 50" Scotland
Bruce MacGregor "The Road to Tyranny" Scotland
Beinn Lee "Deò" Scotland
Elin Jonsson "Drömmaren" Sweden
Jean Banwarth "Just Sound" France
Various Artists "Within a Mile of Kilty 2" Ireland
Miggins Fiddle "Ten by Two" England
Paul Harrigan "Seven Waves" Ireland
Daniela Heiderich & Gilles Chabenat "Un Jour Encore" Germany / France
Brenda Castles "The Light Side of the Tune" Ireland
Marianne Tomasgård & Åsmund Reistad "Folk fra Follo" Norway
Åsmund Reistad & Vegar Vårdal "Breibeint" Norway
Moynihan "Black Brook" Ireland
Various Artists "Métis Fiddling for Dancing" Canada
Tangi Le Gall-Carré "Neus" France
Le Vent du Nord "20 Printemps" Canada
Lyre Lyre "Gin & Strathspey" Scotland / Sweden
Julie Fitzgerald "Celtic Fiddle Arrangements" Canada
Peter Knight & John Spiers "Both in a Tune" England
Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves "Hurricane Clarice" USA
Pádraig Rynne "Begin with the end in mind" Ireland
3 on the Bund "Frenzy" Ireland
Kevin Buckley "Big Spring" USA
Michael Burnyeat "On the Edge" Canada
Talisk "Dawn" Scotland
Barry Reid "Breathing Space" Scotland
Kerry Fitzgerald "Bitz&Beatz" Canada
Stundom "må jeg holde din hånd" Denmark
Old Blind Dogs "Knucklehead Circus" Scotland
Pancho Alvarez "Cordas Historicas" Spain
Whyte "Maim" Scotland
Randi Tytingvåg Trio "Trøsteviser for redde netter" Norway
Kongero "Live in Longueuil"Sweden
Jørgensen & Sørensen "Rå og Usødet" Denmark
Jensen & Bugge "Greatest Hits" Denmark
Jydsk på Naesen "Kort og godt" Denmark
Karine Polwart and Dave Milligan "still as your sleeping" Scotland
Hartwin Dhoore Trio "Valge Valgus" Estonia / Belgium
Antoni O'Breskey "Samara"Italy / Ireland
"Naragonia invites: the guesthouse sessions" Belgium
Rå "Massiv" Sweden / Denmark
Craig Espie et al "Mr Goose" Scotland
Megan Henderson "Pilgrim Souls" Scotland
Dan Walsh "live at the floodgate" England
Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne "So here to you - live in Vlissingen 2001" Ireland
Mànran "Ùrar" Scotland
Heal & Harrow "Heal & Harrow" Scotland
Margit Myhr & Erlend Apneseth "Slåttesong" Norway
Margit Myhr / Erlend Apneseth "Slåttesong" Norway
Various Artists "I am of Ireland - Yeats in Song" Ireland
Bett Padgett "Turning Over Stones" USA
Brooksie Wells "Stops Time" USA
Carole Wise "The Long Way Home" USA
Väsen "Duo" Sweden
André Ferrari / Olov Johansson "In BeatWeen Rhythm" Sweden
Christina Lux "Lichtblicke" Germany
Seinerzeit "Erste Runde" Germany
Daniel Wahren "Celtic Mythos" Germany
Quote the Raven "Can’t Hold The Light" Canada
Declan O’Rourke "Arrivals" Ireland
Stampestuen "Brev fra Amerika" Norway
TuneWood "Natural Wood" Germany
Tworna "Tworna" Germany
Eric de Vries "Song and Dance Man" Netherlands
Synnøve Brondo Plassen "Hjemve" Norway
Ainsley Hamill "Not Just Ship Land" Scotland
Deutschmann/Moheit/Stadlober "Heym - Vom Aufstoßen der Fenster" Germany
Dymala "Wellen" Germany
Dymala "… von Kranichen und Krähen" Germany
"Manfred Pohlmann singt Peter Weißgerber - Manfred Pohlmann hört Ute Zimmermann" Germany

Short & Sweet:

Cynthia Abraham | The Accidentals | Ana Alcaide | Antichrisis | Dan Auerbach | John Aulabaugh | Aisha Badru | Badume's Band & Selamnesh Zemene | Stefanos Barbalias | Lewis Barfoot | John Noble Barrack | Tuulikki Bartosik | Tom Beaulieu | Eddie Berman | Big Richard | Sunny Bleau | Jake Blount | Regina Bonelli | Bonnie & The Mere Mortals | Borta På Vinden | The Brothers Comatose | Jackson Browne | Thomas James Bull | Danny Burns | Riley Calcagno | Hayes Carll | Susan Cattaneo | Popa Chubby | Alan Clark | Christopher 'Bubba' Clerc | Chris Cleverly | Bruce Cockburn | Cowboy Junkies | Thomas Csorba | Dàimh | Steve Dawson | Steve Dawson | The Dead South | Ray Dethomas | Alice DiMicele | DLÙ | Peter Doran | Demian Dorelli | Dowdelin | Duffhues | Steve Earle | Angela Easley | Seamus Egan | Scott Ellison | Vincent Neil Emerson | Rusty Ends | Face the West | Daria Falco | The Faux Paws | Katie Ferrara | Feuerschwanz | Robert Finley | Dom Flemons | Folk Talk Trio | Foreign Landers | David Francey | The Frank Burkitt Band | Jake Xerxes Fussell | Iona Fyfe | Emma Gale | Bruno Galeone | Abbie Gardner | Jim Ghedi | Sarah Ghriallais | Max Gomez | Dave Goodman | Greg Greenway | Cathy Grier | Anna Grindle | Guano Padana | Mia Guldhammer | Harley Kimbro Lewis | Ruth Hazleton | Morten Alfred Høirup | The HooDoo Loungers | HuDost | Jamestown Revival | Jon Spear Band | Şenel Karatepe | Amythyst Kiah | The Kindly Ravens | King of the World | Korrontzi | Alison Krauss | Abigail Lapell | Dani Larkin | Las Migas | The Last Inklings | The Legendary Ten Seconds | Korby Lenker | Vivian Leva | Baptiste Loosevelt | Professor Louie | The Love Light Orchestra | Lunatraktors | Trudy Lynn | Anastasia Lynne | Kate MacLeod | The Magpies | Manuel Maio | Mandy Marylane | The Matthews Baartmans Conspiracy | Richie Mayer | The McDades | Michael McGovern | Murray McLauchlan | Mean Mary | Mean Old Fireman | Merope | Mile Twelve | Gary Miller | Anaïs Mitchell | Molosser | Alastair Moock | Christy Moore | Kathy Murray | Nevesta's Voice | Buffalo Nichols | Mercedes Nicole | Niteworks | Old Crow Medicine Show | The Old No. 5's | 'O Rom | Dean Owens | Charlie Parr | Tom Paxton | Glen Peters | Celina da Piedade | Chris Pierce | The Pine Hearts | Robert Plant | Poppy Seeds | William Prince | Punch Brothers | Joe Purdy | Ben Reel | The Remittance Men | Reverend Nathon | Buffalo Rose | Roving Crows | Allison Russell | Rachael Sage | Salt House | Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage | Skinny Lister | Buster Sledge | Marjo Smolander | Katie Spencer | Terra Spencer | Jim Stanard | The String Revolution | Billy Strings | Matěj Metoděj Štrunc | Subway to Sally | The Sugar Roots | The Sully Band | Sultans of String | Hughes Taylor | Sean Taylor | John Townley | Track Dogs | Trampled by Turtles | Michael Veitch | Peter Veteska | Maya de Vitry | Walking Apollo | Rupert Wates | We Are The Monsters | The Weeping Willows | Cinder Well | Joonas Widenius | Yasmin Williams | Marty Winkler | Chad Wolfe | Carolyn Wonderland | Yat-Kha | Yonder Mountain String Band | Zoom

Various Artists:

Best of 2021: Blues | Best of 2021: Roots | In the year 2021 - Looking back at 40 years of JARO music | Official Folk Albums Chart of the Year Show



  Deutsche Rezensionen


Lydie Auvray "Air de Decembre" France
Vagabund "Wandering Steps" Germany
Sonor Teutonicus "Morgenrot" Germany
Folkländer "So viele Wege Vol.1" Germany
Bube Dame König "Von der Quelle bis zur See" Germany
La Kejoca "Libertad" Germany
Oysterband "Read the Sky" England
Ingrid Henderson "Message in a Bottle" Scotland
Megan Henderson "Pilgrim Souls" Scotland
Divanhana "Zavrzlama" Bosnia
Aniada A Noar "Live" Austria
Die Strottern "Schau Di An" Austria
pünklichkeit & anarchie "pünklichkeit & anarchie" Austria
Johnny & the Yooahoos "Marionette With The Mandarin" Germany
Paul Bremen "Out Of Excuses" Germany
Hans Theessink & Big Daddy Wilson "Pay Day" Netherlands / USA
Les Tireux d'Roches "Tapiskwan Sipi" Canada
Celtica "Celtic Spirits at Merkenstein" Austria
Kevin Buckley "Big Spring" USA
Various Artists "Within a Mile of Kilty 2" Ireland
Bonbon Vodou "Cimentière Créole" France
Le Vent du Nord "20 Printemps" Canada
Nicolas Boulerice "Maison de Pierres" Canada
Duo Beaudry/Prudhomme "Chansons en noires et blanches" Canada
Fairytale "Winter Tales" Germany
Marcela Arroyo "De Par en Par" Switzerland
Les Yeux d’la Tête "Bonne Nouvelle" France
Randi Tytingvåg Trio "Trøsteviser for redde netter" Norway
Lou-Duo "Souvenir" Germany
Margit Myhr / Erlend Apneseth "Slåttesong" Norway
Various Artists "I am of Ireland - Yeats in Song" Ireland
Bett Padgett "Turning Over Stones" USA
Brooksie Wells "Stops Time" USA
Carole Wise "The Long Way Home" USA
Väsen "Duo" Sweden
André Ferrari / Olov Johansson "In BeatWeen Rhythm" Sweden
Christina Lux "Lichtblicke" Germany
Seinerzeit "Erste Runde" Germany
Daniel Wahren "Celtic Mythos" Germany
Quote the Raven "Can’t Hold The Light" Canada
Declan O’Rourke "Arrivals" Ireland
Stampestuen "Brev fra Amerika" Norway
TuneWood "Natural Wood" Germany
Tworna "Tworna" Germany
Eric de Vries "Song and Dance Man" Netherlands
Synnøve Brondo Plassen "Hjemve" Norway
Ainsley Hamill "Not Just Ship Land" Scotland
Deutschmann/Moheit/Stadlober "Heym - Vom Aufstoßen der Fenster" Germany
Dymala "Wellen" Germany
Dymala "… von Kranichen und Krähen" Germany
"Manfred Pohlmann singt Peter Weißgerber - Manfred Pohlmann hört Ute Zimmermann" Germany

Kurz & bündig:

Nash Albert | Pete Alderton | Bernard Allison | Ambäck | Árný Margrét | Babra | Nanna Barslev | Paul Bartsch | Guido Belcanto | Billow Wood | Blitz Union | Bosudong Cooler | Peter Braukmann | Steven Brown | Bukahara | Lars Bygdén | Calexico | Georg Clementi | Cumbia Chicharra | Bruce Cockburn | Nicola Conte | Ry Cooder | Delva | Doc Dooley | Dom Duff | Duva | Jürgen Ehle | Claudia Fink | Julian von Flüe | Funny van Dannen | Ghosttown Company | Gunwood | John Wort Hannam | Harrycane Orchestra | Son House | Ralf Illenberger | Jamie Clarke’s Perfect | Junger | Daniel Kahn | Carolin Karnuth | Kasai Allstars | Seckou Keita | Koenix | Martin Kolbe | Michael Lane | La Raymonde | Lolomis | David Lübke | Roger Matura | Andrea Motis | Multumult | Naked | Anne Niepold | No Snakes In Heaven | Ossy Pardeller | Omar Pene | Gianluca Petrella | Nils Pilerot | Quadro Nuevo | Hayley Reardon | Dotschy Reinhardt | The Roughneck Riot | Scarlett O' | Schnaftl Ufftschik | Florian Schneider | Scivias | Soldat Louis | Omar Sosa | Simon Stadler | Sting | Julian Svejgaard | Taj Mahal | Three For Silver | Torsten Turinsky | Molly Tuttle | Das Ungemach | U.T.A. | Uusikuu | Brandi Vezina | Manfred Wambacher | Wolfsheart | Zydeco Playboys

Various Artists: In the year 2021 - Looking back at 40 years of JARO music | Die Lieder der Commune





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