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Review: Joonatan Elokuu - Mushroom Heart (2009)

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artist: Joonatan Elokuu release: Mushroom Heart format: CDr year of release: 2009 label: Kiiltomatolyhty duration: 43:20

detailed info: discogs.com

Insiders in the modern psychedelic and alternative folk scene might have become acquainted with the Finnish project Aura Shining Green over the past few years. By now, names and project [...]

Review: Woodpecker Wooliams - Diving Down (2009)

artist: Woodpecker Wooliams release: Diving Down format: CD year of release: 2009 label: Autumn Ferment duration: 35:25

detailed info: discogs.com

Scottish label Autumn Ferment seems to be going strong, and this imprint delivers its best album to date with Woodpecker Wooliams‘s Diving Down, a mighty fine piece of modern [...]

Review: The Use of Ashes - White Nights: Glowing Lights (2009)

artist: The Use of Ashes release: White Nights: Glowing Lights format: LP, CD year of release: 2009 label: tonefloat duration: 45:37

From Nijmegen in the Netherlands hails The Use of Ashes, a band consisting of the brothers Peter and Simon van Vliet, and Maarten Scherrenburg. The first two were active in [...]

Review: Sedayne - Naked Season (2009)

artist: Sedayne release: Naked Season format: MC year of release: 2009 label: Sloow Tapes duration: 58:01

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Throughout the years, English storyteller and musician Sean Breadin remains one of the most unique voices in modern folk music. His idiosyncratic style walks a tightrope between loyalty to tradition [...]

Review: Troum - Eald-Ge-Stréon (2009)

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artist: Troum release: Eald-Ge-Stréon format: 2xCD year of release: 2009 label: Beta-lactam Ring duration: 1:32:18

detailed info: discogs.com.

If there are any artists in the realm of drone music that have left a lasting impression on me during the past few years, Troum surely are among them. The German [...]

Review: 3 Seconds of Air - The Flight of Song (2009)

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artist: 3 Seconds of Air release: The Flight of Song format: CD, LP year of release: 2009 label: tonefloat duration: 74:25

detailed info: discogs.com.

Released in June 2009, this debut album by 3 Seconds of Air is a new addition to the roster of tonefloat records. On second thought, [...]

Review: Faelwa - Farewell Sun (2009)

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artist: Faelwa release: Farewell Sun format: CDr year of release: 2009 label: Self-released duration: 19:10

Introducing a promising new Dutch project is always a pleasure to me, so I’m glad I can present Faelwa to you. This band is a duo consisting of Mark Kwint and Jasper Strik, who hail from [...]

New Tenhi Album ‘Saivo’ Teaser Online

The new album by Finnish progressive folk masters Tenhi is due to appear in summer 2010, according to the label, Prophecy Productions. A teaser for the album has been put online on YouTube recently:

The clip is, of course, not as impressive as the previous complete video for “Kausienranta”, but [...]

Review: Karjalan Sissit - Fucking Whore Society (2009)

artist: Karjalan Sissit release: Fucking Whore Society format: LP, CD year of release: 2009 label: Eternal Soul (LP), Cyclic Law (CD) duration: 43:31 (LP)

detailed info: discogs.com.

Fucking Whore Society is Karjalan Sissit‘s latest full-length album, no doubt eagerly awaited by a growing group of fans. I count myself [...]