Singers/songwriters Kate and Anna McGarrigle (born in Montreal of mixed English- and French-Canadian background, and grew up in the Laurentian Mountains village of Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Québec)... more

In 1967 The Byrds rented a studio in Nashville and hired local musicians, including John Hartford and Clarence White, to record an album about American musical history, based on hillbilly, country... more

Harry Chapin's brother Steve and his drummer Howard Fields remember: On April 11th 1977, Harry Chapin and his band, near the end of their first tour overseas, performed a concert broadcast over... more

In 1987 Ralf Kothe released his first instrumental album Regendurst (Gitarrenballaden I) on the state-run GDR label Amiga, followed by his second Amiga production Die Andere Seite (Gitarrenballaden... more

Tír na nÓg are an Irish folk duo formed in Dublin in 1969 by Leo O'Kelly and Sonny Condell. They are often considered one of the first progressive folk bands and are often compared to other artists... more

First-class live concert from 1983, recorded in the Club Schauburg on June 10, 1983 by Radio Bremen (Germany), available for the first time on double-CD, Feat. Drummer Jeff Allen (Snowy White and Van... more

After "Quiet Places" (2020) Andreas Vollenweider has grouped his music on his new album according to atmosphere and character: "Slow Flow" is a collection of pieces with a relaxed, flowing feel,... more

With 19 studio and 5 live albums and 5 Best Of... compilations under their belts, UK-folkband Show of Hands certainly have an impressive catalogue of material to choose from when performing live.... more

The New Mine" features 12 tracks, with which MSC continue their musical successful recipe: somewhere between trad. British folk-rock and Americana, strong songs, excellent playing and arrangements... more

Swiss harpist Andreas Vollenweider continues his exploration of world fusion on this ambitious, genre-blending release. In addition to the usual presence of Vollenweider's electrified harp, on which... more

De Danann - who began performing and recording under the name de Dannan in 1985 - have played an influential role in the development of modern Irish music. Although they're remained rooted in... more

The usual high standard, expected of Luka Bloom. This time recorded live at Radio Bremen in Germany on 2nd December 2001. The original tapes were edited and mastered by the artist himself together... more

After "Quiet Places" (2020) Andreas Vollenweider has grouped his music on his new album according to atmosphere and character: "Slow Flow" is a collection of pieces with a relaxed, flowing feel,... more

"Bremen, late autumn 1978. The stage of the students music-pub StuBu is one of the last stops on our first major German tour. In the summer we were guests of the United Jazz & Rock Ensemble on the... more

In 1967 the British guitarist and songwriter John Renbourn together with his friend Bert Jansch founded the British folk rock band Pentangle. Like Jansch, Renbourn was considered an outstanding... more

First collaboration of two popular icons of the Irish folk rock scene. For 27 years Ciaran Tourish was a member of the Irish roots folk rockers Altan, with whom the multi-instrumentalist recorded 10... more

Fairytale enchant with handmade folk music. Sometimes mystical, sometimes buoyantly danceable, nature and fantasy are bestowed with a previously unheard voice. Fairylike polyphonic singing and the... more

The most influential band in traditional Irish Folk with a legendary recording in the original line-up feat. Matt Molloy. In the concert it is to be heard how much fun the five Irishmen had being... more

With Peter Finger, Werner Laemmerhirt and the duo Kolbe & Illenberger, the Rockpalast producers invited the entire German spearhead of the finger-picking fraternity to their Cologne-based studio from... more

The Best Of" is a collection of wonderful recordings celebrating Donnie Munro's solo career. The CD contains some of Donnie's, personal favourites - all re-mastered - plus some new live versions of... more

The ethereal harmonies on this album sound like early Matthews Southern Comfort—but make no mistake: this is a brand-new effort from Iain Matthews and his mates. Those are new bandmates, but the band... more