Hexen im British Folk der 60s … ein Thema, dass man wahrscheinlich vor allem mit den vergnüglichen Songs von Donovan und Co. verbindet. Ich denke an Incredible String Band mit Witches Hat oder Fairy Tale Lullaby von John Martyn. Die Musik des Psychedelic Folk um 1967/68 war voll davon und blieb präsent in allen möglichen […]
zu den Roots-Tipps Die Klammer für den Tipp „Black Twig Pickers / Sally-Anne Morgan / House and Land /Nathan Bowles“ sind die BTP. Die Band stammt aus verschiedenen Orten in Virgina, Bowles ist Gründungsmitglied, Morgan kam später hinzu Preserving Appalachia:.Black Twig Pickers Diskographie: Friend’s Peace (LP, MP3 VHF Records, 2021) Seasonal Hire (with Steve Gunn), Thrill Jockey, 2015 […]
People tend to declare disasters as natural, not made by human beings. But even great technical catastrophes like Tschernobyl and Fukushima only happened because persons in charge acted wrong, made mistakes – some knowing and willingly and some not. And the reasons for these failures are greed on the one hand and poverty on the […]
In my previous posting I told about Lady Maisery and the three women that make up the band: https://norbert-knape.de/?p=309 That was kind of a preparation for my radio special. In this posting I filed up the songs I intend to play and some about them (not in my own words but taken from internet sites […]
Lady Masery is Hazel Askew, Rowan Rheingans and Hannah James Before I start with Lady Masery I have to talk about Songs Of Seperation, because that’s where it started for me. SoS is a project with Eliza Carthy, Hannah James, Hannah Read, Hazel Askew, Jenn Butterworth, Karine Polwart, Kate Young, Mary Macmaster and Rowan Rheingans. […]
2019 was the first time to visit the Folk Festival in Cambridge. In previous years I had been watching BBC documentaries of the festival rather jealously so when I noticed that our holiday in Ireland would start at the fifth of August it was crystal clear: that’s the chance. So here are some impressions from […]
