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 Newfoundland has a rich history of brilliant button accordion players. The ubiquitous Graham Wells can stand with the best of them, figures our Sandy MacDonald. |
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Martin Simpson, like a good Highland malt, improves with age. One of the most accomplished acoustic guitarists on the planet, his last album, Prodigal Son, was voted Album of the Year at the 2008 BBC 2 Folk Awards. His latest, True Stories, produced the Traditional Track of the Year (Sir Patrick Spens). Enter to win a copy here.
The song you're hearing right now
is “The Little Pot
Stove” sung by Nic Jones.
It is taken from his brilliant album
Penguin Eggs and is available
through Topic Records.
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a few reviews of new albums from Jenny Whiteley,
Ariana Gillis,Po’ Girl, Chris MacLean and Show of Hands. |
Penguin Eggs Critics Poll is surely the definitive look at folk, roots and world
music releases in Canada in 2009. Almost 50 members of the media, folk club
and folk festival artistic directors, specialty record store staff, and various
individuals with an acute knowledge of folk, roots and world music in Canada
participated in our eighth annual poll. Click here for the results.| Quotes |
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