Refined and instructive Scottish folk songwriter. This LP shows how seriously he honors the legacy of the traditional music from Scotland, and how he relates himself to many great artists by choosing texts which highlight […]
Pat Nelson – More Than Meets The Eye (1975)
Rare english folk, talking blues, LP. Half studio and half live recorded in a West Sussex village pub! Released on the ‘Sweet Folk & Contry’ Label, this special find enlights with elgeant humor, popular euphoria, […]
W.F. Guest Mix #2 – October 2017 – Silver Louzy
“A collection of pop tunes about love and self-esteem, from everlasting classics to precious and confidential recordings.” – Silver Louzy Guest Mix #2 by Silver Louzy, who shared some personal favorites for Witan Fols. The result […]
Steve Baron – A Wanderer Like You (1973)
Folk-rock on a Nashville ground. An eclectic and expressive record led by an authentic songwriter and Pete Drake, the pedal steel guitarist, also at the production. The combo surprises us with warm arrangements and choir […]
Dan Gillmor & Doug Mcclaran – Road Apple (1973)
Rare folk-pop LP. I allow myself to tag it this way because of the evenness between tasteful orchestrated folk joining pop ballads. Yet the exclusive use of acoustic instruments keep these modern songs into a rural […]
The Trees – The Christ Tree (1975)
Unclassifiable, avant-garde christian music, renditions of liturgical songs on a few dozen of world instruments by this proto freak-folk act! The performers are Bruce Gambill, David Lynch, Katheryn “Shishonee” Krupa, Margueret Blythe, Mary Vukman, Patricia […]
John McCutcheon – The Wind That Shakes The Barley (1977)
Unanimously believed to be the most influential Hammered Dulcimer album in the United States – described as a “quantum leap in dulcimer playing” – as well as the third release of the long-lived June Appal Recordings, […]
W.F. Mix #1 – September 2017 – Le don de cent baumiers
September mix by Lucas De Francesco, to celebrate autumn and the recent reissue of the Lal & Mike Waterson’s Bright Phoebus album (Domino Rec, 2017) . “Le don de cent baumiers” is an old gallant […]
Randy Rice – To Anyone Who’s Ever Laughed At Someone Else (1974)
Rare, beautiful and unique loner psych folk record. Private press album limited to only 450 copies.
Hopkins & Bradley – Nothing Hides Better Than Darkness (1973)
A 1973 self-released album. Few copies were pressed, coming originally in blank autographed sleeves, untitled. In 2007, WFMU posted online songs from a CD-R. One year later, Void Records reissued the record. Beyond the traditional […]
