I will try to bring you composers with spirit and musicality…
New Music Releases
Compiled with commentary by Steve Blomerth, Music Editor and Lezlie Kinyon, Coreopsis’ Editor in Chief. From Folk to Funk to Prog and the occasional Classical release. All music is available for review upon request. Send us a note to get review copy.
Ritual Arts Radio
As a musician, and reviewer I have learned that a lot of good music gets “lost in the shuffle of time” because there are moments of receptiveness and times where we let something slip through our fingers. Often the best musical finds come from sources that are not well known, and without massive publicity. I will try to bring you composers with spirit and musicality and not worry whether they are au courant. Melody and uplift are timeless. – Steve Blomerth, Music Editor
Do you have a new release? Please send us an announcement! Go here: http://societyforritualarts.com/ritual-arts-radio/
Announcing: Ritual Arts Radio!! RITUAL RADIO
News, Interviews, Broadcasting festivals, Music, and … more Music!
Contact host SilverWolf Earl Williams at [email protected] to submit your music for the weekly broadcast!
Society For Ritual Arts Radio Powered by Iowa Pagan News, Your Informative Pagan Talk Radio, Iowa Pagan News will be Joining the Society For Ritual Arts Based in Berkeley CA and will Feature a full hour segment featuring World Music & The SRA Each Week.
https://iowapagannews.wixsite.com/ipnradio/ritual-radio
We look forward with great anticipation to this collaboration and continuing our support for the music and artistry of the artists featured here and in the ritual, folk and sacred arts.
Dead Can Dance: Dionysus
Dead Can Dance: DIONYSUS’
THE NEW ALBUM, RELEASED NOV 2ND, 2018
Irfan: The Seventh Direction
Irfan: The Seventh Direction
Label: Prikosnovénie
Release Date: Autumn 2018
Available for review
“Since the release of the Eternal Return in 2015 the Sofia (BG) based World fusion band IRFAN has been gathering new inspiration and listening to their hearts for new melodies. So the time has come and three years later IRFAN is ready to share another part of the neverending Journey towards the Seventh Direction. The new compositions seek inspiration in the Roots and the Origin and immerse into the depths of the Bulgarian Traditional music. Irfan’s upcoming album is an invitation for yet another emotional and spiritual trip beyond space and time. The release of the album is planned along with a release tour in the Autumn of 2018.” – Irfan
Faun: The Best of Faun (Deluxe Edition)
Faun: The Best of Faun (Deluxe Edition)
Available for review. Released: Feb. 2018
http://www.faune.de/faun/pages/start_en.html
To purchase: http://faun-shop.com/index.php?m
Omnia: Reflections
Omnia: Reflections
Available for review. Released: Fall 2018
To purchase and preview music: https://www.worldofomnia.com/webshop/cd-reflexions-2018
The Bard: Y Mabinogi: The First Branch
The Bard: Y Mabinogi: The First Branch
Released: Damh the Bard 2017
Listen here: https://store.paganmusic.co.uk/album/y-mabinogi-the-first-branch
Y Mabinogi – The Second Branch
Branwen, Daughter of Llyr Trailer: https://youtu.be/L2zUvTF6yfM
S. J. Tucker: Smol Stuff
New Video from SJ Tucker! “Kindness Matters”
“From June 28, 2018’s online concert, written in 2016, and still relevant, alas. Stay mad and stay safe, everyone; we’re gonna need each other. Love you.”
https://youtu.be/cWCjBltTjzI
SJ Tucker: Smol Stuff, a kid-positive mixtape
Available for review
by S. J. Tucker
released May 17, 2018.
Digital Album Streaming + Download Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. To purchase: http://music.sjtucker.com/album/smol-stuff-a-kid-positive-mixtape
From Sooj:
Fans have asked me for a version of this playlist for a while, so I thought of the songs of mine that parents have told me their little ones love best, no matter how wacky or creepy, and I put it together for everyone to (hopefully) enjoy. Included here are old friends and new surprises of all sorts. I hope they give you reason to dance, no matter how young or young at heart you are. If this goes over well, I will keep adding things to it, for easy access to fan-tested kid faves.
Leah: The Quest
LEAH: The Quest
Available for review
https://leahmusic.net/
July 15, 2018
Our recent crowdfunding campaign for the new album, ‘The Quest’ ended successfully, raising a total of $87,365. We will be releasing more info about the official launch date and more within the coming weeks. ~ Leah
Teaser: https://youtu.be/APOn84lY59Y
Young Dubliners:
With All Due Respect
The Young Dubliners: With All Due Respect
Editor in Chief’s pick! Available for review.
To purchase: http://www.youngdubliners.com/shop/
http://www.youngdubliners.com/our-music/
Although the Young Dubliners sound is most commonly called ‘Celtic Rock’, that label, as labels can often be, is misleading. The Irish influence is there, certainly, but it’s not the only influence that rears its head on their albums, or in live shows. After all, several of the band members have no Irish roots of any kind. “That was always the idea”, explains Keith Roberts (Lead singer and acoustic guitarist). “The sound was always intended to be a hybrid because we all come from different backgrounds. Even though two of us are from Ireland, a lot of the music we listened to growing up wasn’t Irish at all, but when we got here, we got homesick and developed a new appreciation for Irish Music. In truth the Celtic riffs can just as easily come from the American band members. Everyone writes now so you never know what you’ll end up with.”
Green Fortune: Unbroken Circle
Introducing Green Fortune! Unbroken Circle
http://www.greenfortune.co.uk/
Available for review
Performance video: https://youtu.be/b_6GbX-SkVk
Green Fortune are an alternative folky, punky, pagan, acoustic, rebellious and original band located in the UK. Each song they have written tells a story and encompasses pagan folk music that many people love and enjoy.
Stellamara
Stellamara: new electro-acoustic trio set (Teaser)
@stellamara
http://www.stellamara.com
https://youtu.be/BVVaKHgu8OI
Teaser of a new track in the works and highlights of our new electro-acoustic trio set- debuted at Symbiosis Gathering / Oregon Eclipse Gathering and Lightning in a Bottle!
Featuring: Miles Jay Evan Fraser Sonja Alexandra Drakulich Auberon Shull, Zoe Jakes and Pixie Fordtears Shot by Daniel Garcia
Big Big Train:
Merchants of Light
New From Big Big Train! Live album/DVD Merchants Of Light
http://www.bigbigtrain.com/
Sample here: https://bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com/album/merchants-of-light
Merchants of Light is a live album recorded at Big Big Train’s shows at Cadogan Hall, London in 2017. Audio files are presented at 24/48 and the download includes a PDF copy of the full 72 page album booklet as featured on the CD version.
Beautifully understated yet consistently enthralling, Big Big Train wield pathos and poignancy with elegance and relish, amidst a musical backdrop that is as vivid as it is finessed. — Dom Lawson, PROG magazine.
Interview with Greg Spawton in this issue.
Hanggai: Horse of Colors
Hanggai: Horse of Colors
Editor’s choice.
T.H Entertainment, Ltd. – none CD, Album, Digipak
Country: China Released: 2015
Listen here: https://www.discogs.com/Hanggai-Horse-Of-Colors/release/10626242
Mongolia Rocks! Hanggai (also informally known as Hanggai Band or 杭盖乐队) are a Chinese folk music group from Beijing, formed on the ashes of folk-punk band T9, who specialize in a blend of Mongolian folk music and more modern styles such as punk rock.
All the members of the band are either Mongolian, of Mongolian descent or ethnic Han musicians that specialize in Mongolian music & instruments.
I Am The Manic Whale:
Gathering the Waters
I Am The Manic Whale: Gathering The Waters
Released October 30, 2017
Listen here: https://iamthemanicwhale.bandcamp.com/
I Am The Manic Whale are: Ben Hartley: drums, percussion, strandbeest xylophone, backing vocals Jon Murphy: keyboards, murphatron, backing vocals, 2nd lead vocal on track 1 David Addis: electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals Michael Whiteman: bass guitar, bass pedals, 12 string electric and acoustic guitars, lead and backing vocals, percussion, strombelief.
The Town Pants: Connections
The Town Pants: Connections
by The Town Pants Released: 2014
To purchase: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/thetownpants1
A collection of the Keogh brothers favorite rowdy Irish kitchen party sing-a-long songs, performed live and recorded over 2 days in the spring of 2014.
Hekate’s Torch
New Video: Hekate’s Torch
“The moment you’ve all been waiting for! Our New Video “CHAINS” ” https://youtu.be/igLgkjx5dkA
Jamie Laval: Celtic Christmas
Jamie Laval: Celtic Christmas
https://jamielaval.com/new-album
“The creation of our inaugural Christmas album is under way.
We are including our favorite selections from Scotland, Ireland, and Brittany (Celtic France) which capture the atmosphere of the midwinter holidays and solstice celebrations. Performers include Jamie Laval, Rosalind Buda, Megan McConnell, and a host of other top Celtic artists.”
Preview here: https://youtu.be/Wn_AD8ugi-s
Anders Buaas
The Witches of Finnmark II
Teaser:
The Witches of Finnmark II, the second part of the WOF trilogy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kSS9aGv1ak&feature=youtu.be
Luminous Newts:
Songs from a Local Universe
Luminous Newts: Songs from a Local Universe
http://luminousnewts.com
Available for review
Luminous Newts is a prog-pop quintet whose 2015 debut was praised by Exposé Online as “Extremely original . . . a rich helping of excellent songcraft.”
“On September 6, 2018 we will release our latest album. Songs from a Local Universe dives further into our unique musical world, with diverse songs about spiritual purpose, LSD, the terrors of 21st century life and the mating habits of certain very cute little animals. Female vocals halfway between Sandy Denny and Chrissie Hynde couple with nuanced instrumental performances to hatch a sound as agile and curvaceous as a newt, and almost as slippery.” ~Thea Kelly.
It’s coming out soon on CD Baby and son one, but you can stream it now on Bandcamp.
Listen & Purchase: https://store.cdbaby.com/Artist/LuminousNewts
Also find it on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play & many other outlets
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