(random photo from 2000)

Sharron Kraus

(photo by Tanja Ziegler)

"She conjures up visions of Karen Dalton, Shirley Collins, Judy Dyble and even early Joni." Arthur Magazine

(from 'Songs of Love and Loss')
Gallows Song/Gallows Hill

(from 'Beautiful Twisted')
Godstow

(lots more mp3 clips here)

(from the album 'Wintermute' with The Iditarod)
Wintermute
The Trees are all Bare

session on WFMU 02/09/02
session on WFMU 04/10/04

sharronkraus.com

novemthree

(picture sneakily stolen from www.soundclick.com)

Wow! Thank God for myspace! This guy is wonderful!

"novemthree (with a silent ‘h’) consists of me, Pythagumus somberly blending traditional and contemporary folk sounds into what I like to call 'organic folk.' Unpretentious vocals accompany an assortment of instruments, such as: acoustic guitar, zither, flute, alto and tenor recorders, bodhran, Moroccan bongos, various bells and shakers (all played un-conventionally)."

There are a few tracks at novemthree's myspace,
and there are 16 tracks available to stream from soundclick, 8 of which are downloadable (though you'll need to sign up if you want to d/load - just an e-mail address and password, so it's no bother really!)

Goodiepal

(^ yes, that is a beard, picture sneakily stolen from ski-pp.com)

Make of this what you will


Goodiepal - Narc Beacon

1. Stomp Naffer
2. Lick Lick Flick Flick
3. My Robotic Skills Have Failed/Games in Exile
4. Icon Dub
5. Kirby's Dream Land
6. Chupa Chups
7. Flap Nipper_Mainpal Inv
8. Flap Nipper_Goodiepal
9. Carl Bergstreom Nielsen Cut
10. Nokia
11. Oil Pumper
12. Crash Lat

www.ski-pp.com/goodiepal.html

delphine dora

(picture sneakily stolen from http://www.another-record.com/delphine/)

Thanks to the music blog 'david f presents' for introducing me to the music of delphine dora.
Although it is always difficult to describe new sounds, I suppose her music could be put somewhere in the neo-folk genre; because of it's improvisation, the closest comparisons that I can find would be the recently emerged artists of the Finnish freak-folk movement, and I am even reminded of one of my favourites Christina Carter (of Charalambides and Scorces).
Delphine has kindly made her recordings available for free, so I suggest you take a listen!

click here to go to delphine's site

Marissa Nadler live on BSR 23/09/04

(image sneakily stolen from marissanadler.com)

I downloaded Marissa Nadler's live set from BSR and fiddled it so that it is split into tracks and has the unnecessary host talk removed.
It's all at a very good sound quality, and Marissa performs at her usual beautiful standard, and there's a great Leonard Cohen cover in there too!
I thought I would be kind and share it to anyone who wants it, but I also have alterior motives - I don't recognise track 3! So if anyone knows what it is called, please do tell!

(all the files are in a zip folder - 40Mb)
via rapidshare
via yousendit

(p.s. new Marissa album in the spring!)

marissanadler.com
bsrlive.com



(I actually can't imagine that anyone will respond in any way to this post, so I will be more intrigued to see how many people download the set. I doubt casual passers through who don't know Marissa Nadler will d/load it, so I wonder how many Marissa fans will visit?)

Harvestman

psychedelia from Steve Von Till

Amongst the Heather
Scarborough Fair
Melleadh

Kuupuu / Hertta Lussu Ässä

I don't want this to turn into an mp3 blog, but if I don't make a note of things I will forget about them,

kuupuu
Iisa kehrää
Lentokalojen hautuumaa
Tuli uni
Lintupolku
Jää maa

hertta lussu ässä (islaja, kuupuu & lau nau)
Meri on maailman veri
Live @ Potlatch
Live @ Potlatch 2


(taken from http://www.mixoftheweek.com/kuupuu/ )