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Tag: progressive folk

The album cover for Gryphon Live: A Sonic Tonic blends medieval and psychedelic aesthetics with a live concert photo at its center. The frame is adorned with intricate illustrations of mythical gryphons, flutes, guitars, and violins. The live performance setting, bathed in atmospheric blue and purple lighting, showcases the band in full instrumental interplay.
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Gryphon’s Live Alchemy – A Brew of Past and Present

Angel Romero February 27, 2025 No Comments English Folk musicfolk-rockGryphonprogressive folkprogressive rock

Gryphon – Tonic for the Senses (Talking Elephant Records, 2024) Gryphon Live – A Sonic Tonic is the progressive folk band’s first live release, primarily…

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Albaluna - Ennead cover artwork. a golden color cover with geometric patterns.
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Albaluna’s Thrilling Hurdy-Gurdy Fueled Progressive World Music

Angel Romero August 26, 2024 No Comments Albalunaprogressive folkworld fusionworld music

Albaluna – Ennead (West Wave Production, 2024) Albaluna is one of my favorite Portuguese bands. Their unconventional fusion of Iberian folk, world music and a…

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Finnish Act Vimma Fuse Folk Music and Progrock on New Single Antrasiitille

World Music Central News Room November 29, 2022 1 Comment Finnish musicprogressive folkprogressive rockVIMMAworld fusionworld music

Helsinki-based progressive folk band Vimma have released their new single, ‘Antrasiitille,’ their first since the band’s debut album in 2019. The song combines world music…

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Ancestral Spanish Sounds through a Progressive Music Lens

Angel Romero October 8, 2021 1 Comment Castilian folk musicprogressive folkSpanish musicTündraworld fusionworld music

Tündra – Bastardüs (Nada Producciones, 2017) Bastardüs is the second album released by Tündra, one of Spain’s most innovative contemporary folk music bands. The musicians…

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A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Reissue of Rare Progressive Folk from Oberon

World Music Central News Room March 8, 2021 No Comments Oberonprogressive folk

A new, remastered edition of Oberon’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream will be available April 16, 2021. Oberon was a progressive folk music band from the…

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Transfixing Scottish Music Inspired by St. Kilda

Angel Romero October 14, 2020 1 Comment Garefowlprogressive folkScottish music

Garefowl – Cliffs (Penny Fiddle Records, 2020) Scottish multi-instrumentalist Ewan Macdonald put together Garefowl, an international collective of talented musicians. The group recorded Cliffs, a…

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Obituaries

English Singer-songwriter and Folk-Rock Pioneer Judy Dyble Dies at 71

World Music Central News Room July 13, 2020 1 Comment English Folk musicFairport Conventionfolk-rockJudy Dybleprogressive folk

English singer-songwriter Judy Dyble passed away on July 12th, 2020 following a long illness. Judy Dyble was one of the forerunners of the English folk…

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Interviews

Interview with Groundbreaking Portuguese Band Albaluna

admin March 6, 2020 No Comments AlbalunaPortuguese musicprogressive folkprogressive rockworld fusionworld music

Albaluna is one of those rare musical projects impossible to categorize under a genre. A band of the world more than a world music band,…

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Albaluna, Charismatic Progressive World Music from Portugal

Angel Romero January 13, 2020 No Comments Albalunaprogressive folkprogressive rockworld fusion

Albaluna – Amor, Ira & Desgosto (independent release, 2019) Albaluna is an outstanding Portuguese band that is hard to describe. Their sound is rooted in…

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The Inventive Trad Spirit of Tündra

Angel Romero December 2, 2019 No Comments Castilian folk musicprogressive folkSpanish musicTündra

Tündra – Folk Ancestro Sideral (Nada Producciones, 2013) The title of Tündra‘s Folk Ancestro Sideral gives you a hint of what’s coming. It means ancestral…

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