Scandinavia To San Diego 8-14-10

Once In A Red Moon - Secret Garden - Once In A Red Moon - Celtic-Norwegian duo of Fionnuala Sherry & Rolf Lowland present heartfelt, passionate and uplifting ballads on this, their dazzling fourth release.

I Couldn't Love You Anymore - Rebecka Tornqvist - Tremble My Heart - Swedish vocalist released this CD in English, a breaking up song with a twist.

Gaspereaux - Fiddlers' Sons - Island Mix -  A song about summer love from Prince Edward Island.

Home To The Kyles - Steam Jenny - Dumbarton's Drums - This CD was recorded on the same weekend as the 60th anniversary of the D Day landings.

Wrong Music 2 - Embryo - Fredrik Soderberg - Clarinetto con forza - Embryo refers to it being a precusor to what might posibly become a larger work.

Alone Again - Doro - Calling The Wild - "Alone again, alone again / I'm in the twilight zone again" sung with conviction by Doro Pesch, former lead singer of Warlock.


My Darling - Natasha Koroleva - Heart - her website is www.koroleva.ru

First Girl I Loved - Incredible String Band - Troubadours of British Folk - The "Increds" were originally a Scottish bluegrass band, but became the standard bearers of flower power.

Innerst i sjelen (Deepest In My Soul) - Sissel Kyrkjebo - Innerst i sjelen - One of her early releases, before she dropped her last name.

Love Is An Arrow - Aberfeldy - Young Forever - Still a mystery as to why the CD cover is "Lions Mating" by Kirsty Whiten.


The Irish Rover - Jim Brannigan - The Black Velvet Band - "It's a fairly lively album with just a couple of the slower songs towards the end. A mixture of Scottish, Irish and English with the Irish songs making up the bulk of it."

England's Green - Steve Robinson - Away For A Day

Run To The Hills - Hellsongs - Hymns In The Key of 666 - Scandinavian lounge metal, originally by Iron Maiden; CD is reviewed on the WHUS website.


Big Ships - Audrey - The Fierce And The Longing

Vincent Black Lightning - Ewan Robertson - Some Kind of Certainty - Richard Thompsons' ode to a legendary motorcycle.

Rock Island Line - The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group - Troubadours of British Folk - We all know about the day the music died, but when this tune was played on air as a curiosity, "skiffle" was born, spawning countless skiffle groups in London alone.

Bad News - Orianthi - Believe - Australian guitarists latest CD, also reviewed on our website.

August Moon - The Durty Nellies - Island Mix - Another song from the culture of Prince Edward Island.

SOS - Gin Wigmore - Extended Play

Waiting - Claire Sproule - NIMIC - A voice so pure it belies the heartache she sings of.

Islander - Klkenny Krew - self titled - Singing the praises of home.

Completing the show today, my  "Little slice of Americana" consisting of:

There - Lara Herscovitch - There - The title cut from CD by Connecticut State Troubadour, and UConn grad.

and a pair of bluegrass songs, a classic and its' sequel:

Bringing Mary Home - Country Gentlemen - The Complete Vanguard Recordings
I've Come To Take You Home - The Seldom Scene - Like we Used To Be

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