Radioprograms from the "Psyche van het Folk', Radio Centraal, Antwerp from 2001.
Only listed are concepts with links to the internet or interesting list itself.  

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Psyche van het Folk, Radio Centraal, Antwerp.
3rd week of September 2000.
New Swedish Progressive (and associations) (-Most products with much mellotron-) :
Bjorn Johansson & Pär Lindh, White Willow, Finnforest, Landberk, Anekdoten.

Intro (Interludium) (900-930 AM) :
Björn Johansson : Discuss Ursi (S,DUI,1998) *°
Tr. 6, "Discus Ursi's Rapsody"21 min
Web-site : www.algonet.se/~larry/plp.html
Pär Lindh & Björn Johansson : J.R.R.Tolkien's "The Hobbit"-BILBO (S,Crimsonic,1997?) **
Tr.1, "The Shire" 5 min
tr.2, "Gandalf the magician" 4 min

Psyche van het Folk (930-1200 AM) :
Pär Lindh & Björn Johansson : J.R.R.Tolkien's "The Hobbit"-BILBO (S,Crimsonic,1997?) **°
tr.15, "Shire Song" 5 min
* White Willow : Ignis Fatuus (S,Laser's Edge 1995) ****'
Tr.2, "Lord of Night" 7 min
tr.5, "The Withering of the Boughs", 8 min
tr.6, "Lines on an autumnal Evening", 6 min
tr.11, "Signs".2 min          
This album was to me best album of the year 1995, and it is amongst my favourite 100.
* White Willow : Ex Tenebris (S,Laser's Edge,1998) ****
Tr.3, "Soteriology"5 min
* White Willow : Sacrament (S,Laser's Edge,2000) ****
Tr.3, "The crucible" 8 min
tr.5. "Gnostalgia" 11 min
Web-site : www.whitewillow.net  E-mail : mail@whitewillow.net
Artist from the artwork last White Willow's album : www.digitalapocalypse.com (with some other CD-covers to see). or http://home.sn.no/~noetic/Jacob/weirdg.htm (?) E-mail : Jacob@online.no
All White Willows are first class and highly recommended ! Most instrumentation and involvement of people on first and last one.
* Finnforest (Fin,Laser's Edge,1975) **
Tr.1, "Mikä Yö ("What a night")" 6 min
* Landberk : Lonely Land (S, Laser's Edge,1992) **°
Tr.4, "Song from Kallsedet", 6 min
tr.5, "No more White Horses" 7 min
*Anekdoten : Vemod (S, Arcélangelo, 1994) **°'
Tr. 6, "Longing", 5 min
tr.8, "Sad Rain". 11 min
*Anekdoten : Nucleus (S, Border Music,1995) ****°
Tr.3, "Book of Hours" a) Pendulum Swing, b) The Book 
tr.6, "Here" 7 min
tr.7, "This Far from the Sky". 9 min
*Anekdoten : From Within (S, 2000) ****
Tr.2, "Kiss of Life" 5 min 140
tr.5, "Slow Fire " (943 na vorige track) (fragment) max.
* Morte Macabre : Symphonic Holocaust (S,1999) ****'
Track 1 : "Apoteosi del Mistero" (Frizzi) (rest of time).
Morte Macabre is two members of Anglagard and two of Anekdoten. Morte Macabre play original interpretations of classic Italian Horror soundtracks. Unfortunately Anglagard I do not possess. It could have fitted perfectly within this area. One more group could have been associated here : Ragnarok. I do have one album which is quiter and still falls in the shadow of my preferences.
Anekdoten and first works from King Crimson have similarities. The mellotron and drive in the group is enormous. One of the best prog groups of today with no doubt.
Web-page Anekdoten : www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/ronc/anekdoten/anekdoten.html
offical web-page : http://www.anekdoten.se/
E-mail Anekdoten : anekdoten@mbox300.swipnet.se or anekdoten@anekdoten.se 

Thanks Mark Mushroom for taping for the radioprogram "From Within" and "Symphonic Holocaust".


Psyche van het Folk, Radio Centraal, Antwerp.
Italian New Progressive ('s Powerful voices, and associations) :
Area, Area Palea, Deus Ex Machina, A Thriggering Myth (USA), (Spiral Architekt (N)?)

*Demetrio Stratos/Lucio Fabbri : Recitarcantado (I,Cramps,1978) *****
Tr.6, "Cometa Rossa" 10 min
tr.8, "Flautofonie ed altro" (fragment -> 3min) 3 min1
*Demetrio Stratos : Cantare la voce  (I, Cramps, 1978) *****
Tr.1, « Investigazioni (diplofonie e triplofonie) » :
520-628, 853-1043,1326-1438 4 min
Tr. 3, « Criptomelodie infantili » ->310
Web-site D.Stratos & Area : http://digilander.iol.it/puppetweb/ (click at the pages from Area)
About Stratos tribute-festival :  http://www.dadascanner.com/live/demetrio1.htm (with more links to the Area and Stratos interested)
Area : Arbeit Macht Frei (I,Cramps, 1973) *****
Tr.4, Le Labbra del Tempo 6 min
(Area : Caution Radiation Area (I, Cramps)
* Area : Maledetti (I, Cramps, 1978) ****
Tr. 3 : "Gerotoncrazia" 247 ->end  5 min
*Alphataurus (1971)
Tr. 2, « Dopo L'urgano »
*Area Palea : Zoicekardi'a (Lizard,I,1996) ***
tr.4, "Verso la foresta" 7 min
tr.6, « Cuore di metallo » 5 min          
*Area Palea : Danze d'ansie (Picup ,I,1997) **
Tr.2, "Notturno" 6 min
Deus Ex Machina (Kaliphonia,I , 1993) ***
Tr.1, « Ad Montem » (fragment) 5 min
tr.5, "Cor Mio"(outro uitfaden)  5 min
Deus Ex Machina : De republica (I,Kaliphonia,1994) ***°
Tr.1, « Exordium » 10 min
Tr.9, « Perpetua Lux II » 6 min
Tr.3, "Res Publica II" 6 min
Web-site :
A Triggering Myth : The Sins of our Saviours (Laser's Edge, USA,1998)**
Tr.6, "Stato di confusione avanzata" 6 min
Web site : www.indegro.com/atm/  (doesen't work any more ?) and http://www.atriggeringmyth.com
E-mail : atrgmyth@earthlink.net  or info@atriggeringmyth.com
Web-site Laser's Edge : www.jersey.net/~lasercd (with mail-order)
Deus Ex Machina : Gladium Caeli (I, Kaliphonia, 1994) ***
Tr.2 (fragment 020->7) "Arbor" 7 min
Tr. 7, (fragment 520->end) 4 min
Deus Ex Machina : Equilibrismo Da Insofferenza (I,Kaliphonia,2000)**:
tr. 4, « Amor Difficili » 6 min
Tr. 5, « Incomunicabilita' » (fragment) 10 min
Spiral Architekt : A Sceptic's Universe (Sensory, N,2000)
track 5, "Insect" 7 min
Track 6, "Cloud Constructor" 6 min
Ruins : Symphonica (Tzadik, Jap,1998)
Tr.7, (100->) 8 min  
Ruins : Hydro.. Tr.1





Radio Centraal, Antwerp : Psyche van het Folk
Playlist 2001,January, 24th.
Concept :
Basque and other dreamy female voices (mostly accompanied by cello/guitar).
(PS. People who would like one of thegroups in this program will propably like
the other ones too).

Lacqua Rec.Basque : Radiate (1999) **** :
Tr.1, "Wool and Water", 6 min
Tekst : "Wol en water".2 min
tr.2, « Mari Posa » 5 min
tr. 8, "Aboriginal Lulleby" 7 min
tekst : "Het gebrek aan het zicht wanneer alles zich niet laat zien." 2 min
PrivateRobin O'Brien & David Mitros : Tree of Life (1987?) **** :
tr.B3 (1022),"Open Eye" 8 min
tekst : "Het vuur in lege tijd".1 min
tr.B4,(1712) "Big as a wall" 4 min
Lacqua Rec.Basque : Falling forward (2000) ***° :
Tr.2, "Falling forward", 8 min
Tekst : "Naar voren vallen" 2 min
tr.3, "Kamehameha", 4 min
tr.4, "Grey and green" 6 min
tekst : "Een holle hand is volledig." 2 min
tr.6, "In the hollow of your hand" 6 min
www.basquemusic.com
contact label/group : basque@basquemusic.com or : mail@basquemusic.com
PrivateRobin O'Brien & David Mitros : Tree of Life (1987?) **** :
Track A1, "Tree of Life" 8 min
Don Campau/ Lonely Whistle/ No Pigeonholes :  http://members.tripod.com/~lonelywhistle/index.html contact : campaudj@jps.net
PrivateVishnu's Secret : 3 candles (1997 ?) *** :
tr.1, "Requiem de Sol" 5 min
tr.5,  « Happy Endings » 5 min
tr.2, « 3 Candles » 12 min
http://www.jukebox.com/shop?cf=0&d=m&id=vishnussecretiumaand :
http://www.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Vishnu's_Secret/
and http://www.iuma.com/IUMA/ftp/music/Vishnu's_Secret/lyrics.html
contact : (US) : (800)767-9692
PrivateRobin O'Brien & David Mitros : Tree of Life (1993) **** :
tr.5, (2630), "The darkness is a seed" 4 min
Private Basque (1998) ***
Tr. 3, "Swollen Stranger" 4 min
PrivateVishnu's Secret : 3 candles (1997 ?) **** :
tr.4, « Love lies » 5 min
Middlesex  The Changelings : Amphibian (1998)
Tr.2?7 : "Frog Song", "Caterwaul" 9 min
http://www.changelings.com/
MP3.com   Majesty's Monkey (1999) ? : (PS only the 2 tracks fit perfectly)
Tr."Crisscross Applesauce" & "MzMisery" 10 min
http://www.majestysmonkey.com/and www.MP3.com/majestysmonkey/
E-mail : info@majestysmonkey.com
Private       Spacefairy (2000) **** (a bit more psychedelic)
Tr.4,"Summerian Dream" 7 min
tr.5,"Turtle Shell 13" 6 min
tr.8,"Autumn" 6 min
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/spacefairy and :
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/147/spacefairy.html
Private             Diana Obscura,(2000) *** :(a bit more folky)
Tr.4, "Hylas" 4 min
tr.7, "Estoria" 3 min
tr.1, « St.Cecilia » 2 min
tr. 2, "Twa Corbies"2 min
(tr.5, "Seirenes" 3 min)
www.dianaobscura.comdiana@dianaobscura.com

Last tracks are a bit more folky but are a nice announcement to the next radioprogram

one of the next weeks a program about Robin O'Brian's work will follow !!!
Psyche van het Folk, Radio Centraal, Antwerp
Anthony Philips and some other refined symfonic pieces.
(a cooperation with "the Woolfeman")
February 7th 2001

Regarding Genesis-influences I make two categories.
The first category goes into a more cool pure melody inspired instrumentation which leads to almost all of the most clearly Genesis inspired sympfonic groups (PFM,Apoteosi,Episode,..) and to the Marillion-inspired groups who exaggerate this one line melody even more, later even leading into neo-symphonic clones. The second category chooses the more refined depth in composition by beautiful sound layers of many different kinds of mostly accoustic instruments. I can make more remarks towards to what the Genesis music leaded next, but that's another story. This program focuses this second category I made, not in perticulary regarding all good examples concerning the groups ; the tracks I picked out did have their own story in between this concept.
Anthony Philips influence on Genesis can be heared very clearly on their album "Tresspass". I don't like the drumming ery much on that album, but the refinement was actually very great and it leaded to a new kind of music which was soon to be categorised as symphonic music (although some use the term as refeing to the symphonic orchestra as inspirations with this element).
If you hear Anthony Philips first albums you cn clearly hear some structures and much which can be recognised in early Genesis work.

Hit & Run : Anthony Phillips : The geese and the ghost (1977) ****:
Track 3, "Henry ; portraits from tudor times, part 1-6" 13 min
Track 4, "God if I saw her now" 5 min
Track 5, "Chinese mushroom cloud" 1 min
Track 6, "The geese and the ghost"  17 min
Track 8, "Sleepfall, the geese fly West" 5 min
List of albums at http://adam.cheshire.net/~melkins/philips.html
Official site of Genesis : http://genesis.m3w.com/main.html
Some recordings from Genesis : http://home.t-online.de/home/Alexander.Sawla/gen.htm
Or the Virgin Records Genesis site : http://www.genesis-web.co.uk/
About The Geese and the Ghost : http://efter-stormen.com/vambo/AnthonyPhillips/Anthony%20Phillips%20-%20The%20Geese%20And%20The%20Ghost.htm
(some other albums : http://efter-stormen.com/vambo/AnthonyPhillips/index.htm)
Arista : Anthony Phillips : Private parts and pieces 1972-1976 (1978) ***:
Track 1, "Beauty and the Beast" (1972) 5 min
Track 2, "Field of eternity" (1976) 6 min
track 6, "Trigena Afternoons" (1976) 8 min
Jem Rec.Anthony Phillips : Private parts and pieces IV : A catch at the tables (1984) :
Track 1, Arboretum Suite, part 1, 3 min
Polygram Harmonium : Si on avait besoin d'une cinquème saison (1975) ****°,
Tr.5, « Histoires sans paroles » 17 min
One of my favorite instrumentals of the seventies is this piece. In part 4 of it I sometimes wish I could stay forever.Harmonium is a Canadian group. I have three albums of them. This album is their most progressive. With beautiful mellotron and layers of instrumentation. Very recommended.
Spalax  Tangerine : De l'autre côté de la foret. *** Track 7, "Time".
Although the album is progressive folk, the track fits perectly with the Harmonium track. From Tangerine I know 3 albums (one of them actually originally being under the name of Valery Btesh) from which this one I think is their best.
Mellow Rec.Il Paesi Dei Balocchi (1972) ****,
tr.5, "Risveglio e visione del Paese dei Balocchi" 5 min
tr.7, « Canzone della verità » 1 min
tr.8, « Narcisismo della perfezione » 1 min
Due to the succes of groups like Genesis, ELP, and the today almost forgotten Gentle Giant, from which their influence can be heared in many recordings from Italian 70's groups in the Italian progressive the composition became very important. Life was though for the musicians in Italy. Their first record was often their only chance to make it or not. That's why the perfection and attention with which lots of albums were made was so immense. Unfortunatly most of the groups only made it in having left collector items nowadays. Il Paesi dei Blocci has also more classical instrumentations and some more Gemnesis-melody inspired tracks.
Virgin Rec.Steve Hackett : Voyage of the Acolyte (1975) ***:
Tr.2, "Hands of the priestess, part 1"& 3 min
Tr.3, "A Tower struck down"&  5 min
Tr. 4, "Hands of the priestess, part 2" 2 min
Tr.5, "The Hermit" 5 min
Hackett stayed with Genesis more or less untill 1977 ? After that Phil Collins wanted to make the group much more into a song-based structure and the power in expression of the melody itself felt somewhat apart. This solo album of Hackett stands on its own in the Genesis area..We never liked very much Hackett's wife's artwork on the covers but it looks better on the smaler CD covers. Later Hackett attempted to sing too. He never realy had a very outstanding voice, which might make his later music less interesting. His power was into melody as well.
If I reconsidder the whole history of Genesis it was not only melody and instrumentation layers and extremely good musicians which made the group so unique it was also because Genesis had such members (Peter Gabriel,Phil Collins, Rutherford, Philips) who were all strong personaities with different ideas and approaches which might have caused such a bit of tension, enough to make it work as a constant source for a combination of rich inspiration throughout the years of working together. Genesis made actually a new approach in pop music and therefore real history for musicality too. Unfortunatly, end seventies, when recording techniques changed, it was deffinitly the end of this new genre too ; people did loose interest in it and that's how great albums like those those from Anthony Philips never received the deserved attention).
Contempo Rec.Reale Accademia Di Musica (197?) ***, tr.2,"Il Mattino"9 min
http://sociolab.tamacc.chuo-u.ac.jp/~yyong-s/italia.html
Si-Wan label CD-list : http://archi.snu.ac.kr/kalynda/CD/siwan-cd.html
LineRupert Hine : Unfinished Picture (1973) **?
Track 1, "Orange Song"5 min
Track 5, "Anvils in five"7 min
IslandRupert Hine : The wildest wish to fly (1984) °?
Tr."Firefly in the Night"4 min 
Web site : http://www.ruperthine.com/
Although Rupert Hine's approach started from a more orthodox vision in the tracks I picked out it gives us an idea of how it all evolved or could evolve in those days. Simon Jeff from Penguin Café Orchestra made orchestration for those tracks (he did them for Barcley James Harvest too). Rupert Hine noadays is a very known producer.
Virgin Rec.Peter Hamill : Chameleon in the shadow of the night (1973) ****? :
Tr.6, "Easy to slip away"5 min
Most of the time Peter's music is very individualistic, where the listener sometimes comes so annoying close. This track has a beautiful instrumentation, theatrical approach in vocals which makes it into this concept very interesting to hear.
Mellow Rec.Dragon : Kalahen /Plus (1977) ***
Tr.1, "Children are playing game"5 min
One of the more interesting groups from Belgium from the seventies. This is their second album which was here for the first time released on CD (the LP came shortly before that).
I still couldn't trace their first one. Beware : there exist another group with the same name.
Reserf :
VirginVandergraaf Generator : Second Generation (scenes from 1975-1977) ?
Track 8 (1976?),""Cat's Eye-Yellow Fever (running)" 5 min



"Psyche van het Folk", Radio Centraal, Antwerpen.
February 14th 2001,
Flowing Glass Music Productions, ( + some Tolkien inspired products
and some other somewhat (mostly German) Middle Age inspired Acid (Prog) Folk).

Flowingglass Music : Avalon Rising (US,1995)***°
tr.2, "Where sunset is golden" 6 min
tr.3, "Andray Soulet"(Matteo de Perugia,arr.) 6 min
tr.5,"Contre le temps/Toda Cousa » (Thibaut de Champagne/court of Alfonso X) 5 min
tr.7, "God walks among us" 5 min
Extremely good outbalanced combination of rich instrumentation, middle age inspired songs and real old songs and progressive music. Recommended.
Flowing Glass M.Maragaret Davis : Princess of Flowers (US,1998)***
Tr.2, "Douce dame jolie"(G.De Machaut) 5 min
tr.4, "Tha Mi Sgith"(trad.,arr) 6 min
tr.10, "The Boatman" (trad.,arr.) 5 min
Middle Age music with a modern spontaneous touch which has the perfect balance between respect and traditional and reinvention, with lots of instruments like beautiful harp, clear female vocals. Very good as well. To dig into detail.
Flowing Glass M.Broceliande (US,2000)**,
Tr.3, Santa Maria,Strela do dia"(Court of Alfonso X,arr.) 4 min
track 4, "Dulamán"(words Christy Martin,arr.) 4 min
Brocceliande are only 2 members left of Avalon Rising, and they are a bit less adventurous (or without the progressive touches) and more traditional based (but still very spontaneous).
Websites for Margaret Davis,Brocceliande, Avalon Rising :
Avalon Rising : www.flowinglass.com/avalon and www.MP3.com/Avalon_Rising
Brocceliande and Mararet Davis : www.flowinglass.com and www.flowinglass.com/princess
Contact : info@flowinglass.com
AstréeEsther Lamandier : Cantigas de Santa Maria (Alfonso el Sabio) (1980)****°
Tr.1, cantiga 384, « A que por muy gran fremosura » 4 min
For me Esther Lamandier is one of the most original interpreters of old songs. Her theory is to lime the notes together in a dancing way, almost like in more eastern music. She also has a beautiful voice.
A bit about the Cantigas : http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/pages/cantigas.html
aAnd at http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/
The original document : http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimilies/E/
A page about Alfonso X : http://faculty.washington.edu/petersen/alfonso/alfonsox.htm
A page about the Moors influence on music in those days : http://srproj.lib.calpoly.edu/projects/engl/Zapata_Liziel_L/music.htm
Flowingglass Music : Broceliande (Marion Zimmer Bradley, Kristoph Klover and Margaret
Davis) : The Starlit Jewel.(2000)** (words by Tolkien)
Tr.1, "Elvish lullabye" 3 min
Tr.9, "Lament for Boromir" 6 min
Tr.11, "Durin's Day" 4 min
PS. the seven musical setting by fantasy writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, author of "the mists of Avalon" were originally titled "The Rivendell suite".
PrivatThe Hobbitons : J.R.R.Tolkien's Songs from Middle-Earth (NL,2000 ?)***°
(words by Tolkien)
Tr.2,"Bilbo's Song",tr.3,"The man in the moon stayed up too late", 6 min
Tr.7,"Old walking song,tr.8, "Goblin Town", tr.10, "Roast 'em alive",
tr.11, "Oliphaunt", tr.12,"the valley" 15  min
Almost psychedelic fun. (Very) Recommended ! Happy Acid folk. (Beside Elvendrums (from which can find more at the Wicca-Folk pages) for instance I don't know much really happy acid folk by the way). It reminds me a bit too at the Roger Water's "Music from the Body" experience (from 1970)  although not musically, but in its humorous content. This item is still somewhat middle Age Music  inspired (at least somewhat into that atmosphere), just like the last product.
Web-site : http://home.wxs.nl/~hobbiton/E-mail : hobbitons@wxs.nl
Other Tolkien inspired music you can find at my web-page about it.
Taproot Prod.Changes : Legends (US,1998)°
Track 1, "part 1, Homeric" 4 min
tr.2, "The Aenid" 4 min
The echoing voice an vibe in the singing reminds a bit at the days of for instance Jethro Tull songwriting (no flute, just guitars and voices). One long poem, and more or less one melody in different tracks. Inspiration originally from 1973.
Changes web site: http://www.highfiber.com/~thermite/changes1.html
Review from the CD and interview : http://www.fluxeuropa.com/mn0001-changes.htm
(PS. *Changes seems actually to be involved in more dark pagan rituals (like a picture from an Asatru Blot ritual proves at the very slowly opening : http://home.swipnet.se/~w-78038/changes/rnt.JPG)
* Change's track " Waiting For The Fall " on the cd compilation CD compilation " The Pact  II" is produced by Ian Read from " Fire & Ice ").
Harm.MundiEnsemble Bären Gässlin (D,1982)***
Tr.2, « Zwei Schwestern »(text refers to Scottish ballad) 7 min
tr.5, « Twee Künings Kinner »(Niederdutch folkballad,arr.) 4 min
Very nice interpretations from Middle Ages songs and same style in their own songs. Not progressive, but very fine.
?       Lilienthal : Jetzt ist (D,1981)***°? tr."Tod macht's mich leit" 3 min
Polydor     Ougenweide : Liederbuch (D,1974-79) (no grading because of compilation
which has less value than original album compilations which are ****)
Tr.4, "Ouwe Wie Jaemerliche.." 5 min
Ougenweide is amongst the most original German Folk Rock bands. Most of their songs have roots in the Middle Ages. Unique style. Fairport Convention is known. Why not this band ? They don't even have any reissues except some Korean, and even this one was very limited ! Their last albums are not that worth to trace but they do made many perfect and very recommended albums.(if you read sounds at http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/sounds78n.htm it seems they were extremely popular those days so why no reissues, no websites ?)
You can hear some sound samples from this album at : http://www.musik-neuigkeiten.de/liederbuch_5596201.htm and at the German Amazon.com page Some song texts you can find at : http://angerweit.tikon.ch/bin/htsearch (from http://angerweit.tikon.ch/lieder/)
A small revieuw about the group you can see at : http://www.calweb.com/~geprman/o.html
Their latest product (when it came out I didn't like it so much then by quick first listen) you can find with sound samples at : http://www.rock-produktdatenbank.de/sol_7854987.htm
Mooncrest R.Shelagh McDonald (UK,1970)***°?
Tr.7,"Let no man steel your thyme" 4 min
tr.8, "Peacock Lady" 4 min
Very beautiful Sandy Denny like voice. I'll say more about her later. (I have to listen to this item a few times more ; I only picked out these tracks for now, that's all).
Web site about her : http://www.btinternet.com/~blackvelvet/
(With also link to http://www.iowrock.demon.co.uk/nothing/mikep/shelaghmcdonald.htm)
Label : www.trojan-records.com
ErewhonWater into Wine Band : Harvest Time (UK,1976)***°
track 2,"Waiting for another day"7 min
Long track and a few small once make this product very valuable in UK folrock history.
Web page : http://www.one-way.org/jesusmusic/watrwine.htm
(still available at :
http://www.shopcreator.com/mall/TrackRecordsLTD/authors/author-4311-1.stm )
Garden of D.Gurnemanz : "No rays of noise"(D,1977)**°°
Track 2, "Libelle" 4 min
Very beautiful tracks in between ok tracks. Style is much more English folkrock then German, a bit early Fairport like (but more acid-folk).
People who would like to add information at the German Rock encyclopedia, please do, because till now they only have a picture from the record at : http://germanrock.de/g/gurnemanz/diskographie.htm
TelefunkenParzival : BaRock (D,1972)***°
Track 8-9, "Thought"&"Paradise" 5 min 
If time left :
SPVDark Reality : Oh Precious Haze pervade the Pain (D,1997)***
Tr.1, "Silberstreif" 4 min

My gradings I see as being gradings for purely historical and musical (originality) uniqueness.
° upgrade for some reasons
* not just ok but good
** very good
*** extremely good
**** very unique and only matter of taste not to miss it.
***** unmissable, a classic not only for historical and originality reasons, but definitely not
to be missed into your life (and musical) learning experience

"Psyche van het Folk", Radio Centraal, Antwerpen.
March 15th, 2001,
Part 1, Wicca-Folk : Lady Isadora.
Part 2,  A selection from the Bellingham Indipendant Music Association-productions
(including a few Wicca items as well).
Web site : www.bima.com and http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/98/bima1.html?lang=eng
E-mail : dweiss@bima.com

Private Lady Isadora with Lord Pan : The witching hour (1981),
Track 1, "The witching hour" 3 min
Track 2, "'Tis hallowe'en" 4 min
Private Lady Isadora : Priestess of the Pentacle (1990)
Track A1,"Priestess of the pentacle" 8 min
Tr.A4, "Table Round" (1358) 5 min
Tr.B1, "Royal Queen" 8 min
Tr.B4 (1541), "Letter to Anne Frank"  4 min
Private Lady Isadora : The Queen of Earth and Sky (1990) :
  Track A2, "The queen of earth and Sky" 4 min
  Track A6 (1555), "Witch" 4 min
  Track B1,2 : Three songs for Yule : "Masters in this Hall", 3 min
  "The Holly King" 3 min
  Track B4 (818),"Eternal Child" 3 min
  Track 6 (1432), "The Pentacle and the rose" 8 min
  Track 7, "Swan Song" (Orlando Gibbons °1583-1625) 4 min
Lady Isadora is acclaimed to be one of the most important inspirations of a second generation of Wicca folk. Mostly accompanied by simple guitar, it often has a bit early Joni Mitchell like singing, although it has a different goal or starting point of inspiration. Now and then she overdubs her own voice twice. Websites with references to introductions, song texts you'll find on a separate page later (linked at the Wicca folk pages) dedicated to this Wicca priestess based in Iowa.
Email : DizzyAura@hotmail.com  Business and personal correspondence: c/o Dance of Life Productions, P.O. Box 41246, Des Moines, IA 50311 USA
Private Kathy Larsdattar : The singing Tree (1999)
Tr.2, "Rain" 3 min
Tr.12, "Compost" 7 min 
Wicca folk singer song writing artist. Delightful songs. Nice album to listen to.
Web site : www.bima.com/kathy and http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/536/536666.html
Contact : dweiss@bima.com
Private Caryn Simmons : Remember the fire (1999)
Tr.6, « We were you » 4 min
Tr.13, Blue Room" 7 min
Female ss. Some more styles integrated into singer songwriting basis. Capable and professional voice. Nice arrangements. Web-site : www.bima.com/caryn and http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/103/caryn_simmons.html
Contact : carynsimmons@hotmail.com
Oct.Rose Prod.Linda Allen : Long Way Home (1999)
Tr.5, "A small vase of Flower" 3 min
I normally don't play any products with even a bit country influences. But this is ballads from the daily sharing with people. I can respect that. I picked out one beautiful song suitable for my selective program.
Web site : www.lindasongs.com E-mail : lindaallen@memes.com
Private Cindy Minkler : Chronological Growth (1990)
Tr.1, "Ina" 2 min
Piano. Web page : www.bima.com/cindy Contact : pyancdm@hotmail.com
Private Brett Lovins : La Verkin Thunder (1995)
Tr.5, « Blues on a corner in India » 3 min
Singer songwriter, guitarist. About the cd : http://www.tf4.com/laverkin.html and about the solo records : http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/45/twang_factor_4.html and http://www.tf4.com/brett.html His group is called Twanf Factor 4 : www.tf4.com/ and http://www.mp3.com/tf4 Contact : blovins@tf4.com
Mud Bay Music Craig Olson : Beyond the Cedar Moon (1999)
Tr.10, « Secret Place » 3 min
Singer Songwriter with Wicca inspiration. Web-site : www.craigolson.com Contact : craigo@nas.com
Private David Weiss : Finger Noise (1998)
Tr.4, "Floating" 3 min
Tr.13, "Gentle Darkness" 5 min
Some nice guitar finger picking tracks, sometimes with added arrangements. Tracks with added percussion were however not my cup of tea.
Web adress : www.bima.com/david E-mail : dweiss@bima.com
Turq.Rain Pr. Karen Fitzgerald : (solo piano) Heart of Rain (1999)
Tr.1, "Remembering" 6 min
Tr.3, "Turquoise Flame" 8 min
"By always looking for progressive music it seems that I might have overlooked something essential which I found in her music. Great recommended recording ! The more I listen to it the more I like it and the more it moves me all the time. I wrote the following review :"
* Very romantic. Rain on a blossom. On the edge of melancholic happiness. To believe in caring again.
* Piano didn't sound so refreshing for a long time. I like its honesty.
* Spirituality of an opening heart.
* I listened to it a few times more with candlelight and kisses. There it was once more recommended by the heart.
Web adress : www.karenfitzgerald.com E-mail : Karen@Karenfitzgerald.com
Firedance Rec. Kaleah : From the Shadows (2000)
Tr.2, "Spiritual Chaos" 5 min
Etheric sounds and female vocals. Lovers of Enya and such for the atmosphere ; singing is different. Influenced by idealistic positivistic spiritual ideas. It contains a comparable spiritual inner research as Wicca.
Web-site : www.kaleah.com Contact : Kaleahfire@cs.com
Private     Soul Salad : In the Garden (1999)
Tr.4, "Jungle Fever" 5 min
Tr.3, "In the Garden" 5 min
Tr.6, "Wild Woman" 4 min
Progressive music with (Tull like) flute and with some funky and soul influences in rhythm. All female group. Singing of the women is however sometimes almost female gospel. Original  combination. Wicca comparisons.
Web-site : http://www.bima.com/soulsalad/ and  http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/126/soul_salad.html
Contact : soulsalad48@hotmail.com
Private Monkey Puzzle Orchestra : Bathysphere Moon (2000)
Tr.6, "Come to Garloo" 5 min
Tr.3, "Blue Moon" 4 min
Tr.9,"Just as well" 5 min
(Tr.10, Bathysphere Moon" 3 min)
Some Indonesian, and other ethno inspirations sound with easy in the ear jazzy improvisations on a flowing structure with now and then a small psychedelic touch, without becomming completely progressive. Fusion on the edge of mainstream and the progressive. With a few musicians more this could grow its potency into something even more interesting.
(PS. Track 6 is east meat west psychedelic mixed with jazzy elements).
Their website should be : www.monkeypuzzlemusic.com (but I can't open the page)



MOST RECENT RADIO PROGRAMS :

APRIL :
* for last week of april : An Italian Progressive Music program
* for Chamber Music Rock and beyond. Information. Playlist see second page.
* ROBIN O'BRIAN (click me to see playlist)
* Sandy Denny radio program and simular voices, a cooperation with the Woolfeman at the 
  second week of april (some changes might still be added)
MAY :
* SITAR MUSIC IN FUSION AND IN PROGRESSIVE (/FOLK) MUSIC IN 60'S,70'S,80'S,90'S
  (several programs) : Next programs : * Raga rock and Flamenco Rock with sitar included
  and * Psychedelic folk and Acid Folk and Singer Songwriters racks with sitar
  The other earlier playlists in this subject are listed under 
  http://Psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/SITARfusions.html
  First to be broadcasted radio program is planned for May 9th 2001. See playlist.   
  (Flamenco Rock/sitar)
  More information will be published soon under    
  http://progressive.homestead.com/RAGAROCK.html with a future seperate page about  
  Gualberto.
  Radio program from May 16th with mostly raga guitar is listed under  
  http://progressive.homestead.com/files/playlist_raga_guitar_and_Indian_Fusions.txt
* Latin American progressive music :
  with at least one or two parts about Argentinia. One program at the 2nd of May 2001
  Another about Chili with one special program about the group LOS JAIVAS had
  its broadcast in April. Next to expect Latin American Progressive music program will be with   
  Chilean progressive music probably at the end of June or July.
  Some extra iems from Peru or Brazil or other Latin American countries might be played in
  some radio program too.
* For the 23rd of may 2001 :
  American native influences in prog music and some associations. 2 reviews can be seen at
  http://progressive.homestead.com/AM_INDIAN.html. Paylist link at the end of this page.
* for the 30th of may : some folk with symphonic associations with playlist at next link.
JUNE
* Finish Progressive music, three radio programs in cooperation with Bart "ZJef" Van Peer : 
  Progressive music from the 90's, 70's, folk associations.
  First radio program : Finnish Progressive music in the last 10 years at  
  http://progressive.homestead.com/files/Finland_Playlist.txt
  Finnish Folk radio program at http://progressive.homestead.com/files/Playlist_Finnish_Folk.txt
  Finnish progressive music in the 70's at
  http://progressive.homestead.com/Finnish_Progressive.txt
  More information at entry about Finland, and at Review page from new Finnish progressive.
* Patty Waters & cooperation with Dupont.
JULY¨ :
* Middle Eastern influences in modern music at  
  http://progressive.homestead.com/MiddleEast.html
* Indonesian influences in progressive music & Middle Eastern influences at
  http://progressive.homestead.com/INDOPROGRESSIVE.html
AUGUST :
* Summer program. Playlist at next page.
* Latin American progressive music : modern progressive Chilean groups (2 radio programs) :
  second and third week of August. Links : Progressive Chilean music page, Chili review page.
  Playlist at http://progressive.homestead.com/files/Playlist_2nd_and_3rd_week_of_August.txt
* Interesting singer-songwriters.(a cooperation with the Singer-Songwriters program "Mark and  
  the Woolfeman" and cooperation with Lawrence Woolfe.
  Playlist at http://singersong.homestead.com/files/Playlist_Singer-Songwriters.txt
  Review Pages for Singer-Songwriters at http://singersong.homestead.com/reviews.html
  For busker related items at http://singersong.homestead.com/BUSKERS.html
  and for Buffy Sainte-Marie at http://progressive.homestead.com/AM_INDIAN.html
  For Ptarmigan look at http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/Ptarmigan.html
  For Bobby Callender look at
  http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/SITARREVIEW.html
SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER :
* Turkish Progressive Music history overview in 8-10 radio programs : the sixties and seventies  
  and recent work. Information : Turkish Progressive Music. Playlist : Playlist
* Bask Progressive Music : an overview (Haizea,Itziar,Itoiz,Izukaitz,Enbor,Errobi)
  info at http://progressive.homestead.com/BASKPROG.html with Playlist at
  http://progressive.homestead.com/files/Playlist_Bask_Progressive_Music.txt
NOVEMBER :
* overview of Into The Abyss & some new releases
  Playlist at http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/files/Radio_Program.txt
  The new German releases at http://progressive.homestead.com/Germanprogreview.html
(shorter program : last hour has been taken over by "Mark & The Woolfeman")
* Progressive music (mostly Italian, some fro US, some RIO styled)
  Playlist at http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/files/2001_november.txt
* Dutch psych beat and Supersister and the Canterbury music style Playlist by clicking here
* Turkish Jazz Fusion and more. Playlist when you click here. More information at the Turkish  
  Progressive Music and Fusion in the 90's and review pages.
  Another program with Turkish Fusion planned for next year.
DECEMBER :
* prog folk rock and psychedelic folk, sitar in psychedelic Folk music, and "the Poor
  minstrels of Song" part 1 : USA. Playlist at 
  http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/files/Poor_Minstrels_of_Song.txt
  and more information at http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/minstrels.html
* 12th of december : Fado introduction by Dirk Lambrechts (author from "Fado. De tranen
  van de taag") IS CANCELLED UNTILL LATER in stead I will do the following program :
  Guruh Gipsy & Indonesian Fusions part 2
  Look at the page about Indonesian Fusions for more information.
* Turkish Jazz Fusion, part 2. Playlist at click here
  Only Indojazz fusion record for this radio program has been reviewed at
  http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/indojazzreview.html
  (P.S. this Karnataka Ensemble played once with Okay Temiz too).
* Amarok, Spanish Art Progressive. Playlist click here.

For Playlists of 2002 go to next page

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Radio Centraal, Antwerp : Psyche van het Folk
Playlist 2001,January, 31st.
Concept : new Dark Holler releases and associations :
the psychedelic folk from
Green Crown, Stone Breath, In Gowan Ring, Fit & Limo, and some others.

Argokn.Fam. "Winged we were"-A tribute to the Incredible String Band-(2000),
*Tr.1, B.all Grew Grace : "Womankind" 3 min
Contact : Malldawn@hotmail.com
Tr.5, The Ursula Tree : "Witches Hat" 4 min
Contact : moulage@hotmail.com
*Tr.6, Green Crown : "Three is a green crown" 10 min
Contact : prydwyn@post.harvard.edu
*Tr.16, Cloud Cuckoo : "The Music of the Ages" 5 min
Contact : J.H.Hathaway@mds.gmw.ac.uk
*Tr.17, Stonebreath : "Osiris" 4 min
Contact : SpectralLight@hotmail.com
Tr.18,The Spirits of Love : "Spirit of Love" 3 min
Contact : 38 Old Queen's Road, Sunderland MA 01375, USA
Contact argoknot : www.homestead.com/argoknotE-mail : spectrallight@hotmail.com
Contact ISB fanzine : Beglad@taproot.demon.co.uk
Elektra     The Incredible String Band : The 5000 Spirits or the layers of the onion (1967)
Tr. 9, "First girl I loved" 5 min 35
*Dark HollerStone Breath : "Lanterna Lucis Viriditatis"(2000)
Tr.2, "The eyelit Path" 3 min
Text  1 min
Tr.3,"Sword Baptismal" 3 min
Tr.5, »The way of Green Osiris » 8 min
Tr.7, "The Red Crossed Knight" 2 min
Tr.11, « Estampie » 5 min
Tr.13,"The lantern of the greening light" 20 min
Ourob.Publ. In Gowan Ring : "Abend the knurled stitch"(1999) (more Gothic Folk influenced)
Tr.1, "Two wax dolls" 5 min
tr.2,"To thrum a glassy stem" 4 min
In Gowan Ring. http://bluesanct.com/bands/igr/index.html or http://www.bluesanct.com/bands/igr/main.html
Contact : ingowanring@bluesanct.com
Contact the label : http://bluesanct.com ; or Europe : http://worldserpent.com
Sept.GurlsR.Fit & Limo : As Above So Below (2000)
Tr.1, "Owsley Blues" 13 min
Tr.6, "Christian Alchemy" 6 min
Tr.12, "Open Scene" 6 min
Contact label : septembergurls@compuserve.com
Privat  Olvardil Prydwyn & Diana McFadden : The Witch in the Well (1997) (Wicca folk)
Tr.1,  "John Barleycorn" 8 min (PS.Prydwyn is part of Green Crown and Stonebreath)
Rockdr.Rec.Green Crown : In Principio, Live at the 1997 Pagan Spirit Gathering (2000)
Tr.1, "John Barleycorn"(trad.) 6 min
Tr.3,"See Emily play"(Syd Barret) 7 min
Tr.4, "Pat's Song"(Country Joe McDonald) 5 min
Tr.7, « My God »(Ian  Anderson) 5 min
http://www.greencrown.com/ E-mail : greencrown@jadeinc.comor firespring@nfx.net
Circle magazine/Sanctuary Nature Preserve/activities : www.circlesanctuary.orgE-mail : circle@mhtc.net.
Rockdreamer Rec. : lupinski@uplogon.com
E-mail : spectrallight@hotmail.com or DarkHoller@aol.com
Privat  Olvardil Prydwyn & Diana McFadden : The Witch in the Well (1997)
Tr.3,  "Lady with a Fan" 5 min
Tr.4, "Isle of Islay" 3 min
PrivateKiva : Live at the Forest Inn volume 1, tr.7, "The Basin" 7 min
http://www.kivasong.com/ E-mail : arianakiva@aol.com

Another Radio Program with Wicca Folk you'll find when you click here