I might have heard Eddi Reader as a back up singer but don't remember reading her name on any cd and I am pretty meticulous about that. Her song Lucky Penny from Simple Soul, released in 2001, was sweet but not simple. Her latest release is a cd of Robert Burns poems. In the US, her CDs are available through Compass Records
British folk? US singer/songwriter? with Nueva Cancion influences through a childhood lived in Chile, Ariane Lydon combines all of these in richly textured songs. She has several solo CDs available, including an instrumental harp cd. My only sadness is that it seems she performs mostly in the US Midwest.
it pours new music......thanks to AOL radio folk channel......
British folk up tonight......Kate Rusby singing Caanan's Land from A Little Light (on Compass Records label). She has a new cd coming out at the end of June Live From Leeds.
Judith Edelman Sailor Boy from her cd Drama Queen. Apparently she's now touring with a band and has a past life in bluegrass. Here's a review on Pop Matters of her cd Only Sun
What rock have I been under?
I unearthed two treasures, Canadian treasures:
New Canadian Music posts full length songs. Both new and old Canadian singer/songwriters.
and
RootsMusicCanada does the same for folk, Celtic, Latin American, African, and just about every genre of roots music (except blues! I wonder what my friend Johnny V thinks about that!).
Aren't you curious what Canadians do with bluegrass and "Latin American" music? Doesn't a singer named A Girl Named Sue singing A Homicidal Love Song intrigue you?