Sumer Is Icumen in: Pagan Sound of British & Irish - Sumer Is Icumen In: The Pagan Sound Of British & Irish Folk 1966-1975Released in 2015, Grapefruit's 3 CD multi artist British underground folk compilation Dust On The Nettles was widely praised, with a five star review in The Times hailing it as "a delight from beginning to end". A long overdue follow up to that set, Sumer Is Icumen In tightens the mesh by focusing on the point when traditional folksong and the burgeoning late Sixties counterculture collided, largely courtesy of seminal acts like the Incredible String

The Goldberg Trio presents well-rehearsed string trios by Klein

plus selected other noted A&B sides on Decca from this era

The UK version features two underrated early pop gems - "I'm Free" and the sublimely cynical "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man

Copland/ Lang/ Muhly/ Langree/ Wyatt/ Cincinn - Hallowed Ground

Amaryllis2

originally invented by Nordin as a tool for composition

Bach / Wegener/ Bernius - Ein Feste Burg

Considering Ignaz Pleyel's complete oeuvre

lap steel and vibraphone

tracing asymmetrical paths of feverish dirge

Previously unpublished backstage material shows the tenors unadorned and offers a fascinating insight into what takes place beyond the spotlight in Rome

he put his family first and chose the vocation of as an orchestral concertmaster