Folk & World – Music That Tells a Story

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Folk & World – Music That Tells a Story

Looking for authentic sounds that carry history and heart? Our Folk & World section brings together traditional music from the US, UK, Europe, Africa, and beyond – songs shaped by people, places, and time.

From Celtic shores to Latin landscapes

Discover Woody Guthrie, Fairport Convention, Carlos Núñez, Miriam Makeba and more – artists who gave voice to tradition and culture.

Listen globally. Feel deeply.

Shop folk and world music on CD and vinyl – exclusively at Bear Family Records, your destination for music with roots.

Folk & World – Music That Tells a Story Looking for authentic sounds that carry history and heart? Our Folk & World section brings together traditional music from the US, UK, Europe,... read more »
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Folk & World – Music That Tells a Story

Folk & World – Music That Tells a Story

Looking for authentic sounds that carry history and heart? Our Folk & World section brings together traditional music from the US, UK, Europe, Africa, and beyond – songs shaped by people, places, and time.

From Celtic shores to Latin landscapes

Discover Woody Guthrie, Fairport Convention, Carlos Núñez, Miriam Makeba and more – artists who gave voice to tradition and culture.

Listen globally. Feel deeply.

Shop folk and world music on CD and vinyl – exclusively at Bear Family Records, your destination for music with roots.

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AMIGA Folk (5-CD)
Various: AMIGA Folk (5-CD) Art-Nr.: CDBF08352

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(SechzehnZehn) 96 tracks, digisleeve in slipcase CD 1 - Folkländer: Wenn man fragt, wer hat's getan CD 2 - Wacholder: Herr Wirt, so lösche uns're Brände CD 3 - Horch: Der Lautenschläger CD 4 - Duo Sonnenschirm: Beschattung durch Duo...
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The New Faith (CD)
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(Smithsonian Folkways Records) 12 tracks, digisleeve. "The New Faith" tells an Afrofuturistic story of a future ravaged by climate change. Jake Blount and his cohorts embody a group of African-American refugees to bring ancient...
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This Machine Still Kills Fascists (LP)
Dropkick Murphys: This Machine Still Kills Fascists (LP) Art-Nr.: LPDLM002

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(Dummy Luck) 11 tracks Gatefold Cover 'This Machine Still Kills Fascists' isn't a new acoustic folk discovery for Dropkick Murphys - it's a continuation of their journey with Woody Guthrie that began nearly two decades ago when DKM...
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California Bloodlines - Willard minus 2 (CD)
John Stewart: California Bloodlines - Willard minus 2 (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15468

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1-CD with 16-page booklet, 24 tracks. Playing time approx. 74 mns. After seven years in the Kingston Trio and several years as a hit songwriter ( the Monkees' ‚ Daydream Believer ’ etc), John Stewart launched his solo career in 1969 with...
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Between The Country (CD)
Ian Noe: Between The Country (CD) Art-Nr.: CDTT43577

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(Thirty Tigers) 10 tracks - digisleeve Ian Noe's highly anticipated full-length debut album, recorded at Nashville's RCA studio A with Grammy Award-Winning producer Dave Cobb. Between The Country includes 10 new songs written solely by...
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Blackout (CD)
Dropkick Murphys: Blackout (CD) Art-Nr.: CD04462

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(Hellcat Records) 14 tracks The music on "Blackout" rocks, has a concentrated load of sweat, blood and energy, and provides intense insight into relationships ("Walk Away") and personal politics ("Gonna Be A Blackout Tonight" - lyrics...
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Tant Le Monde - Live In Bremen / Germany 2005 (CD)
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(MIG Records) 16 tracks Singers and songwriters Kate and Anna McGarrigle (born in Montreal of mixed English and French-Canadian backgrounds and raised in the village of Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts in the Laurentian Mountains, Quebec) set...
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Asolutely The Best (CD)
Jose Feliciano: Asolutely The Best (CD) Art-Nr.: CD0610612

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(Fuel 2000) 12 Tracks In 1968 José Feliciano burst upon the American music scene with such a force, he will be forever remembered for his intimate reworking of The Doors' classic 'Light My Fire' became a no.3 Pop hit. For 'Light My Fire'...
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Bombs Over Puerto Rico (CD)
Jim & Ingrid Croce: Bombs Over Puerto Rico (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15894

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1-CD with 24-page booklet, 11 tracks. Playing time approx. 28 mns. Three years before his breakthrough hit, Don't Mess Around With Jim , Jim Croce was half of a folk singer-songwriter duo with his wife, Ingrid Croce . The New York-based...
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Troubadours - Folk And The Roots Of American Music, Vol.1-4 (12-CD)
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Troubadours - Folk And The Roots Of American Music, Vol.1-4 (12-CD) 3-CD Digipak with 152-page booklet (English language), 75 tracks. Total playing time approx. 203 mns. In the one hundred years that folk music has been recorded in the...
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The Early Years 1969 - 1981 (2CD + DVD, Ltd.)
Christy Moore: The Early Years 1969 - 1981 (2CD + DVD, Ltd.) Art-Nr.: CD3512347

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(Tara Music) 61 tracks, digipack, limeted edition The Early Years 1969-81 is a collection of folk tunes and traditional melodies by Ireland's finest troubadour Christy Moore. The album spans Christy's six decades as an artist, whether he...
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Robert Coyne: The Hiss Of Life' CD) Art-Nr.: CDMR247

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(Meyer Records) 12 tracks, digipack Four years after 2018's 'Out Of Your Tree' - during which time the world has changed, and changed again - Robert Coyne returns this autumn with a new album, 'The Hiss Of Life'. Fittingly, the title...
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(Shannachie) 13 tracks, digisleeve. The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem were a major influence on the young Bob Dylan and other emerging artists, including Christy Moore and Paul Brady. The group was famous for their often lively...
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Sea Conditions - Swell Songs And Shanties for Breezy People (CD)
Various - Bear Family Records: Sea Conditions - Swell Songs And Shanties for... Art-Nr.: BCD17563

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 31 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. Bear Family Records® presents with 'Sea Conditions' a musical journey through time and across the sea. 32 Songs, all dealing with the elemental forces of...
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Gordon Lightfoot: Sunday Concert, Plus (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15691

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1-CD with 36-page booklet, 16 tracks. Playing time approx. 54 mns. Gordon Lightfoot's Massey Hall concerts in Toronto are a 30-year tradition. The March 30th, 1969 concert not only allowed the singer/songwriter an opportunity to perform...
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(Galileo) 14 tracks, digisleeve incl. booklet So viele Wege Vol. 2 was officially released at Pentecost 2022, bringing the audacious Folkländer 2-CD project to a successful conclusion. 14 tracks this time, and unlike Vol. 1, a handful of...
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Maybe So (CD)
Paul Brady: Maybe So (CD) Art-Nr.: CDPRP162

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(Proper Records) 11 tracks, digipack Paul Brady, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, is one of Ireland's most respected and successful artists. He continually pushes musical boundaries by incorporating folk, rock, blues,...
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Lightfoot! - The Way I Feel (CD)
Gordon Lightfoot: Lightfoot! - The Way I Feel (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15576

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1-CD with 36-page booklet, 26 tracks. Playing time approx. 78 mns. Canada's Gordon Lightfoot parlayed his songwriting into a recording career, though this wasn't a case of a mediocre singer who happened to craft fine songs. His debut...
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Island In The Sun (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Harry Belafonte: Island In The Sun (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD16262

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5-CD box (LP-size) with 100-page hardcover book, 112 tracks. Playing time approx. 354 mns. Harry Belafonte begins here! And there’s a very special reason for this edition: On March, 1st the most versatile singer in popular music, and the...
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I Can't Fade Away - The Rockburgh Years 1978 - 1984 (6-CD Box)
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(Cherry Records) 106 tracks, papersleeves in a box with a lid Musician and singer-songwriter Iain Matthews really needs no introduction. He was a member of the legendary folk-rock band Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1969 before forming...
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First, Second & Third (2-CD)
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(2008/RPM) 41 tracks 1964-66 with 8 page booklet.
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River Fools & Mountain Saints (CD)
Ian Noe: River Fools & Mountain Saints (CD) Art-Nr.: CDTT32307

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(Thirty Tigers) 12 tracks, digisleeve. Like the streams and tributaries that run through singer-songwriter Ian Noe's home in eastern Kentucky, the water flows through his new Album. River Fools & Mountain Saints, the album's name,...
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Something Worse Than Loneliness (CD)
Bob Lind: Something Worse Than Loneliness (CD) Art-Nr.: CDTOP1614

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(Ace Records) 12 tracks "Something Worse Than Loneliness" is Bob Lind's third album of new material in the last decade, following 2012's "Finding You Again" and 2016's "Magellan Was Wrong," both records serving to reacquaint many of us...
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Lifetime Achievement (CD)
Loudon Wainwright III: Lifetime Achievement (CD) Art-Nr.: CDPRP164

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(Proper Records) 15 tracks, digisleeve After thirty albums, countless concert appearances, a Grammy, numerous film and television roles, and songs recorded by artists such as Johnny Cash, Mose Allison, Bonnie Raitt, and his son Rufus,...
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