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Featured: Donovan

Irish acoustic instrumental group Lúnasa
Tales of an average man from Simple Kid
Drift off with Mystic Chords of Memory
Japan's Haco with Sakamoto Hiromichi
Swedish pop collective The Concretes

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Donovan released a children's album in 2002, but this is first new collection of music for adults since the 1996 LP Sutras.

Featured: Donovan

CD: Beat Cafe
Song: "Lover O Lover"
Label: Appleseed

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The Irish Times call Lúnasa the hottest Irish acoustic band on the planet, with whistles, various stringed instruments and Uilleann pipes - similar to traditional bag pipes but even harder to play.

Lúnasa

CD: The Kinnitty Sessions
Song: "Stolen Purse"
Label: Compass Records

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Simple Kid is otherwise known as Ciaran McFeeley, an Irish singer/songwriter who wrote, performed and recorded his new album by himself.

Simple Kid

CD: 1
Song: "The Average Man"
Label: 2m

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Drawing their name from an Abraham Lincoln speech, the Mystic Chords of Memory make sleepy sounds that seem at times to drift from a strange and mysterious world.

Mystic Chords of Memory

CD: Mystic Chords of Memory
Song: "Golden Dome"
Label: Rough Trade

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Japanese multi-instrumentalist Hiromichi Sakamoto on this track performs cello, musical saw and some electronics with the vocalist simply known as Haco.

Haco with Hiromichi Sakamoto

CD: Ash in the Rainbow
Song: "Ash in the Rainbow"
Label: ReR

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This eight-piece band formed in Stockholm in 1995, but struggled through several label changes before releasing this self-titled CD, their first full length album.

The Concretes

CD: The Concretes
Song: "You Can't Hurry Love"
Label: Astralwerks

Featured Video: Watch "Warm Nights," a special video included on the CD.

Listen to "You Can't Hurry Love"

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