Mama’s Broke’s Amy Lou Keeler and Lisa Maria discuss “Reunion,” their latest album, one of stark emotion and stunning but subtle playing. Born from Nova Scotian roots, Appalachian tradition and Eastern European influences, their deliciously dark folk resists easy labels. The pair talk origins, co-writing, folk as political expression, and the collective feeling that keeps their collaboration fresh after a decade on the road.
Rowena Wise’s “Bad Things Feel Good*” expands on her impressive debut with quiet sincerity and intimacy as calling cards. She moves between swooping maximalism and spine-tingling closeness, juggling contradictory elements. The mess has been transmuted into something beautiful, with a skillfully directed emotional sting—the bigger picture without losing sight of small details—the perfect soundtrack to contemporary emotional life.
Dean McPhee has shared a video for “Indica Fields” from “Northern Earth”, his sixth full-length album, due 11 September on Bass Ritual. The video uses BFI archive footage from the final edition of the National Coal Board’s Mining Review series. Originally a sold-out limited cassette, the album arrives on 180g heavyweight vinyl — three compositions recorded live with no overdubs.
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