Taken from Cold Blows the Rain, the new eight-song collection from experimental musician Bridget Hayden, watch her latest music video for the traditional folk ballad Factory Girl, featuring archive footage from 1904 and 1956.
The performances on Bridget Hayden’s ‘Cold Blows the Rain’ are spellbinding. It’s an album as distinct and vivid as its characters are dark and illusory.
Our first Monday Morning Brew of 2025 features music from Alice Hebborn, Marta Del Grandi, Bridget Hayden, Trevor Beale, Damien Jurado, Mari Mathias, Rachel Sermanni, Broadcast, Sonny Smith, Papa M, Arthur Russell, Constant Follower and more.
Sam Amidon’s Salt River is an album whose full kaleidoscopic experience is revealed through repeated listens. Eclectic is an easily applied word, but here we have an artist releasing a groundbreaking, spirited and adventurous album that is genuinely worthy of the description.
As we wind down towards New Year, enjoy our Albums of the Year 2024 playlist. It’s an eclectic offering featuring over 11 hours of music, taking in folk, jazz, avant-garde and experimental music.
Listen to our latest Monday Morning Brew Playlist. It’s an ambient and fairly mellow affair featuring a few releases from the Hubro label and others, alongside new releases from Chris Brain, Tamsin Elliott and Peter Broderick.
For those that need their minds purged of the overabundance of commercial music this time of year, KLOF No. 37 counters with pagan vibes, electro-folk fusion and improvised sounds that briefly dabble with the festive and then throw you a left hook.
Listen to the latest Monday Morning Brew Playlist featuring Henry Thomas, The Black Twig Pickers, The Balfa Brothers, Jesse Fuller, Buell Kazee, Serious Sam Barrett, John Renbourn, Stone & Sue, Tim Eriksen, Joseph Decosimo, Glenn Jones, Memphis Jug Band, Anna & Elizabeth and more.
Everything The Memory Band do, however varied, is done to a high level. Their music is always interesting, often strange, and usually beautiful, and A Common Treasury is the perfect place to hear it.
Ross Ainslie provides a fascinating insight into the creation of his new album, Pool. Listen to the album and read his track-by-track guide, written exclusively for KLOF Mag.
Covering folk, jazz, experimental, avant-garde, field recordings and more, KLOF Mag’s editor takes us on an eclectic meander through their 2024 Albums of the Year.
Featuring four of America’s most potent musicians, all performing at the top of their game, Jeff Parker’s ‘The Way Out of Easy’ might just be the best jazz album of 2024. Another win for the ever-reliable Chicago label International Anthem.
