Jack Cheshire traverses the ragged landscape of the mind and heart on Interloper. Thrown for a loop, battered against psychic rocks, his music is unruly and uncompromising in its journeys through the workings of the soul and the heart.
Enjoy some of our popular festive Mixtapes, including guest mixtapes from Michael Tanner, Stephen Cracknell (The Memory Band) and Nigel Spencer of Manchester’s Folk Police Recordings.
The true genius of Ross Ainslie’s ‘Pool’ lies in how it reconciles its stylistically varied individual tracks with an overall mood that remains consistent—and consistently engaging, something he pulls off with panache, originality, and an often breathtaking range of musical invention.
The ever-innovative and experimental sextet Bonfire Radicals returns with their five-track EP Flywheel, swirling musical colours and shapes recorded live in the round. Barkingly wonderful.
Listen to the latest Monday Morning Brew Playlist featuring Laura Jane Wilkie, Swimming Bell, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Emma Gatrill, Leyla McCalla, Itasca, Niamh Bury, Magic Tube String Band, Jim White & Marisa Anderson, The Decemberists, Rosali, and more.
Bob Fish shares his Top 10 albums of 2024, including releases from Amy Aileen Wood, Bonny Light Horseman, David Berkeley, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Lankum, Linda Thompson, Msaki x Tubatsi, Northern Resonance, Rezo, Sean R. McLaughlin & The Wind-Up Crows and a sneaky addition.
Taken from his forthcoming album ‘Salt River’, Sam Amidon shares a lyric video for his new single ‘Friends and Neighbors’, a joyful rendition of Ornette Coleman’s ode to communality. It’s also our Song of the Day.
Brigid Mae Power’s ‘Songs for You’ is a timeless record filled with brilliant moments that will melt the heart of even the most cynically covers-album-averse listener.
A 1960s/70s classic folk mixtape featuring Sandra Kerr & John Faulkner, Dave Swarbrick, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, John Renbourn, Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band, Trees, Richard & Linda Thompson, Bert Jansch, Steve Ashley and more.
Mike Davies shares his Top 10 albums of 2024, including releases from Luke Jackson, Julian Taylor, Norman Paterson, Amy Speace, C. Daniel Boling, Zachary Lucky, Malachy Tallack, Mary Lee Kortes, Lizzie No and Ruth Theodore.
David Pratt shares his Top 10 albums of 2024, including releases from Aboubakar Traoré & Balima, Aziza Brahim, Blair Dunlop, Danny & The Champions of the World, Dogo du Togo, Newen Afrobeat and compilations from Soundway, Analog Africa and Bongo Joe Records.
Yosef Gutman & Peter Broderick didn’t take long to build up an enviable musical rapport, and River of Eden is an album that exudes a quiet confidence, a calm focal point at the centre of a stormy world.
