The Shovel Dance Collective, a kind of avant-folk supergroup, but without any of the hubris that term implies, once again demonstrate, through their new album ‘The Shovel Dance’, how they are changing the way folk music is created, and doing so with breathtakingly, potent tunes.
The Weather Station — the project of Toronto-based Tamara Lindeman — announces her return with Humanhood and shares the accompanying video and lead single ‘Neon Signs’. This really does feel like the big album she spoke of in 2022.
Danish guitar improviser Martin Kirkegaard teams up with pianist Mikkel Almolt for ‘Molacg (part 1 & 2)’, a double LP of sharply focused improvised instrumental sound. A fascinating and essential release.
Chris Cleverley hits the road ahead of his new Winter EP, ‘In the Shadow of John the Divine’ on which he promises to flip the well-explored seasonal genre on its head.
Our Song of the Day is ‘Now & Then’, the new single from Queens, NY, musician Wolf van Elfmand featuring the legendary Karl Blau. The song is a simple yearning for some good fortune.
Beautifully presented in both aural and physical form (as an illustrated book CD), Christine Collister’s ‘Children of the Sea’ is a beguiling, intoxicating listen and read – a career pinnacle.
The latest Folklore Tapes Ceremonial Counties covers Cambridgeshire and London, with Ian Humberstone and Human Hand providing one of the most exciting and challenging instalments yet.
With ‘Westlin Winds’, The Wilderness Yet have surpassed even their own extremely high standards by giving the acapella aspect of their work the time and space to breathe and flourish. They’ve produced an album that melds tradition and originality into an iridescent vocal soundscape.
It’s clear from this first chapter of Homeland that Seckou Keita is here to take us on a musical journey; peppered with guest artists, the whole thing is a beautiful, buoyant celebration of life and place. Music this joyous and full of pathos is irresistible.
Taken from her new album OPHELIA, Angeline Morrison shares a music video for He Comes in the Night – “a ghost story that is also a love story. The imagined beloved vanishes with each new day, leaving only motes of dust and memories…”
Devarrow says his mission is “to make music that feels really good.” With Heart Shaped Rock, an album that explores themes of love, loss, self-discovery, and social consciousness, I’d say the mission is accomplished.
Listen to the latest Monday Morning Brew featuring The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band, Rachel Baiman & Kaia Kater, Naima Bock, Frankie Archer, Lutalo, Cyril Cyril, Karine Polwart, Cat Power and more.
