Masayoshi Fujita’s latest work, Migratory, is defined by its sense of flux and of growth. Comforting ambience meets melodic exploration, with the vibraphone and marimba fleshed out by subtle electronics and the sparing use of guest vocalists.
Not A Flower On The Dogwood Flats is a fitting tribute to Jack Bunch and the enduring music of his Uncle Henry, which also serves to bring to a wider audience the raw, authentic sounds that have, for generations, reverberated around the Laurel County hills.
Les secrets du ciel, the solo debut of Québécois singer Yann Falquet, is a tour-de-force of his artistic vision on which he proves himself worthy of these great old songs, an interpreter of French-Canadian ballads with a remarkable voice and powerful artistry on the guitar.
Taken from his forthcoming concept album, Circadia, watch the new video from David Grubb for his final album single ‘The Somnambulist’. “…the band depicts the shuffling feet of the somnambulist, walking a tightrope between conscious realms.”
Cheer Up is a journey through darkness, self-loathing and doubt into the light and salvation…John Blek’s voice has never sounded better; it’s unquestionably his finest work yet.
Listen to our Monday Morning Brew playlist ft. Jerron Paxton, Frank Fairfield, Norman Blake, Steve Gunn & The Black Twig Pickers, Sabine McCalla, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Martin Simpson & Dom Flemons, Hannah Read, Grey Reverend, Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin, Anna & Elizabeth and more.
Brilliantly preserved and imbued with a shared, democratic performance ethos, The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert, featuring the Georgia Sea Island Singers and guests, is so vital and powerful that it feels almost like being there.
As the song says, when the nights grow dark and the days overcast, we all need dreamers to shine a light and strike a spark to help us see the path; with Dreamers, the Wild Ponies shine their brightest.
Dawn Landes chats to KLOF Mag about her latest album The Liberated Woman’s Songbook, inspired by a songbook from 1971, published at the height of the Women’s Liberation Movement and compiled by folklorist and guitarist Jerry Silverman.
Today sees the release of ‘Easy Now’, the new single from Irish troubadour John Blek. The song shows the writer at ease with the passing of time and the knowledge that everything will pass, a sentiment reflected in the easy-going lyric video.
Lost in Transmission mixtape featuring Jerron Paxton, J.R. Bohannon & Dave Shuford, Naima Bock, Kate Young, Danny Paul Grody Duo, Setting, Rhona Dalling, Dana Anastasia, Daughter of Swords, Dan Haywood, Roger Dean Young, Pumajaw, A Hawk & a Hacksaw, Quinie and more.
Taken from his forthcoming album ‘O Avalanche’, Fionn Regan shares a visualiser for his new single ‘Blood Is Thicker Than Wine’, a song he started to write in a lightning storm.
