Our Monday Morning Brew Playlist features some obscure gems, including a 1974 long-lost Japanese acid folk holy grail, plus Cleveland Francis, Trevor McNamara, Judy Henske, Eva May, The Decemberists, Sandy Denny and lots more.
Bill Callahan announces the release of ‘Resuscitate!’, a live album recorded at Chicago’s Thalia Hall in 2022. Bill will be visiting the UK and Europe later this year, including a 4-night solo residency at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Watch the video for Kevin Fowley’s ‘Aux Marches Du Palais’, taken from his new album, À Feu Doux. The album features French lullabies and traditional folk songs dating back to the 14th century.
How in-sync this star-studded collaboration is with the spirit of Sun Ra; Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra succeeds in playing like a transmission from the stars, a deep space echo and chime…lay back and wait for lift off; what bliss.
A new album of unheard recordings by the Pakistan musical icon Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is to be released 34 years after they were recorded. The ‘lost album’ — named Chain of Light — was discovered in the tape archives of Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records.
Swamp Dogg’s ‘Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St’ is a warm and absorbing mix of the new and old, an attention-grabbing seamless blend of bluegrass/country and soul, topped off with Swamp Dogg’s underrated persuasive vocal delivery and unique presence.
Joined by Luke Flowers and Sam Vicary, watch Sam Carter performing ‘Silver Horizon’, his new single and the title track of his forthcoming new album. “It’s that hope for the future and hope in the face of adversity that is the album’s central theme.”
Our latest KLOF Mixtape features Georgia Ruth, Lemoncello, Samana, Bonny Light Horseman, The Decemberists, M G Boulter, James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg, Buck Curran, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Niamh Regan, Jacken Elswyth, Landless, Anna Tivel and Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom.
On Beehive Cathedral, Joseph Decosimo, Luke Richardson, and Cleek Schrey take tunes they love and make them as strong and dynamic as possible while maintaining the spirit and the magic that has kept them alive for so long.
Taken from his forthcoming studio album, ‘Heart Shaped Rock,’ our Song of the Day is Canadian singer-songwriter Devarrow’s new single, Likewise, the perfect summer anthem. Watch the accompanying video.
This month saw the release of M G Boulter’s new album, Days of Shaking. He is our latest Off the Shelf guest in which we ask artists to present objects from a shelf or shelves in their homes and talk about them.
The inherent musicality of Afghan Music In Exile: Mashhad 2022 make it the perfect gateway into Afghanistan’s rich musical history and an essential conduit for ensuring that the voices of the artists involved are heard and not forgotten.
