Ahead of their UK tour, Charm Of Finches (Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes) are our ‘Off the Shelf’ guests, in which we ask artists to present objects from a shelf or shelves from their home and talk about them.

With ‘Willson Williams,’ one might be tempted to conclude that Kathryn Williams and Dan Willson are bringing out the best in each other. Despite the melancholy that both typically lean into, there is a feeling of dual purpose and fun resonating through all these tracks.

While The Lostines’ eclectic yet familiar musical influences connect with the listener across their debut album, there is far more going on beneath the surface that makes this duo’s lyrical tales all the more alluring. It’s definitely time for more people to meet them.

Leyla McCalla talks to KLOF Mag about her new record, Sun Without the Heat. “…these songs were about transformation and what it takes to create change on a personal or macroscopic societal level. That’s reflected in the changes in my own life…”

Listen to another Monday Morning Brew playlist, ft. Marta Del Grandi, Joyce Moreno, Pascal Gamboni, Groupe Kounabeli de Musuku & Patience Dabany, Nduduzo Makhathini, Ricardo Dias Gomes/Domenico Lancellotti, James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg, Nils Berg Cinemascope, Rozini Pátkai, Enji, SUSS, Floreana and more.

Japanese sound artist FUJI||||||||||TA returns to Hallow Ground with his second full-length MMM for the Swiss label, his most complex so far–a masterpiece of conceptual and formal rigour.

Jon Bickley, Angeline Morrison and Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne join forces on Grace Will Lead Me Home, exploring the controversial and complex history surrounding the hymn ‘Amazing Grace’.

Martin Simpson is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest, in which we ask artists to present objects from a shelf or shelves from their home and talk about them. Martin’s new album, Skydancers, is out now on Topic Records.

Malin Lewis, the pioneering queer bagpiper, fiddler, instrument maker and composer, releases their debut album Halocline next month. Watch the stunningly scenic video for their third album single, Hiraeth. The album is inspired by European folk traditions, human nature, queerness and the universe.

Oren Ambarchi is once again joined by the rhythm section of Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin for Ghosted II: an enriching, multi-layered and almost indecently accomplished album.    

With an underlying theme of home, and featuring a number of co-writers and guest musicians, Ben Glover’s ‘And The Sun Breaks Through The Sky’ is a top-notch addition to an already outstanding catalogue.

Jake Xerxes Fussell announces his new album and Fat Possum debut ‘When I’m Called’. Listen to his lead single, the traditional song ‘Going to Georgia’, sourced from an Art and Margo Rosenbaum Folkways anthology. It’s truly heavenly.