Unearthed from the Dando Shaft archives and seldom heard because of its limited initial release in 1993, Shadows Across the Moon is a fitting final celebration for an influential and much-missed band, who deserve to take centre stage for a final bow.
Yasmin Williams is a guitarist that does uniquely her own thing, free from tradition, geography, and time – Urban Driftwood demonstrates the true universality of musical language – she’s a storyteller that makes the audience lean in to listen.
Course In Fable, self-released on Ryley Walker’s Husky Pants imprint is a bold, batshit masterstroke the likes of which we’ve never seen…the latter-day folkjokeopus we never knew we needed.
There’s nothing florid about Loney dear’s ‘A Lantern and a Bell’. The nine songs feel so frail and simple that a slight breeze might blow them away. Yet there are unexpected depths at every turn.
We live in strange times, in an even stranger world. And the music Chad VanGaalen creates on World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener is a reflection of that. That he is able to capture all the joy and weirdness makes the album that much better.
Taken from Joe Danks’ forthcoming maritime-inspired debut album Seaspeak, watch the video for Sea Fever, a re-imagining of two poems from John Masefield’s much loved Salt-water Poems & Ballads collection.
These days positivity can be in short supply, which is one of the things that makes Crys Matthews new collection Changemakers nothing short of incredible. Matthews puts it all on the line, speaking words of hope at every turn.
Mirry skirts the edges of hauntology – there is the definite sense of a lost arcadia, a nostalgia for a past that never existed, or perhaps only existed in Mirry’s own almost hermetic world. Mirabel Lomer’s unique talent is finally given its due.
Watch ‘3,6,7’, the new video from Fishclaw which highlights their collaborative Ash Project – an exciting AR App that creates an immersive listening experience for a range of woodland locations using elements of music, folklore and nature.
In Clifftown, M G Boulter perfectly captures the poetry of everyday life in a muted, fading town. Stay awhile and let its poignancy flow over you. Its quiet grandeur will gently seep into your soul. A thoroughly intoxicating listen.
Dana Sipos shares a video for her new single ‘Light Around the Body’, taken from her forthcoming new album The Astral Plane. There’s no denying she is one of the most incredible songwriting talents out there.
Listen to ‘Little Giants’, the second single and closing track from the forthcoming new album ‘Estren’ by folk trio TEYR. The piece is a tribute to the little giants of our world, unsung heroes and brave souls who show us there is a better tomorrow.
