With Origin Myths, there is no way Bobby Lee is from the U.K. It’s clear to me he’s from the American southwest resurrected as an Anasazi shaman…this is truly a homage to the red rock and the sand and the beating, hallucinatory sun.
Taken from her forthcoming new album with Francesco Turrisi ‘They’re Calling Me Home’, Rhiannon Giddens shares the video for her new single ‘Waterbound’ on which they revisit a traditional fiddle tune first recorded in the 1920s.
Matador Records have announced that they will release Afrique Victime, the long-awaited new album by Mdou Moctar on 21 May. Watch their new video for Tala Tannam, a love song.
Quiet Lights brings the next in their series of online events – ‘VARO live from Connolly’s of Leap’ – this was the Dublin-based duo’s first time in this iconic venue. Watch the performance in full now.
Brighton-based The Knights Project has developed into formidable champions of lo-fi folk with a talented ear for lyrics and harmonies. Beautifully produced, their latest offering ‘Animals, Animals, Animals’ is a dreamy, fragile, and poetic way to spend some time with.
The Magpie Arc’s EP3 is a fitting way to cap a set of EPs whose very existence seems to celebrate the lasting power of musical collaboration at a time when it feels most at threat. It’s just as accomplished as its predecessors, and even more full of musical surprises.
Watch the new video for Emily Moment’s powerful new single ‘Santa Maria’, a song inspired by the Migrant Caravan from Central America and the personal story of a mother.
Simon Flory’s early-country sounding ‘Haul These Blues Away’ may be an album steeped in hardships and hurt perhaps, but ultimately it’s a hymn to finding contentment and your own way in the world.
Damien Jurado announces his 17th album ‘The Monster Who Hated Pennsylvania’. The self-produced album is to be released on his new label Maraqopa Records. An album with a dry, homespun ambience, listen to lead single Helena.
Watch the accompanying video for the Neil Young-inspired ‘As It Is’, the new single from LA singer-songwriter James Houlahan. Houlahan offers up a hushed plea for clarity and acceptance…”a simple dream of love for everything”.
‘Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies’ is a crucially important record of Willie Dunn’s considered, accomplished and thoroughly striking song writing. His deep, rich, strong voice and his message remain eternal. One for every record collection. Seek it out.
