Oropendola, the Brooklyn-based project of Joanna Schubert, today unveils her sophomore album, “Swimming,” via Spirit House Records. This intimate piano-vocal record arrives alongside a captivating music video for the focus track “Pyre”.

Chicago’s Natural Information Society, led by Joshua Abrams, introduces Meditation, the first instalment of a three-part digital series now available on New Soil. This curated collection, featuring spacious tracks like “In Memory’s Prism,” offers a unique entry point into their blend of minimalism, jazz, and experimental sounds, inviting listeners to slow down and reclaim their attention. Plus: US & European Tour including Rich Mix, London on October 28th.

Akira Kosemura’s “MIRAI” is out today. This highly anticipated album is his first-ever vocal project, featuring an impressive lineup including Devendra Banhart and Mr Hudson. Watch the video for “Ongaku” featuring Devendra Banhart, directed by Joel Kazuo Knoernschild, offering a visual journey into Kosemura’s phantasmal statement for the future and his quest for a musical utopia.

Best known for his loosely conceptual 1972 psychedelic folk classic Dreaming with Alice, Normandy-based English singer-songwriter and painter Mark Fry is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest – a form of storytelling through objects. His selections capture that painter’s eye detail as he recalls distant memories with beautiful clarity. It’s an excellent read. Mark’s new album, ‘Not on the Radar’, is out now on Second Language.

Sally Anne Morgan’s Second Circle the Horizon continues in a similar vein to 2021’s ‘Cups’ while leaning gently on some of the slightly broader-sounding arrangements on her other albums. The result is spot on: a quiet, sometimes enigmatic celebration of the purity of nature and life through the lens of versatile music inspired by the Appalachian tradition. It’s her most cohesive and accomplished album so far.

While Brìghde Chaimbeul has already established a distinctive musical voice, on Sunwise, she utilises it in new and unfettered ways; she treats experimentation and tradition with equal respect, always with an overriding sense that music is meant to be enjoyed.

Eve Adams’s ‘Couldn’t Tell The Time’ is a bright, shuffling train-like journey into her new album, American Dust. With playful violin, it explores life’s “magic hour”—that uncertain space between youth and age. This single hints at American Dust’s broader narrative: a tender, yet stark, eulogy for the American dream, set against the timeless beauty of the Southwest.

Jazzman Records take us on a deep dive into the resilient, often defiant, spiritual jazz of the Soviet Bloc. From the early 1960s to the precipice of the 1980s, the tracks curated here reveal a fascinating dialogue between global modernism and deeply rooted local traditions. A radical, intoxicating brew that “no amount of guns, tanks or polonium tea could overcome.”

Kathryn Williams has announced her 15th studio album, ‘Mystery Park’, due September 26th via One Little Independent Records. To mark the announcement, Williams has shared a new single, ‘Personal Paradise’, released alongside a video by Emma Holbrook. The album was created in collaboration with several trusted artists, including Leo Abrahams, Neill MacColl, Polly Paulusma, Chris Vatalaro, Ed Harcourt, David Ford, and Paul Weller.

Recorded at the Zig Zag Club in Berlin over two years ago, International Anthem shares a live performance of “I am (bells)” by Ben LaMar Gay that lends enormous weight to the description of him as an imbued composer, conjurer, and channeler of cosmopolitan Blues.

Scottish-Indian artist Chloe Matharu’s new single, “A Sailor’s Prayer,” is a poignant tribute to seafarers lost at sea. Featuring her grandfather’s harmonium, the song serves to highlight the tragic history of maritime disasters and loss of life caused by overloaded vessels to deliberate scuttling and wartime destruction. Matharu, a former Merchant Navy officer, lends an authentic voice to modern seafarers, continuing the folk tradition of narrating working life through music.

Today, The Rolling Stones release a dynamic cover of Clifton Chenier’s signature tune, “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés,” honouring the King of Zydeco’s 100th birthday. This vibrant tribute precedes a comprehensive box set and a scholarship fund, ensuring Chenier’s profound legacy continues to inspire.