“Maybe I’m Dreaming” is a new Anthology Recordings compilation that delves into the isolated wilds of the private pressing, where production quirks, late-night tape hiss, and one-man studio dreams were not necessarily a choice but the hand you were dealt. Documenting a spirit that’s more homespun, sometimes lonelier, and often a little weirder, listen to the first single, “Just Whistle” by the Watson Brothers Band.

A new Monday Morning Brew Playlist featuring music from Bill Withers, Dorothy Ashby, Thin Lizzy, Vanishing Twin, Elephant Stone, Gloria, The Bonk, Loma, Buck Curran & Nataly Kozlova, Kikagaku Moyo, Cory Hanson, Moon Duo, Minami Deutsch, Sunburned Hand Of The Man, Brigid Dawson and The Mothers, and Modern Nature.

Marc Ribot is less known as a vocalist, writer and solo performer, but Map of a Blue City, an album thirty years in the making, changes everything. For a man whose signature is sonic profundity, not surprisingly, every track has more going on in those grooves than can be absorbed in one listen, making it fit for repeated listens. It will definitely stand as his must-hear solo showcase.

INNI-K has shared her latest single and video, Beatha. As if triggered by spring, it has a pulsing earthy energy, emphasised by catchy beats and a great off-kilter fiddle riff that gives the song an untamed sense of freedom, reflecting the vitality of life and the mysterious forces of nature. Inspired by a veg-growing course, Beatha could be an anthem for self-sufficiency.

Described by Hayden Pedigo as a ‘microdose psychedelic album’, the key word here is ‘micro’ because ‘I’ll be Waving as You Drive Away’ is a very subtly experimental instrumental acoustic guitar album, full of tiny flourishes and touches that see it stand out from the norm. It’s a record that feels meticulously thought out and handled. Without an ounce of fat, this is a sharp, elegant and subtly dynamic album.

Hot on the heels of his latest album, Time Indefinite, William Tyler has announced ’41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s’, his debut collaboration with Kieran Hebden (Four Tet), who also produced and mixed the album, which was recorded in Los Angeles and Nashville, USA. Listen to the first song, If I Had a Boat, a Lyle Lovett cover, which clocks in at over 11 minutes long.

From busking on the subway to performing at the Cambridge Folk Festival, New York’s theatrical indie-folk group Bandits on the Run have had a remarkable career. On The Shakespeare Tapes, they present six songs inspired by As You Like It and Twelfth Night. Together, they breathe new life into Shakespearean prose written over 400 years ago, ready for a new generation – true masters never die.

Taken from her new album, Second Circle The Horizon, listen to Sally Anne Morgan’s latest single ‘Eye is the First’ – a rustling journey featuring a repeated slow guitar appregios and a more narrative-sounding banjo with organic sounding shimmering rustles conjuring the gentle movement of a breeze. While meditative, it also joyously reveals Morgan’s deep bond with nature and how she intuitively interweaves this into her creations.

Another KLOF Mag mixtape – over an hour of music escapism with ambient, tranquil, otherworldly moments and upbeat splendour. It includes new releases from Meka, Logan Farmer, Bells Larsen, Eli Winter, The Gentle Good, Quinie, Cameron Knowler, Iona Lane, Varo, The Vernon Spring, Whitney Johnson & Lia Kohl, and The Bird’s Companion. Be sure to check out our album reviews of many of those featured and interviews.

Taken from his latest album Salt River, Sam Amidon delivered an excellent live rendition of Lou Reed’s ‘Big Sky’ on Later… With Jools Holland. In a KLOF Mag interview, Amidon told us he “exacerbated that folk-like quality in the verses…The repetitive structure of the lyrics is also very folk-like; I just felt that for all his New York edge, he was trying to give us a very simple, beautiful message.”

Fiddle and guitar duo Owen Spafford & Louis Campbell sign to Real World Records and announce Tomorrow Held. Watch the video for their lead single, MacGill, that pays homage to the creative partnership of Jimmy Webb and Glen Campbell: “It’s slightly more jazz-influenced in terms of harmony and sound than the other stuff on the record,” says Spafford. “We’re going to that sweet spot at the folky end of jazz.”

meka is Melissa Lingo, an American multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. She is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest, a series where we ask artists to present objects from their homes and talk about them. Her latest album, The Rabbit (out tomorrow on Dumont Dumont), is profoundly shaped by her experience of living with chronic illness, transforming hardship into tender yet illuminating songs that balance grief and hope.