Alex Gallacher

Taken from their highly-anticipated collaborative new album, The World That I Knew, listen to Varo’s latest single, Sweet Liberty, on which they are joined by Ian Lynch of Lankum.

This month sees the release of Adrianne Lenker’s 120-minute album, Live at Revolution Hall, on which she performs “a myriad of songs; some new, some rare, some favorites, and beyond, in front of an audience and behind the scenes.”

Yoshika Colwell has announced the release of her debut album ‘On The Wing’ and shares her new single and video ‘There’s Got To Be A Loser Babe’. “It is, at its core, an album about acceptance and release, and freedom from old binds.”

On September 4th, Brooke Sharkey will release her new album ‘Under Stones’. Listen to her first single, A place we go to, a contemplative song evoking friendship, with oneself, with others, nature and the natural environment. It’s also our Song of the Day.

Canadian folk singer Bonnie Dobson teams up with psychedelic cowboys The Hanging Stars for new album, Dreams, and premieres lead single and video ‘Baby’s Got The Blues’…” She performs like it’s the Carnegie Hall every time.”

This week’s Monday Morning Brew playlist includes music from The New Pornographers, Poor Creature, Sacred Paws, iyatraQuartet, Stranded Horse & Boubacar Cissokho, Spirit Fest, Dean Johnson, Marlon Williams, Hayden Pedigo and lots more.

Currently on his solo Spring tour, watch Sam Carter performing his latest single, Long Time Travelling, a well-known rousing spiritual from the 19th-century American shape-note tunebook The Sacred Harp.

Ahead of their European tour this May with Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Mess Esque share the video for their latest single ‘Crow’s Ash Tree’. Whatever emotions shaped these songs, the results are quite unforgettable.

Featuring Ruth Clinton of Landless, Cormac MacDiarmada of Lankum and John Dermody of The Jimmy Cake, Poor Creature announce debut album ‘All Smiles Tonight’ and share video for ‘The Whole Town Knows’.

Listen to the latest Monday Morning Brew featuring Michael Hurley, James Yorkston, dbh, Cass McCombs, Micah Blue Smaldone, Sufjan Stevens, F.J. McMahon, Mendrugo, Zoé Basha, Will Lawrence, Lefty Parker, The Handsome Family, Anna St. Louis and Aurora Birch.

Legendary outsider folk singer Michael Hurley has passed away. In a statement, his family said: “The “Godfather of freak folk” was for a prolific half-century the purveyor of an eccentric genius and compassionate wit. He alone was Snock. There is no other…”

Taken from his new album ‘time indefinite’, William Tyler shares his Carl Yung-inspired ‘Anima Hotel’; it’s one of the most tender and moving pieces I’ve heard him perform. I can see myself revisiting this album a lot.