Alex Gallacher

An eclectic and far-out offering that starts in Central Africa, and ends in Todmorden, West Yorkshire. Ft. Elijah McLaughlin & Caleb Willitz, Iztok Koren, Jessica Ackerley, SML, Black Decelerant, Tashi Wada, Tor Invocation Band and more.

Lilith Records have reissued Caetano Veloso’s Caetano Veloso (Irene) on vinyl, an album originally released in 1969. Listen to the title track, a song about a machine gun-toting outlaw celebrated by the left.

This week, Italian label Black Sweat Records released a Vinyl Limited Edition archival recording: an evening Raga in the Dhrupad tradition from 1968 featuring Zia Mohiuddin Dagar on Rudra Veena and vocalist Zia Fariduddin Dagar. It’s a gem.

Taken from their new LP, Jessica Ackerley shares their unconventional and deeply rewarding title track, “All of the Colours are Singing.” The accompanying video was inspired by a Georgia O’keefe 2023 exhibition at MoMA, whose working methods also offered a framework for Ackerley’s own trajectory.

Taken from their forthcoming new album, Are Possible, Nathan Bowles Trio return today with their latest single and video, Our Air. Beautifully crafted and visceral, it’s also our Song of the Day.

Troubadour, the 1976 debut album of American composer and master dulcimerist Dorothy Carter is to be reissued for the first time by Drag City. Listen to the first single, “The King of Glory,” a hypnotic hymn hammered by Dorothy evoking Western medieval music.

Japanese composer, vibraphonist, and marimba player Masayoshi Fujita has announced his new album, Migratory, on Erased Tapes. Listen to the lead single Tower of Cloud, inspired by memories of cumulonimbus clouds and the circling migratory swallows.

In a follow-up to her 2022 debut, Naima Bock has announced her second album, Below a Massive Dark Land, due for worldwide release on September 27th. She has also shared two singles and accompanying videos for ‘Kaley’ and ‘Further Away.’

Our Monday Morning Brew Playlist features some obscure gems, including a 1974 long-lost Japanese acid folk holy grail, plus Cleveland Francis, Trevor McNamara, Judy Henske, Eva May, The Decemberists, Sandy Denny and lots more.

Bill Callahan announces the release of ‘Resuscitate!’, a live album recorded at Chicago’s Thalia Hall in 2022. Bill will be visiting the UK and Europe later this year, including a 4-night solo residency at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts.

Watch the video for Kevin Fowley’s ‘Aux Marches Du Palais’, taken from his new album, À Feu Doux. The album features French lullabies and traditional folk songs dating back to the 14th century.

A new album of unheard recordings by the Pakistan musical icon Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is to be released 34 years after they were recorded. The ‘lost album’ — named Chain of Light — was discovered in the tape archives of Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records.