Alex Gallacher

Personal narratives, ripples of gratitude and cinematic imagery weave through Rindert Lammers’ debut album ‘Thank You Kirin Kiki’; watch the video for his latest single, ‘Sleep Well Hiroshi Yoshimura’, named after the Japanese ambient pioneer.

Songtellers Dawn McCarthy and Nils Frykdahl, better known as Faun Fables, return on May 30th with their long-awaited new album Counterclockwise, also featuring their daughters — Edda, Ura and Gudrin. Watch the video for their lead single ‘Ember Bell’.

Lavinia Blackwall, renowned for her work with Trembling Bells, will release her new solo album, “The Making,” on May 30th via The Barne Society. Watch the video for the lead single and title track, premiering today on KLOF Mag.

This week’s Monday Morning Brew playlist includes music from Sunny & the Sunsets, Richard Swift, Ofege, Enji, Foxygen, Crybaby, Thao, Cassandra Jenkins, Mark Fry, Dana Gavanski, Kuunatic and lots more.

Best known for his 1972 psychedelic folk classic Dreaming with Alice, Mark Fry has announced a new album titled ‘Not On The Radar’, to be released on 16th May via Second Language. Listen to the title track and the aching nocturne ‘Daybreak’.

Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman make a stand against Trump’s control of the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and JD Vance, attending a National Symphony Orchestra concert the same evening, is met with boos from the audience.

Taken from his forthcoming new album, watch the lyric video for Jeffrey Lewis’ latest single Relaxation, directed by frequent collaborator Matt (Pizza Underground) Colbourn.

On “IN / OUT”, Violeta García explores and pushes the cello’s sonic possibilities. She recorded the album in a cave that once housed Geneva’s water reservoir, transforming it into a natural acoustic chamber.

James Yorkston announces a new collaborative album with David A Jaycock and Lina Langendorf (The Second Hand Orchestra). Due for release in May, listen to ‘Tide’, the first single from Yorkston / Jaycock / Langendorf.

A new live Arthur Russell album titled ‘Open Vocal Phrases, Where Songs Come In and Out’, recorded at Phill Niblock’s Experimental Intermedia Foundation on December 20th, 1985, is to be released by Audika and Rough Trade Records.

Listen to our latest Folk Show featuring new music from Jake Xerxes Fussell, Natalie Wildgoose, Toria Wooff, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver, Iona Lane, Gigspanner Big Band, Jim Ghedi, Alex Rex, Sam Grassie, The Hermit, Pan•American, Arianne Churchman & Benedict Drew and more.

Sam Grassie has shared a video for the title track of his latest album, Jarabi, Winter has Gone, described as a marriage of celtic trad and malian blues. Dennis O’Brien filmed the video while they cycled across eastern Europe.