Alex Gallacher

Read Tom Blake’s poem about Ed Askew – ‘He Is 82 Years Old Now’. Ed, an outsider folk musician, poet and painter, passed away recently; Tom called him “one of the finest, most big-hearted, most underappreciated songwriters of his or anyone else‘s generation.”

The legendary outsider psych-folk musician, painter and poet Ed Askew has died, he was 84 years old. He released his first album, Ask the Unicorn, in 1968 after graduating from Yale.

Taken from his forthcoming new album ‘The Purple Bird’, Bonnie “Prince” Billy shares his latest single, Downstream, an eco-ballad co-written with and featuring Nashville legend John Anderson.

Nashville-based group Echolalia share their video for ‘Blood Moon’; pastoral-tinged and wide-open, it underpins their relaxed un-Nashville approach to recording this album.

Taken from Cold Blows the Rain, the new eight-song collection from experimental musician Bridget Hayden, watch her latest music video for the traditional folk ballad Factory Girl, featuring archive footage from 1904 and 1956.

Our first Monday Morning Brew of 2025 features music from Alice Hebborn, Marta Del Grandi, Bridget Hayden, Trevor Beale, Damien Jurado, Mari Mathias, Rachel Sermanni, Broadcast, Sonny Smith, Papa M, Arthur Russell, Constant Follower and more.

As we wind down towards New Year, enjoy our Albums of the Year 2024 playlist. It’s an eclectic offering featuring over 11 hours of music, taking in folk, jazz, avant-garde and experimental music.

Listen to our latest Monday Morning Brew Playlist. It’s an ambient and fairly mellow affair featuring a few releases from the Hubro label and others, alongside new releases from Chris Brain, Tamsin Elliott and Peter Broderick.

For those that need their minds purged of the overabundance of commercial music this time of year, KLOF No. 37 counters with pagan vibes, electro-folk fusion and improvised sounds that briefly dabble with the festive and then throw you a left hook.

Listen to the latest Monday Morning Brew Playlist featuring Henry Thomas, The Black Twig Pickers, The Balfa Brothers, Jesse Fuller, Buell Kazee, Serious Sam Barrett, John Renbourn, Stone & Sue, Tim Eriksen, Joseph Decosimo, Glenn Jones, Memphis Jug Band, Anna & Elizabeth and more.

Ross Ainslie provides a fascinating insight into the creation of his new album, Pool. Listen to the album and read his track-by-track guide, written exclusively for KLOF Mag.

Covering folk, jazz, experimental, avant-garde, field recordings and more, KLOF Mag’s editor takes us on an eclectic meander through their 2024 Albums of the Year.