Honest, in-depth album reviews by KLOF Mag – championing and curating intelligent, uncompromising voices in contemporary and experimental music since 2004.
Albums
by David Pratt
Analog Africa’s latest compilation, The Movers – ‘Vol. 1 – 1970-1976’, is a true testament to one of South Africa’s most legendary soul scene bands with a legacy of over a dozen albums and numerous hit singles. It also adds to the label’s ongoing outstanding reputation.
by Mike Davies
Oh To Be That Free finds Michaela Anne embracing more sophisticated and textured stylings on an album that sees the darkness, but also feels its way to the light within.
by Dave McNally
Nora Brown’s ‘Long Time To Be Gone’ is an engrossing and resonant album from start to finish. Fellow banjo player Jake Blount got it absolutely right when he recently tweeted: “If you’re not listening to Nora Brown yet, you’re wasting your life”.
by Thomas Blake
If you look deeper at Jacken Elswyth’s Six Static Scenes, it is a celebration of the other, the road not taken, and as such, it shows just how much scope there is for finding new and unrestricted paths in folk music.
by Billy Rough
Touchingly poetic, Fritillaries is an enthrallingly scenic, tranquil and fruitful debut. Gorgeously produced, Pawson’s redolent and crystalline voice, accompanied by roots-inspired banjo and Wynne’s earthy mandolin, proves to be an intoxicating mix. A delightful listen.
by Bob Fish
Right from the get-go, Love the Stranger by Friendship reveals Dan Wriggins is a songwriter who understands the importance of small moments. In those moments, much is revealed about his character and how they loom much larger than they might at first appear.
by Bob Fish
While it may be conceived of as a ‘Fleeting Adventure’, the work of Andrew Tuttle is rapidly exploring alternate dimensions in the art and craft of the banjo as an instrument.
by Bob Fish
These three singers demonstrate that singing and inspiring have never had an age limit. The gift of ‘All New’, is we still have the opportunity to marvel at what Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer can create!
by Billy Rough
The sounds of these instruments have rarely sounded better, nor as much fun, as they do on Revel – a testament to the talents of Tarren and a confident and welcome signifier that English folk music is in very safe hands.
by Mike Davies
Bush Gothic’s ‘Beyond the Pale’ is a bold, mercurial and inventive excursion into the rich world of traditional Australian folk music. It will delight those who enjoy radical deconstructions of well-known folk songs.
by Thomas Blake
To create an album that works both as a collection of poetry and a musical offering must be doubly difficult, but with Mouthful Of Earth, Alex Neilson has pulled it off with endless originality and lusty lyricism.