Honest, in-depth album reviews by KLOF Mag – championing and curating intelligent, uncompromising voices in contemporary and experimental music since 2004.
Albums
by David Kidman
On The Reverie Road, Liverpudlian fiddler and multi-instrumentalist Mikey Kenney’s singing and playing displays plenty of distinctive touches that charm and delight throughout. The album also sports his own artwork and photography.
by David Kidman
Empathy Moves The Water is a delightful album which migrates from energetic revival songs inspired by early rural gospel blues to haunting fiddle-drenched ballads expressing the isolation and humanity lost in a rapidly changing land.
by David Pratt
Whereas Lucy Kitt’s 2012 E.P. could possibly be seen as a cabochon, Stand By is a full-faceted gem of an album. It is difficult to believe that it is not the product of a Laurel Canyon habituée, such is its veracity, especially given the fact that it is a debut.
by Mike Davies
Stepping outside of a well-established comfort zone and challenging fan expectations is a bold but risky move for any artist, on their latest offering Rusty Shackle pull it off with horizons-widening success.
by David Kidman
The massively uplifting impact of the Quilters’ four earthy, uncannily complementary voices is miraculous, and it’s something of a revelation to hear such earnest, dedicated performances. Big voices, big time inspiration.
by Mike Davies
On Sharing the Covers, Chatham County Line have some self-indulgent fun covering songs by some of their influences from Wilco to bluegrass legend Carter Stanley, even John Lennon gets a bluegrass makeover.
by Thomas Blake
The Route To The Harmonium is another outstanding instalment in Yorkston’s body of work, a finely-wrought and elegiac album shot through with moments of real innovation.
by Peter Shaw
This Old River is built on the strengths of this duo with Tobias’s brilliant songs and his impassioned vocals delivering every nuance. Matching and elevating this is Lukas’s accompaniment – the whole album is beautiful, compassionate and astonishing.
by Mike Davies
Rolling Stone once declared Tom Russell to be “the greatest living folk-country songwriter”. October in the Railroad Earth offers no reason to disagree.
by Mike Davies
Amour is the first collaboration between Colin Linden and Luther Dickinson. A bittersweet Americana covers album featuring guest vocalists Rachael Davis, Ruby Amanfu, Billy Swan and Sam Palladio & Jonathan Jackson