Albums

Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver take us Track-by-Track through their new album Hinterland – a gloriously free-spirited album and the perfect example of folk’s potential for reinvention.

A special Artists on Artist interview between multi-instrumentalist experimental alt-pop artists Shugo Tokumaru (Japan) and Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra (Australia/Taiwan) covering influences, childhood, creativity and more.

Hello Sunshine is a great new compilation album featuring Cosmic travelers Bobby Lee, Rose City Band, The Bures Band, Garcia Peoples and more, with all proceeds going to Music Cares to help artists dealing with losses from L.A. wildfires.

Suspended in time, yet charged with a power and purpose for today, Tobacco City’s ‘Horses’ examines running free to the sound of pedal steel guitars and the timeless vibrations of youth.

Chris Brain’s ‘New Light’ feels like spring; from the first notes of the opening title track, there is a lightness of touch that gives the songs a sense of freshness and optimism…a deeply satisfying listen and his best work to date.

Echolalia is a unique album that repurposes the glory days of English acid folk and pastoral, rural progressive music into a 2025 context. We could use some more of this good stuff in the world right now.

Ahead of their European tour that kicks off tomorrow, tunng’s Mike Lindsay talks us, track-by-track, through their new album – ‘Love You All Over Again’ – “it’s our way of going full circle.”

The Burning Hell’s ‘Ghost Palace’ may sound like an acceptance of Earth’s fate, but there are subtle signs that life…in a way, the diversity that artists like Kom bring to the world is one of the things that make it a future worth fighting for. 

Gigspanner Big Band’s ‘Turnstone’ is a great example of how traditional song can provide a template for exciting new musical discovery. It’s also a career-defining release from one of folk’s most powerfully creative groups.

Daniel Bachman’s ‘Moving Through Light’ is a remarkable recording that turns the guitar soli genre inside out…It is a startlingly beautiful, challenging, painstaking piece of work from an artist who continues to push boundaries and create the work that means the most to him.

Kris Delmhorst’s ‘Ghosts In The Garden’ is an entrancing album not about isolation and emptiness but, as she sings on the title track, how “everyone’s here/no one’s gone”.

Inspired by the magic of collaboration and built around the philosophy of minimalism, David Grubbs’ ‘Whistle from Above’ hits so many moods and emotions that it positively demands multiple listens–a bumper crop of excellent mercurial music from an eternally fascinating artist.