Albums

Honest, in-depth album reviews by KLOF Mag – championing and curating intelligent, uncompromising voices in contemporary and experimental music since 2004.

by Phil Vanderyken

My Bubba are a Scandinavian folk duo of Guðbjörg Tómasdóttir and My Larsdotter. They both sing, sometimes taking turns singing lead, often harmonizing. The result is lovely, a quiet explosion of smouldering beauty.

by Mike Davies

Banjo playing Americana duo The Lowest Pair that we introduced back in 2014 make a double album UK release…Music for sunshine and mint juleps, the albums, like the duo, make a fine pair.

by Donald MacNeill

Donald shares his experience of this year’s Orkney Folk Festival – a masterclass of organisation featuring the likes of Rura, The Unthanks, Adam Holmes, Julie Fowlis and more.

by Ian Taylor

From the Outside is one for the Bert Jansch fans – fifteen songs delivered solo without any of the over-production and superfluous accompaniment that typified many 1980s albums by folk artists.

by Mike Davies

Whilst not a landmark Colvin & Earle does capture the feel of two artists kicking loose and having a good time, and that’s infectious. They will perform two nights at London’s Union Chapel this month.

by Johnny Whalley

Johnny shares with us his experience at Skerryvore’s Oban Live featuring: Wolfstone, Julie Fowlis, KT Tunstall, Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain, Skipinnish, Capercaillie, Hunter & The Bear & more.

by Neil McFadyen

Subcontinental Drift is an enthralling, adventurous celebration of the power music has to transcend geographical and cultural boundaries, and Sultans of String wield that power with grace, eloquence and spirit.

by Thomas Blake

In the same way that the idea of home could not exist without the possibility of travel, tradition means nothing without evolution. Storied Sounds encapsulates this concept with breathtaking simplicity and vibrancy.

by David Kidman

Still making stylish, powerful and relevant category-defying electro-acoustic music with a keen sense of spaciousness and a supreme confidence that proves their personal chemistry is undimmed, Leo and Sonny are still a creative force to be reckoned with.

by Helen Gregory

‘This House Will Stand: The Best of Oysterband 1998-2015’ is a comprehensive and essential overview of one of the folk scene’s finest bands and is recommended to established fans and newcomers alike.

by Nick Dellar

Cold Weather Music is the first solo release from guitarist Paul Tasker. If you like your music to be predictable and albums tracks to be homogenous, maybe this is not for you…your loss. Personally, I loved it.

by Helen Gregory

By turns sardonic, polemical, articulate, funny and vulnerable, 9 Green Songs is an exhilarating white-knuckle ride through the technicolour daydreams and feverish nightmares that inform the worldview of one Britain’s most singular creative people.

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