Off the Shelf

Our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ feature, where we ask artists to present objects from their shelves and talk about them, is from You Are Wolf, the alt-folk project of Kerry Andrew. Their new album, hare // hunter // moth // ghost, is out next month.

Cardiff-based songwriter and instrumentalist Gareth Bonello, aka The Gentle Good, is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest, in which we ask artists to present objects from their homes and talk about them. Gareth’s new album, Galargan, is out now on Bubblewrap Collective.

Liz Hanks is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest, in which we ask artists to present objects from a shelf or shelves from their home and talk about them. Liz’s new album, Land, is out now on Hudson Records.

Aisha Badru is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest – She reveals her love for interior design and homeware craftsmanship, shares objects that have enduring beautiful memories, and reveals books that have been influential not only in her life but in her songwriting as well. Her new EP, Learning to Love Again, is out on June 2nd via Nettwerk.

Paris-based bandleader Kate Stables of This is the Kit is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest. We learn of her love for tambourines and Alan Bennett, of where their band name maybe comes from…and more.

Our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest is Dom Flemons, who has just released ‘Traveling Wildfire’ on Smithsonian Folkways. He shares some of the objects that line his shelves at home, including a large and well-organised record collection.

Our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest is Jarrod Dickenson; he talks us through the objects on his shelves, and, alongside some treasured photos and touching stories, he also talks about the pleasures of coffee and fine whiskies from around the world.

Wes Tirey is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest – he talks us through his shelf of objects – from homemade collages to a Lone Ranger guitar and Robert Johnson folk art. His 2019 whiskey-soaked folk opus ‘No Winners in the Blues’ is reissued on vinyl this week.

Joshua Burnside is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest – he talks us through his cluttered shelf of objects, books and other artifacts that tell little stories about both himself and his wife Emily.

In our first “Off the Shelf” series, Rachael Dadd shares a shelf from her home…recently, with no kids around, she found time to clear the clutter of those continual art projects and what was left were the choice objects that tell a little story…