Stephen McAll (Constant Follower) is our latest Off the Shelf guest, a feature in which artists present objects from the shelves of their homes and talk about them. His new album, The Smile You Send Out Returns To You, is out next month.
We talk to New Mexico-based musical and linguistic polymath Jordan Wax about his Yiddish recording debut, טײַטש [The Heart Deciphers]. Co-produced with Jeremy Barnes, the album melds deep klezmer instrumentation with larger indie rock arrangements.
We chat with 21st-century renaissance man Sam Amidon about his influences, his love of instrumental music, jazz and folk; and of course, the creation of his sublime new album ‘Salt River’.
Ross Ainslie provides a fascinating insight into the creation of his new album, Pool. Listen to the album and read his track-by-track guide, written exclusively for KLOF Mag.
Kathryn Tickell talks about her new album, Return to Kielderside, a reimagining of her debut, On Kielder Side. While forty years may have passed, much of what shaped that first album still remains at the heart of everything she does today.
We catch up with Senegalese kora master Seckou Keita to chat about his wonderful new Homeland (Chapter 1) album, a rich, beaming tapestry, and the various aspects of life that inspired it.
On his album, Nasgino Inagei Nidayulenvi, Oklahoma Cherokee singer and songwriter Agalisaga “Chuj” Mackey makes beautiful country and roots songs that speak of love, death, a reverence for the natural world, all a key part of his personal vision to revitalise the endangered Cherokee language.
Johnny Whalley catches up with Scottish fiddler Ryan Young, who chats about learning to play the fiddle again and how one of his big heroes, Martin Hayes, will produce and perform on his third album.
In the second of our Wickham Festival interview-shorts, Johnny Whalley catches up with Katherine Priddy, who chats about her recent musical journey and her third album.
We catch up with Muireann Bradley at Wickham Festival. The 17 year old blues and folk guitarist and singer from Ballybofey in County Donegal, Ireland released her debut album last year on Tompkins Square.
Dawn Landes chats to KLOF Mag about her latest album The Liberated Woman’s Songbook, inspired by a songbook from 1971, published at the height of the Women’s Liberation Movement and compiled by folklorist and guitarist Jerry Silverman.
Gearing up to release Silver Horizon (out this Friday, 16th August), Sheffield-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Sam Carter talks to us about his distinctive new sound.
