Featuring new music from Natalie Wildgoose, Joshua Burnside, Lisa O’Neill, Juni Habel, Alela Diane, Joe Harvey-Whyte & Geir Sundstøl, Wendy Eisenberg, Iron & Wine, Jason P. Woodbury, Buck Meek, Tacoma Park, Marisa Anderson, Abigail Lapell, and Shane Parish.

The latest KLOF Mixtape is an eclectic offering, featuring Cinder Well, whom many are discovering for the first time thanks to “The Wise Man’s Song”, the theme to the BBC Drama Small Prophets. Plus we’ve also music from Jenny Lysander, Cynefin, Northern Flyway (ft. Jenny Sturgeon, Inge Thomson, Sarah Hayes, Jason Singh), Frankie Archer, Malmin, Sourdure, Elle Osborne, Matt Kivel, M G Boulter, Sam Moss, Damien Jurado and The Lords.

This week’s mixtape spotlights Ye Vagabonds’ latest album, All Tied Together, alongside Philadelphia’s Michael Cormier-O’Leary and Bill Callahan’s final preview of his upcoming LP. Dive into Marta Del Grandi’s art-pop landscapes, plus new sounds from Hen Ogledd, Jana Horn, and Pefkin. Featuring additional tracks from Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Damien Jurado, Joe Westerlund, and Matt Kivel.

A globetrotting Mixtape extravaganza featuring Afel Bocoum, Damon Albarn, Toumani Diabaté and Friends, Herbie Hancock (Feat. Tinariwen, K’naan and Los Lobos), Goat + MC Yallah, Bachar Mar-Khalifé, Minami Deutsch, TEKE::TEKE, Xylouris White, Brigitte Fontaine, Bedouin Jerry Can Band, Rachid Taha, Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba, Msafiri Zawose, Terakaft, Noura Mint Seymali, Songhoy Blues and more.

A special subscriber Mixtape featuring Dick Gaughan in session for John Peel (1977), Alasdair Roberts, Dorothy Elliott, Robin Williamson, James Yorkston (Radio Session), Angel Olsen, Pentangle, Bonnie “Prince” Billy (with Meg Baird and Greg Weeks), Big Eyes Family Players & Friends (w. Adrian Crowley, Nancy Elizabeth and Elle Osborne) and Mike & Cara Gangloff and Kurt Vile paying tribute to Clive Palmer.

Journey through the 1970s with a mixtape exploring the dawn of ambient soundscapes and Eastern-influenced fusion. From the suburban field recordings of Ernest Hood and the mysticism of Don Cherry to the “hippie folk” of Vashti Bunyan, C.O.B and the Incredible String Band, we celebrate a decade that traded traditional storytelling for immersive sonic environments and a quest for the universal sound.

Our final Mixtape of 2025 features Norfolk and Western, Anna St. Louis, Loch Lomond, My Brightest Diamond, Antony & Bryce Dessner, Annie Fleming & Viking Moses, Conor Oberst & Gillian Welch, Jason Molina, Guy Capecelatro III, Vic Chesnutt, Andrew Bird, Brigid Mae Power, A Singer of Songs, David Greenberger, Glenn Jones, Chris Corsano, Lonnie Holley feat. Angel Bat Dawid and Amalgamated Sons of Rest. Happy New Year.

We continue our wind-down of the year with part 3 of our split series end-of-year Mixtape, in which we look back on some of our favourite music releases of 2025, including Michael Hurley, Dean Johnson, Rose City Band, Mike Polizze, Sir Richard Bishop, The Burning Hell, Richard Dawson, Nadia Reid, The Weather Station, Josienne Clarke, Katy Pinke, Poor Creature, Iona Zajac and lots more.

Step off the beaten track for an encounter with the unexpected. This mixtape dissolves borders, featuring Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko’s medieval modular synthesis, Aziz Balouch’s Sufi-Andalusian fusion, and Tartine de Clous’ traditional French harmonies. From Chaz Knapp’s winter improvisations to Thorn Wych’s instruments carved from branches of Wych Elm, Lime, Wild Cherry, Oak, and Yew, explore a singular sound-world where creative freedom is the only constant.

As the frost settles, KLOF Mag returns with an essential winter folk mixtape. This curated journey balances the haunting beauty of Anne Briggs and Plinth with the psychedelic folk of Trees and Leo Kottke’s intricate guitar work. From Mummering traditions to evocative poetry and communal singing, these “winter warmers” are the perfect companion for the festive season.

Listen to Part Two of our End-of-Year Mixtape Series, which includes tracks from our 2025 Albums of the Year. There’s a broad mix of genres from folk and jazz to experimental and ambient. It includes Alex Rex, Jim Ghedi, SML, Chris Brain, David Grubbs, Jim White, Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O’Rourke, Emily A. Sprague, Eli Winter, Fuubutsushi, Cameron Knowler, Glenn Kimpton, Bridget Hayden, Buck Curran and lots more.

As we wind down the year, in a new split series Mixtape, we look back at some of our favourite music releases of 2025, including Big Thief, Varo, Eve Adams, Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver, Cynefin, James Yorkston, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Shabason, Krgovich, Tenniscoats, Quinie, Joshua Burnside, Erlend Apneseth, Joan Shelley, Ian Humberstone, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Sam Amidon, Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts, Constant Follower, and many more.