Songtellers Dawn McCarthy and Nils Frykdahl, better known as Faun Fables, return on May 30th with their long-awaited new album Counterclockwise, also featuring their daughters — Edda, Ura and Gudrin. Watch the video for their lead single ‘Ember Bell’.
Lavinia Blackwall, renowned for her work with Trembling Bells, will release her new solo album, “The Making,” on May 30th via The Barne Society. Watch the video for the lead single and title track, premiering today on KLOF Mag.
Best known for his 1972 psychedelic folk classic Dreaming with Alice, Mark Fry has announced a new album titled ‘Not On The Radar’, to be released on 16th May via Second Language. Listen to the title track and the aching nocturne ‘Daybreak’.
Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman make a stand against Trump’s control of the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and JD Vance, attending a National Symphony Orchestra concert the same evening, is met with boos from the audience.
Taken from his forthcoming new album, watch the lyric video for Jeffrey Lewis’ latest single Relaxation, directed by frequent collaborator Matt (Pizza Underground) Colbourn.
On “IN / OUT”, Violeta García explores and pushes the cello’s sonic possibilities. She recorded the album in a cave that once housed Geneva’s water reservoir, transforming it into a natural acoustic chamber.
James Yorkston announces a new collaborative album with David A Jaycock and Lina Langendorf (The Second Hand Orchestra). Due for release in May, listen to ‘Tide’, the first single from Yorkston / Jaycock / Langendorf.
A new live Arthur Russell album titled ‘Open Vocal Phrases, Where Songs Come In and Out’, recorded at Phill Niblock’s Experimental Intermedia Foundation on December 20th, 1985, is to be released by Audika and Rough Trade Records.
Sam Grassie has shared a video for the title track of his latest album, Jarabi, Winter has Gone, described as a marriage of celtic trad and malian blues. Dennis O’Brien filmed the video while they cycled across eastern Europe.
Estonian duo Katariina Kivi and Ann-Lisett Rebane, better known as Duo Ruut, have released a new single titled “Udu” (Fog). Watch the accompanying video by Ako Lehemets.
Mississippi Records announce the release of Church of Kidane Mehret, gathering Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru’s 1972 private press album of the same name with two previously unheard piano recordings. Listen to the lead single ‘Ave Maria’.
Jake Xerxes Fussell shares his new recording of Arthur Russell’s “Close My Eyes”, a number that has, not surprisingly, become a setlist fixture. He has also announced new dates in Europe and the UK, including End Of The Road.
