In an age when music is probably at its most undervalued, our latest Monday Morning Brew Playlist shines a light on some of the most compelling voices in contemporary folk music, including: Rachel Sermanni, Joshua Burnside, Juni Habel, Clara Mann, Lemoncello, Ye Vagabonds, Tasha Zappala and many more. We’ve also some new music recommendations for you.

This Monday Morning Brew is 2-hour laid-back, carefree playlist, plus we explore a 1969 counterculture documentary, revisit Bill Callahan’s Dream River + have number of new album recommendations.

A new playlist (and some recommendations) to ease you into the week featuring Blair Coron, Ballaké Sissoko, Buck Curran, Neil Young, Jeffrey Silverstein, Nicole Mitchell and Joe Westerlund and more.

Enjoy our latest Monday Morning Brew Playlist, featuring new music from Norway’s Reolô, “one of the most influential bands on this new and original wave of Norwegian folk music we are witnessing”, The Furrow Collective, Brigid Mae Power, Johanna Warren and lots more. Plus: tips on discovering new music and a rundown of my favourite record stores (physical and online).

A new Monday Morning Brew Playlist on which individualism shines through, plus four new album recommendations. Featuring Play Time, Geir Sundstøl, Xylouris White, Laurence Crane, Benedicte Maurseth, Miles Davis, Six Organs of Admittance, Erlend Apneseth Trio, Lena Willemark & Ale Möller, Sara Parkman, BITOI, Mariam Wallentin, Zodiacs on the Wing and more.

New tunes from Jude Brothers, This is the Kit, Rayland Baxter, Sheherazaad, Sam Burton and more. Plus recommendations ranging from an album inspired by Slovak-Hungarian heritage to a late-80s Manchester band inspired as much by madrigals and liturgical music as Joy Division. And Will Oldham provides food for thought on the music algorithm.

This week’s Monday Morning Brew is a special 4-hour playlist celebrating ‘Down Home Music’. We explore the far corners of American vernacular music: folk, blues, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, hillbilly, and more, featuring releases from Arhoolie Records, Smithsonian Folkways, Dust-to-Digital, and more.

This week’s Monday Morning Brew playlist features 22 new tracks, including a shamelessly naked love song from Johanna Warren, plus collaborations between Shawn James and Damien Jurado and Ann Annie, and between Meshell Ndegeocello, Bill Callahan, and Chris Thile.

Welcome to the latest Monday Morning Brew, jam-packed with new releases from the likes of Birdvox, Spell Songs, The McMillan’s Camp Boys, Brigid Mae Power, Jude Brothers, Abby Walker, Diket, Hannah Everingham, Misha Panfilov, Colin Stetson & Brìghde Chaimbeul, Jon McKiel, Sean Hayes, Steven R. Smith, Nat Myers, Charlie Parr and more. Plus five new album recommendations ft. African steel guitar, indie twang, kosmiche country and Irish Trad to explore.

Listen to our special mid-week Morning Brew playlist, celebrating over three years of our weekly playlist series: The Monday Morning Brew. It features over four hours of music spanning folk, psych, soul, jazz, and more.

This week’s Monday Morning Brew playlist clocks in at over two hours with all new releases, ft. Elanor Moss, Rosie Miles, Niamh Bury, Alice Boyd, Claire Cronin, claire rousay, Sheherazaad, Josienne Clarke, M G Boulter & Jenny Sturgeon, Sam Burton, Liana Flores and more. Plus three album recommendations covering a viral hit from Brazil, Australian Post-Punk, a Glasgow musician challenging the folk orthodoxy.

Read our latest Substack Newsletter and enjoy our new Monday Morning Brew weekly playlist, featuring a stack of new releases from Sam Amidon, Ohtis, Natalie Wildgoose, Martin Simpson, Rachel Sermanni, plus some older favourites from Arborea, Two Wings, Great Lake Swimmers, The Gloaming and lots more.