Alongside this week’s Monday Morning Brew Playlist, our Substack Subscribers get to read an advance copy of an upcoming Off the Shelf feature from Natalie Wildgoose, whose new EP, Rural Hours, is due April 15th via state51. The Brew includes new tunes from Juni Habel, Magic Tuber Stringband, The Deslondes, Lemoncello, Dead Goat, Andrew Wasylyk, Mike Tod, Kris Drever, Emily Portman, Alela Diane, Sluice, tofusmell, Joshua Burnside and more.

Another fine playlist to begin your week, featuring Andrew Wasylyk, Slow Leaves, John Andrews & The Yawns, Robert Lester Folsom, Mari Mathias, Plankton Wat, Joshua Burnside, Marisa Anderson, Mitski, The Wooden Wolf and more. Plus, the new single from Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O’Reilly…watch the new video.

This week’s Monday Morning Brew runs from Ry Cooder’s easy-rolling “The Old Man and Me” to Brion Gysin’s cut-up disco, recorded at nearly 70 with Don Cherry on pocket trumpet. Pharoah Sanders steps out of Coltrane’s shadow, Bex Burch beckons spring, and Andrew Wasylyk sends songs to six singers who post their vocals back…like postcards.

This week’s Monday Morning Brew features music from Aldous Harding, Josienne Clarke, Chris Brain & Natalie Wildgoose, Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Natalie Jane Hill alongside selections from Shana Cleveland, Nora Brown, Cass McCombs, Marissa Nadler, Nadia Reid, Joan Shelley, Erin Rae and more. Highlights include Brain’s Yorkshire Dales-inspired Big Hill, Clarke’s spartan reimagining of Katie Cruel, and the lead single from Harding’s fifth album.

From Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois to the dream-folk of Cold Mountain Child, via Myriam Gendron’s reimagining of Dorothy Parker’s poetry — this week’s playlist moves between grandeur and intimacy. One of our most eclectic in a while — but it holds together. These things usually do.

From Zimbabwean heavy rock pioneers Wells Fargo to the meditative desert blues of Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté, KLOF Mag’s Monday Morning Brew playlist is one of contrasts and quiet revelations. Gillian Welch mourns a myth, Polar Bear tear up the rulebook, and Elijah Minnelli steps into new territory alongside Osaka vocalist Kiki Hitomi. Folk, jazz, dub, desert blues and beyond — your week’s finest soundtrack.

A new weekly playlist featuring Kim Deal, Tōth, Hiss Golden Messenger, My Precious Bunny, Rolan Brival, Ora Cogan, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Lemoncello, Barry Walker Jr., Matt Kivel, More Eaze, Tenderness and more.

The latest Monday Morning Brew playlist is just under two hours long and features music from Catrin Finch, Mitski, Charlotte Cornfield, Iron & Wine, Jesca Hoop, Majke Voss, Gia Margaret, Rob Noyes, Benedicte Maureseth, Tucker Zimmerman, and lots more.

Another Brew playlist, ft. Swelt, Ye Vagabonds, Damien Jurado, Joe Harvey-Whyte & Geir Sunstøl, Chris Brain, Little Mazarn, Quest Ensemble, Benedicte Maureseth & Ensemble neoN, Marta Del Grandi, Penny Arcade, Mike Tod, Barry Walker Jr., Balladeste, Ana Silvera & Saied Silbak, Maz O’Connor, Michael Cormier-O’Leary, and more

This week’s Monday Morning Brew Playlist is filled with new releases from the likes of Ulster Trio TRÙ, Bill Callahan, Courtney Barentt, Susan O’Neill & Valerie June, Cat Power, Cat Clyde, Setting, Gregory Uhlmann, Chantal Acda and more.

This week’s Brew opens with Cape Verde’s “Barefoot Diva,” Cesária Évora, bringing the melancholic soul of morna. We also feature Lhasa de Sela’s haunting blend of folk and ranchera. New highlights include Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore, Jana Horn, and Lande Hekt, plus L.Y.R. and The Notwist’s vibrant, percussive reimagining of “How the Story Ends.” Dive in.

This week’s brew draws the lens onto some of the new releases that are brightening up the short days of winter, including new tunes from Dry Cleaning, Iron & Wine, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Buck Meek and more.