Honest, in-depth album reviews by KLOF Mag – championing and curating intelligent, uncompromising voices in contemporary and experimental music since 2004.
Albums
by Bob Fish
A timely album as we attempt to struggle through a year many of us would rather forget, Kris Delmhorst reminds us of the things that we need to carry with us.
by Mike Davies
Looking Up is Mike McClure’s tenth solo album and one that arrives after five years during which there have been dramatic changes in his life.
by Mike Davies
Our Man in the Field’s debut album offers a rather fine set of shuffling, pedal steel coloured Americana pop, occasionally sung in a dreamy falsetto that echoes the mood of the music. Definitely one you should seek out.
by Mike Davies
While this might not prove the work for which Judy Dyble is most remembered, it’s a bittersweet understatement to mark what was and is her finest hour.
by Mike Davies
Anyone unfamiliar with Rich Krueger is sure to be won over by his voice and way with words, as our reviewer was on “The Troth Sessions” featuring a stash of his unreleased demos.
by Mike Davies
Bristling with confidence and power, it’s hard to believe this is the Massachusetts-born singer-songwriter Diana DeMuth’s debut album. It has to be up there in my best of the year.
by Mike Davies
Brennen Leigh returns with her Robbie Fulks-produced solo album tribute to her birthplace. If you like old-time country, then really, this is as good as it gets.
by Peter Shaw
It was a magical ‘socially distanced’ evening at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in the company of one of our finest folk duos: Tobias Ben Jacob and Lukas Drinkwater.
by Mike Davies
As with the previous volume, it’s hard to believe Gillian Welch has kept a lid on the bulk of these songs for well over a decade, I can’t wait to hear what further nuggets will be revealed in Vol 3.
by Danny Neill
Finally, there is one place to go for anyone who wants the complete works of Richard & Linda Thompson… it’s exactly what you want from an essential archive trawling box set.