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KLOF No. 94 (Folk, Experimental, Ambient)
KLOF No. 94 opens and closes with Cynefin, whose "Shimli" album draws on the Welsh tradition of farmers singing as their oats baked. Trá Pháidín contribute two tracks from "An 424," their musical map of South Connemara's bus route. Deep shelf-digs unearth Espers, Eliza Carthy & Tim Eriksen, Berangere Maxmin, three cuts from a 2006 John Fahey tribute and more. Source
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Mama’s Broke “Reunion” Interview (Artists of the Month)
Mama's Broke's Amy Lou Keeler and Lisa Maria discuss "Reunion," their latest album, one of stark emotion and stunning but subtle playing. Born from Nova Scotian roots, Appalachian tradition and Eastern European influences, their deliciously dark folk resists easy labels. The pair talk origins, co-writing, folk as political expression, and the collective feeling that keeps their collaboration fresh after a decade on the road. Source
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Rowena Wise – Bad Things Feel Good*
Rowena Wise's "Bad Things Feel Good*" expands on her impressive debut with quiet sincerity and intimacy as calling cards. She moves between swooping maximalism and spine-tingling closeness, juggling contradictory elements. The mess has been transmuted into something beautiful, with a skillfully directed emotional sting—the bigger picture without losing sight of small details—the perfect soundtrack to contemporary emotional life. Source
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Dean McPhee Shares Indica Fields Video from Forthcoming Northern Earth LP
Dean McPhee has shared a video for "Indica Fields" from "Northern Earth", his sixth full-length album, due 11 September on Bass Ritual. The video uses BFI archive footage from the final edition of the National Coal Board's Mining Review series. Originally a sold-out limited cassette, the album arrives on 180g heavyweight vinyl — three compositions recorded live with no overdubs. Source
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Garefowl Share ‘Buthaigir/Puffin’ From Forthcoming Album Things That Vanish
Garefowl return with "Things That Vanish," their second album, recorded on St Kilda's main island at night. No synthesizers were used — drones were created from X-ray diffracted rock and bone samples. Nine tracks, each named for one of the archipelago's threatened seabirds. Out 2 October via AD 93. Source
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Track-by-Track Guide: Max Subar – ‘Anything Could Be’
Max Subar's "Anything Could Be" started with ten days alone in a house on a frozen Wisconsin lake — just a mobile rig, live vocals and guitar. Back in Chicago, a small cast of collaborators gave the recordings flesh without crowding them. Loose, lived-in and radically patient, Subar walks us through his Merge Records debut track by track. Source
