KLOF Mag Regular (New Folk Show)
The Rheingans Sisters, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage, Honey & the Bear, Frankie Archer, Yann Falquet, Masayoshi Fujita, Henry Parker & David Ian Roberts and more.
Listen to our latest Folk Show featuring music from The Rheingans Sisters, David Grubb, Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman, Jacken Elswyth, Henry Parker & David Ian Roberts, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Jack Bunch, AJ Woods, John Patrick Elliott, and Myles O’Reilly.
Recent KLOF Mag Premieres
The Rheingans Sisters
Taken from their forthcoming new album ‘Start Close In’, watch The Rheingans Sisters’ video for their new single ‘Drink Up’.
Rowan: “I think this song is trying to sum up something of what it feels like to live in this late – but never seeming to end! – capitalist era. We feast and yet we are never full… sometimes there is some surreal joy to be had in our slightly mundane-meets-apocalyptic collective experience of 2024. You have to find joy where you can.”
Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage
Following their highly acclaimed 2022 album “Ink Of The Rosy Morning”, UK-based folk duo Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage return this month with their 4th full-length album, In The Dark We Grow. Watch the accompanying video to their vibrant new single “The Youngest Sailor”.
Honey & The Bear cover Sandy Denny
East Anglian folk duo Honey & The Bear deliver a beautiful cover of Sandy Denny’s timeless classic ‘Who Knows Where The Time Goes’. The accompanying video was filmed before the duo’s show at Folkeast 2024 in the gorgeous landscape of The Glemham Hall Estate.
Also of note: Frankie Archer
Northumbrian electro-folk musician and producer Frankie Archer announces her new EP, ‘Pressure and Persuasion,’ and once again transcends expectations with her lead single and video, Barbara Allen (which was also our Song of the Day).
Album Reviews (Editors Choice)
These are just a few of the recent album releases we’ve covered that stood out for me. Click on the title to read the full review on KLOF Mag.
John Blek – Cheer Up
Cheer Up is a journey through darkness, self-loathing and doubt into the light and salvation…John Blek’s voice has never sounded better; it’s unquestionably his finest work yet.
Yann Falquet – Les secrets du ciel
Les secrets du ciel, the solo debut of Québécois singer Yann Falquet, is a tour-de-force of his artistic vision on which he proves himself worthy of these great old songs, an interpreter of French-Canadian ballads with a remarkable voice and powerful artistry on the guitar.
Not A Flower on Dogwood Flats: The Music of Jack Bunch...
Not A Flower On The Dogwood Flats is a fitting tribute to Jack Bunch and the enduring music of his Uncle Henry, which also serves to bring to a wider audience the raw, authentic sounds that have, for generations, reverberated around the Laurel County hills.
Masayoshi Fujita – Migratory
Masayoshi Fujita’s latest work, Migratory, is defined by its sense of flux and of growth. Comforting ambience meets melodic exploration, with the vibraphone and marimba fleshed out by subtle electronics and the sparing use of guest vocalists.
Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O’ Leary – Hydra
Featuring several special guests, including Cathal McConnell, Liz Knowles, Brían Mac Gloinn, Anaïs Mitchell and Will Oldham, Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O’Leary’s Hydra features an excellent selection of superbly sung songs and handsome melodies. It doesn’t get much better.
Dorothy Carter – Troubadour
While Dorothy Carter missed out on experiencing the sudden mad rush of creativity that her music helped to inspire, the reissue of Troubadour, with its singular, strange and beautiful tunes, is a good sign that her star is once again in the ascendency.
Setting at Eulogy
at Eulogy, the latest live album from the folk alternative experimental trio ‘Setting’ (ft. Nathan Bowles, Jaime Fennelly & Joe Westerlund) is a hell of a journey…get lost in a strange, mesmerising and quite beautiful soundscape.
Henry Parker & David Ian Roberts – Chasing Light
Chasing Light, the new instrumental duo album from Henry Parker & David Ian Roberts, is a rich, fulfilling work by two intuitive players operating at a very high level and seemingly enjoying every moment.
Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman – Ash Grey and the Gull Glides On
While Ash Grey and the Gull Glides On may appear as a head-on collision between Andrew Wasylyk’s downbeat neoclassical folktronica and Tommy Perman’s post-club, percussion-heavy ambient constructions, under the surface, there is the faint but delicious hint of the golden age of avant-garde music.
Si Kahn & George Mann – Labor Day
While it’s probably fair to say that Si Kahn’s name is not as popularly well-known as that of Seeger or Guthrie, as Labor Day – and the many albums before it – unequivocally demonstrates, he’s every inch their equal.
Until next time…