Go Folk

A new Monday Morning Brew playlist Ft. Adrian Crowley & Matthew Nolan, Michael Hurley, Macie Stewart, David Allred, Joshua Burnside, Marissa Nadler, Stelios Petrakis, Sir Richard Bishop, Fuubutsushi, C Joynes & Mike Gangloff, The Innocence Mission, MJ Lenderman, Damien Jurado, ØXN, Nathan Salsburg, Scott McMicken and more. Source

The latest edition of the Ceremonial Counties tape series from Folklore Tapes features Bristol and Hertfordshire. Musician and visual artist Jake Blanchard tackles Bristol, the first part likened to Faust and Steve Reich in a competitive morris dance. Side two features Geology Disco and is devoted to Hertfordshire. While little is known of Geology Disco, the future of New Weird Britain is in safe hands. Source

In April, the world of music lost a true original, after the folk icon Michael Hurley, the wily cartoonist and songwriter known to many as "Snock," passed away. His passing came just after he put the finishing touches on his final studio album, Broken Homes and Gardens, a farewell that stands as a warm and fitting final entry in one of American music's most singular and influential catalogues. Source

The latest KLOF Mixtape features music from Poor Creature, Jeffrey Silverstein, Old Pup, Gabriel Adels, Wheatie Mattiasich, Brigid Mae Power, MJ Lenderman, Collage, Fuubutsushi, Chris Staples, Fletcher Tucker, Grace Stewart-Skinner, Samih Madhoun, Nicklas Sørensen, Sun June, and Mike Polizze. Source

We chat to Ruth Clinton and Cormac MacDiarmada of Poor Creature about their debut album, All Smiles Tonight. A deep dive into its making, their influences (from the Cocteau Twins to Ellen Arkbro) and more. The album feels like a new high point in the constantly evolving experimental folk scene centred around Dublin and a thoroughly modern foray into ancient musical territory. But is it folk? Source

On Columbia Deluxe, Fuubutsushi sound simultaneously like a bunch of musicians who have never met and a group who have been playing together for an eternity. These tracks, in a live setting, have developed a life beyond the logistical constraints of their conception. Beautiful and increasingly complex, they have become a celebration of live performance and a reminder of how music still plays a vital role in human interaction. Source