Adeline Hotel’s ‘Good Timing’ Is Therapeutic, Revelatory, and Uniquely Beautiful
Dan Knishkowy's alt-folk collective Adeline Hotel is whittled down to a party of one, with improvised acoustic guitar taking center stage on Good Timing.
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Joshua Chuquimia Crampton’s ‘4’ Is Powerful Landscape Music
Listening to Joshua Chuquimia Crampton is like watching a guitarist perform with a thought bubble over their head. 4 is landscape music, but in a way that draws power from the land rather than just evoking it.
A Krautrock Maestro and Folk Singer Team up for a Masterpiece
Krautrock’s Detlef Weinrich and folk’s Emmanuelle Parrenin team up for Jours de Grave, and it’s damn near perfect. It feels too organic and alive to be called “avant-garde”, even though it is.
Jenny Hval’s ‘Girls Against God’ Is Pure Audacity
With Girls Against God, avant-garde musician Jenny Hval gives us a semi-autobiographical text that, like the metalhead teen she describes, won't abide by any rules.
Sally Anne Morgan Invites Us Into a Metaphorical Safe Space on ‘Thread’
With Thread, Sally Anne Morgan shows that traditional folk music is not to be smothered in revivalist praise. It's simply there as a seed with which to plant new gardens.
Eli Winter Comes Into His Own With ‘Unbecoming’
Experimental folk guitarist Eli Winter finds new directions to explore on Unbecoming, including expanding into ensemble work.
Mare Berger Waxes Beautifully on the Undeniable Connection of Everyone and Everything
Mare Berger's The Moon Is Always Full is a bold song cycle with classical underpinnings as well as an approachable, chamber pop sensibility.
Clara Engel’s ‘Hatching Under the Stars’ Is the Perfect Accompaniment to Isolation
Dream-folk's Clara Engel sets the stage with an opener on Hatching Under the Stars that's a masterclass in minimalist expansion.
Louis Michot’s L.E.S. Douze Release the Eclectic ‘Le String Noise 2’ (album stream + interview)
The always inventive Cajun musician, Louis Michot, recalls a recent New York City residency with his latest recording, Le String Noise 2, a trip where the Big Apple and the Bayou meet.
Sir Richard Bishop’s Guitar Histrionics Sound Dream-like on ‘Oneiric Formulary’
Oneiric Formulary being a Sir Richard Bishop record, there are moments, of course, that will blow your mind.
Siskiyou’s ‘Not Somewhere’ Is a Stone-Cold Bummer. And Therein Lies Its Peculiar Charm.
Siskiyou's latest album gets under your skin. Not Somewhere is bold and weird and deeply human, uneasy listening at its finest.
Sarah Louise Offers ‘Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars’
Sarah Louise evokes the natural landscapes of meadows, ponds and woods. She connects the spiritual and the material in creative ways that suggest there is more out there than one can understand through thought alone.