New folk/experimental Mixtape: ft. Ohtis, Martin Simpson, Good Habits, Garefowl, Shovel Dance Collective, Charlie Parr, Macdara Yeates, Powtes, Esther’s Mood Ring, Tomáš Niesner and Aldana Duoraan, Adela Mede & Štefan Szabó, Cathal Caulfield and more. klofmag.com/2026/10/klof...

Martin Simpson talks to KLOF about “Some Kind of Jubilee”, the double album that marks fifty years since his debut. He talks about hope through nature, the power of instrumental music and more. klofmag.com/2026/10/mart...

Ahead of her first UK/EU shows, Avery Friedman shares her new single and video “You Move”, a song about savouring the unexpected fruits that reveal themselves amid times of uprootedness. klofmag.com/2026/10/aver...

Hirta is literally present in Garefowl's "Things That Vanish": field and hydrophone recordings, drones made by X-ray diffraction, and a seabird behind every tune. Read their Track by Track. klofmag.com/2026/10/trac...

Shovel Dance Collective’s “Everything in Readiness” is due 23 October on Glitterbeat’s tak:til imprint. “Jer the Rigger” is their third single, out today, accompanied by a video for the album's opening suite, featuring footage from the Doc Rowe archive. klofmag.com/2026/10/shov...

Kahil El’Zabar’s “Sketches For Trane” is an astonishing suite in tribute to John Coltrane. Alex Neilson calls it one of the best albums he's reviewed for KLOF. klofmag.com/2026/10/kahi...

Reviewed: The Leaf Library’s “Library Music: Volume Two”. Each release from the band feels like an exploration of pop music’s possibilities, and this archival collection is the perfect way to experience their range and sonic versatility. klofmag.com/2026/10/the-...

This week's Mixtape explores the outer margins and includes releases from Glasgow label Greater Lanarkshire Auricular Research Council, Australia's Burgan Triangle Tapes and more. klofmag.com/2026/10/klof...

Good Habits’ “Better for Now” pushes outwards, from festival-ready trance-folk to intimate acoustic balladry. Their blend of virtuosity and sheer vitality makes them one of the most exciting bands on the British folk scene, and one of the most technically accomplished. klofmag.com/2026/10/good...

Verdin Brothers’ “The Crooked Serpent” stitches together blues, Creole, bluegrass and drone into something all their own, with a healthy dollop of the weird. A singular work of high art and painstaking detail. @debaclerecords.bandcamp.com klofmag.com/2026/10/verd...

New Artist of the Month: Glenn Kimpton reviews Martin Simpson’s “Some Kind of Jubilee”, a seventeen-song double album, made in the US and the UK, marking half a century since his debut. A career highlight. klofmag.com/2026/10/mart...

James Yorkston announces “La Magnifica”, a career-spanning double album. It draws from his 15 Domino Records albums, from his early Athletes days to his most recent Swedish collaborations with Nina Persson and Johanna Söderberg. New track and video out today. klofmag.com/2026/09/jame...

Ten full, back-to-back days in a converted garage in rural Portland, with shag rugs and lava lamps. Biita Houdei's "This Bed Was Made For Me" makes the case for taking your time. Danny Neill reviews the solo debut: klofmag.com/2026/09/biit...

Jason McNiff talks through his latest album, Ten Blue Songs, influenced by Italo Calvino, Raymond Carver, Ernest Hemingway, guitar legend Davy Graham and more. “This album is evidence of our working life and couldn’t exist without the gigs”. klofmag.com/2026/09/trac...

RÓIS, aka Rose Connolly, has signed to Domino Records. Her critically acclaimed 2024 album, MO LÉAN, will be reissued globally – remastered with a brand-new track, “PORT NA H-EALA”. Watch her performing “WHAT DO YOU SAY (LIVE FROM A WAKE)”. klofmag.com/2026/09/rois...

Smithsonian Folkways will reissue Michael Hurley’s 1964 debut “First Songs” on vinyl on November 6th. Mike Monseur has remastered it, and it comes in the original black gatefold. Watch the video for ‘The Werewolf Song’, animated by Hurley’s friend Drew Christie. klofmag.com/2026/09/mich...

Mayo Thompson’s “Quiet Days in Cliché” is his first solo guitar album and his first solo record in fifty-six years. Out December 4th on Drag City. Listen to the lead single K-Pook. klofmag.com/2026/09/mayo...

We caught up with @marisamusic.bsky.social at End Of The Road and chatted about her latest album, The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music, and more. klofmag.com/2026/09/mari...

Digressions #4 – Living Slow EP is the latest in John Blek’s series of download-only releases available via Bandcamp. From the minstrel-folk-mottled opener to the piano-waltzing closer, it’s a sublime and moodily atmospheric offering. klofmag.com/2026/09/john...