Written too late for a compilation in Ontario of trucking songs put out by DROG. I was seeing someone at the time who was a Grateful Dead fan, although I had never heard the Trucking song before writing this. The weekend I went to visit her in NYC, Magic Johnson was diagnosed as being HIV positive.
The Brooklyn group Aisle Knot writes hushed, mysterious songs that are charmingly rickety and grounded in surefooted melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable May 22, 2021
Proceeds from this hauntingly beautiful dark folk LP will be donated to Plataforma de Apoio aos Refugiados, for Portuguese refugee support. Bandcamp New & Notable May 16, 2021
The latest from Joanna Gemma Auguri delivers sweeping, epic songs accompanied by accordion, to starkly beautiful effect. Bandcamp New & Notable May 9, 2021
Tanya Donnelly, Wreckless Eric, Rosanne Cash, contribute cover versions of John Wesley Harding’s songs for this charitable compilation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 6, 2021
The British-Somali poet draws upon everything from leftfield folk to minimalist spoken-word, bound together by simple-yet-cutting wordplay. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 28, 2021