Folk
Track: Katherine Priddy encapsulates the move from Winter to Spring in new single, Daybreaker
Katherine Priddy’s latest single Daybreaker, released via Cooking Vinyl, is a stunning collaboration with Poet Laureate Simon Armitage that beautifully captures the transition from winters grip to the warmth of spring. Following the success of Close Season, this second track in their poetic-musical project embodies hope and renewal, both in its lyrical themes and its …
Album Review: Indie rock royalty the Snarski brothers join forces in Snarski vs Snarski for the exquisite album ‘Waiting For The Bell’ and announce tour dates.
The Snarski brothers are indie rock royalty here in Australia. Forming the iconic Chad’s Tree in the eighties, both brothers have continued to make a major contribution to the music scene down under. Rob Snarski is possibly better known as the singer of The Blackeyed Susans and more recently SnarskiCircusLindyBand (with The Go-Betweens’ drummer Lindy …
Meet: Ahead of her new sixth album Wildfires, we speak with Polly Paulusma
Polly Paulusma’s sixth studio album, Wildfires, marks a bold new chapter in her illustrious career. Released on February 28th via One Little Independent Records and Wild Sound, this expansive double album spans nearly two hours, blending folk instrumentation with spoken-word poetry and immersive natural soundscapes. Produced by the renowned Ethan Johns, Wildfires takes listeners on …
Live Review & Gallery: Wardruna Brings Nordic Folk Mysticism to Enmore Theatre – 25.01.25, Gadigal Land, Sydney
A few months ago, experimental ritualists Heilung played the Enmore Theatre while I sat at home, consumed by a perilous FOMO for Norse gods, goat horns, and giant Viking drums trimmed with fur. The regret was real, so when the opportunity arose to catch the alluring Wardruna, I didn’t hesitate. War paint on, I was …
News: Jim Ghedi Shares Track – Sheaf & Field; First Album In Four Years
Sheffield’s Jim Ghedi has shared a new single entitled ‘Sheaf & Field’ taken from his new album in four years ‘Wasteland’ due out on the 21st of February via Basin Rock. On his new album ‘Wasteland’, Jim Ghedi has created something huge. Intense, brooding, bold, at times apocalyptic, and remarkably vast. A profoundly bold sonic …
News: Dark Nordic Folk Artist Kati Rán Celebrates The Ten Year Anniversary Of Her Debut Album ‘LYS’ With Vinyl & CD Reissue On Svart Records
In April 2025, dark nordic, pagan folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Kati Rán celebrates the ten-year anniversary of her debut album LYS (meaning “light” in Norwegian) with a brand-new physical release, available through Svart Records. The 2025 Anniversary Edition of LYS features the album’s ten original songs and the acoustic bonus track “Vinda” (ft. Helisir). In 2015, LYS was recorded, produced, and …
Premiere: Western Australian artist Ben Lunt exclusively unveils luminescent new single ‘Somersault’.
We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Somersault’ from Western Australian Queensland-based troubadour Ben Lunt. Starting off with a yearning, sparse introduction, highlighting Lunt’s distinctive vocals, the track launches into a luminescent jaunty song that seems to infuse the bright Australian sunshine in every note, tempered by the thread of yearning melancholia in Lunt’s …
Track: Bishopskin – Old Sock
London avant-folk collective Bishopskin return with new single ‘Old Sock’. Delving into themes of spiritual fatigue, circular journeys, and the surreal interplay of human frailty and divine power. The song’s evocative imagery blends frontman Tiger Nicholson’s signature lyrical depth with the band’s hallmark sound: a potent mix of pastoral English folk, bluesy lamentations, and spiritual fervour. Recorded alongside the …