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Folk Revisited: Shirley Collins — Part 3

Part 3 of Folk Revisted Series on Shirley Collins: who else she likes to listen to, Desert Island Discs, Crowlink EP (2021) and Archangel Hill (2023)
Jun 18 • Alex Gallacher

Playlist: The History of James Joyce Music – Bloomsday

Derek Pyle highlights some Joyce-inspired music for Bloomsday, an annual celebration dedicated to Leopold Bloom, the “every man” hero in James Joyce’s…
Jun 17 • Alex Gallacher

Folk Revisited: Shirley Collins - A Topic Reissue, Heart's Ease & a Southern Journey (Revisited)

John Peel, The Sweet Primeroses (Review), House & Land Perform 'Ca the Yowes' for Shirley, Linda Thompson on Shirley, Heart’s Ease (Review) and a…
Jun 12 • Alex Gallacher

Folk Revisited: Shirley Collins returns to music & her 15 Favourite Songs

Shirley Collins returns to music in 2016, her 15 favourite songs, a review of her comeback album Lodestar, and a live review at The Roundhouse, London…
Jun 9 • Alex Gallacher

Track by Track: In The Half Light by Joshua Burnside and Laura Quirke

We wind the clock back to 2021, and one of my all-time favourite EPs "In The Half Light"...Joshua Burnside and Laura Quirke talk us through those songs.
Jun 3 • Alex Gallacher

The Monday Morning Brew #157 / Music Recommendations / Alex Neilson chats to Lavinia Blackwall

A new, very chilled, Monday Morning Brew Playlist...Alex Neilson chats to fellow ex-Trembling Bells member Lavinia Blackwall, plus three music…
Jun 1 • Alex Gallacher

We need this kind of music more than ever: Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - Happy Today

"The joy of contemplative, considered collaboration...we need this kind of music more than ever in a time of diminishing attention spans..."
May 31 • Alex Gallacher

Interview: Colleen on her latest album ‘Libres antes del final’

Colleen — French composer Cécile Schott — talks to Harper Mahood about Libres antes del final, her new album, written and recorded on a Moog Matriarch.
May 24 • Alex Gallacher

The Monday Morning Brew #155 - Plus, we explore the music of Marina Allen

Gentle pastoral selections from Mark Fry, Cinder Well, Jessica Pratt and more, alongside a deep dive into Marina Allen's three-album arc on Fire…
May 18 • Alex Gallacher

The Monday Morning Brew #149 (plus Music Recommendations & More)

A new eclectic playlist with lots of new tunes and finds, plus some quirky new music recommendations & the strange world of analogue synth design.
Apr 6 • Alex Gallacher

The Monday Morning Brew #148 (plus Off the Shelf with Natalie Wildgoose)

A new playlist to start the week, and Natalie Wildgoose invites us into her 'homes' for our latest Off the Shelf feature.
Mar 30 • Alex Gallacher

Ten Years Ago: Songs of Separation

In 2015, Five Scottish and five English folk musicians head to the west coast of the Isle of Eigg to make an album together; released in January 2016…
Feb 6 • Alex Gallacher

The Silent Thread: Anne Briggs (Article and Playlist)

A deep dive into the music and influence of Anne Briggs with rare live footage, interview, and an extensive four-hour playlist featuring both her music…
Jan 22 • Alex Gallacher

KLOF Mag Interview: Midlake

Ahead of their UK Tour, Dave Freak chats to Midlake frontman Eric Pulido about the making of their latest studio album, "A Bridge To Far".
Jan 8 • Alex Gallacher

Rewind: P.G. Six (Pat Gubler) - Murmurs & Whispers

Folky revels, medieval-style psychedelia and west coast weirdness. These elements are ever-present in the work of P.G. Six - we look back on Murmurs …
Jan 2 • Alex Gallacher

John Prine on nocturnal writing, old songs and families

Apparently, Kris Kristofferson once said that John Prine was so good they’d need to cut his thumbs off to give the others a chance.
Dec 27, 2025 • Alex Gallacher