# KLOF Magazine Newsletter ## Featured Articles ### 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)](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/folk-revisited-shirley-collins-part) Jun 18 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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…](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/playlist-the-history-of-james-joyce) Jun 17 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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…](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/folk-revisited-shirley-collins-a) Jun 12 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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…](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/folk-revisited-shirley-collins-returns) Jun 9 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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.](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/track-by-track-in-the-half-light) Jun 3 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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…](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/the-monday-morning-brew-157-music) Jun 1 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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..."](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/we-need-this-kind-of-music-more-than) May 31 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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.](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/interview-colleen-on-her-latest-album) May 24 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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…](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/the-monday-morning-brew-n0-155-exploring) May 18 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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.](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/the-monday-morning-brew-149) Apr 6 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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.](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/the-monday-morning-brew-148-plus) Mar 30 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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…](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/ten-years-ago-songs-of-separation) Feb 6 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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…](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/the-silent-thread-anne-briggs-article) Jan 22 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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".](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/klof-mag-interview-midlake) Jan 8 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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 …](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/rewind-pg-six-pat-gubler-murmurs) Jan 2 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag) ### 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.](https://klofmag.substack.com/p/john-prine-on-nocturnal-writing-old) Dec 27, 2025 • [Alex Gallacher](https://substack.com/@klofmag)