folk

mountain goats dark in here review

Josh Ritter : Fever Breaks

Ritter teams up with Jason Isbell’s band for a strong showing of alt- and trad-country.

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Heather Woods Broderick : Invitation

The path Heather Woods Broderick has walked feels like the one well trod by throngs…

Lambchop This is what I Wanted to Tell You review

Lambchop : This Is (What I Wanted To Tell You)

An album that solidifies Kurt Wagner’s ability to not only stay relevant, but experimental after all these years.

Bill Callahan announces summer tour

The singer/songwriter tours the U.S. in June and July.

steve gunn other you review

James Yorkston : The Route to the Harmonium

Nine albums in, the singer/songwriter remains a steady voice of calm and poetry.

Cass McCombs Tip of the Sphere review

Cass McCombs : Tip of the Sphere

The veteran singer/songwriter injects more psychedelia into his folky compositions.

Masaki Batoh Nowhere review

Masaki Batoh : Nowhere

The longtime member of Ghost delivers an album that’s at once intimate and massive.

Father John Misty Jason Isbell tour

Father John Misty and Jason Isbell announce co-headlining tour

The two singer/songwriters are sharing the stage in June.

meg baird furling review

Jessica Pratt : Quiet Signs

The California singer/songwriter’s third album is every bit as haunting, but expansive in new and unexpected ways.

best albums of 2004 iron and wine

Iron & Wine announces Our Endless Numbered Days deluxe reissue

Listen to a previously unreleased demo version of “Passing Afternoon.”

Panopticon new EP

Panopticon releases new EP, The Crescendo of Dusk

A surprise new release from folk-metal artist Austin Lunn.

mountain goats 2019 tour

The Mountain Goats announce tour dates

Spring and fall tour legs announced.

eli winter review

William Tyler : Goes West

The guitarist and Lambchop member delivers a folk record that’ll take you places.

Prine vs. Dylan

Pick Your Poison: Bob Dylan vs. John Prine in the ’70s

This inaugural edition of our new column pits one giant of folk-rock against another.

Dead Can Dance Dionysus review

Dead Can Dance : Dionysus

A highly conceptual work from the goth pioneers that fails to live up to its scope.