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Ora Cogan Explores Resilience in ‘Hard Hearted Woman’
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Ora Cogan Explores Resilience in ‘Hard Hearted Woman’

Canadian experimental folk artist Ora Cogan has released her new album ‘Hard Hearted Woman,’ which explores themes of r…

Updated 17 days ago
Bandcamp's February 2026 Best Music Roundup
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Bandcamp's February 2026 Best Music Roundup

Bandcamp has released its comprehensive monthly music guides for February 2026, covering essential releases across mult…

Updated 28 days ago
Charlotte Cornfield Releases ‘Lost Leader’ Featuring Christian Lee Hutson
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Charlotte Cornfield Releases ‘Lost Leader’ Featuring Christian Lee Hutson

Canadian singer-songwriter Charlotte Cornfield has released ‘Lost Leader,’ a new single featuring Christian Lee Hutson,…

Updated about 1 month ago
Sturgill Simpson Surprise-Releases Album as Johnny Blue Skies
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Sturgill Simpson Surprise-Releases Album as Johnny Blue Skies

Sturgill Simpson has surprise-released a new album titled ‘Mutiny After Midnight’ under his alias Johnny Blue Skies &am…

Updated 29 days ago

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Mother Raspberry - MacDonald’s Futures - This is the best family reunion we’ve ever had
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Mother Raspberry - MacDonald’s Futures - This is the best family reunion we’ve ever had

This is the best family reunion we’ve ever had Originally recorded in the Spring of 2003, Macdonald…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 27, 2026
folk
Sean Taylor Brings “All Along the Watchtower” Back to Its Roots
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Sean Taylor Brings “All Along the Watchtower” Back to Its Roots

UK singer-songwriter tries to find the common ground between Bob Dylan's original and Hendrix's ver…

www.covermesongs.com · Mar 27, 2026
acoustic
‘Chasing Shadows’ and the Ancestral Frequencies of Nubiyan Twist
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‘Chasing Shadows’ and the Ancestral Frequencies of Nubiyan Twist

Tom Excell talks through the making of Nubiyan Twist's fifth record, ‘Chasing Shadows,’ a collision…

www.thetonearm.com · Mar 27, 2026
hip-hop
Louie Cameron reveals his dreamy new cut, “Canina Canoona”
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Louie Cameron reveals his dreamy new cut, “Canina Canoona”

Having burst onto the scene earlier this year with his debut single “Do You Wanna Go Out?”, Louie C…

www.blogger.com · Mar 27, 2026
folk
Jana Pochop - Powerlines - Powerlines is a haunting tapestry of indie-folk-pop that maps the distance between Brooklyn’s urban pulse and the expansive New Mexican sky, featuring reverbs recorded inside Georgia O’Keeffe’s Abiquiu studio.
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Jana Pochop - Powerlines - Powerlines is a haunting tapestry of indie-folk-pop that maps the distance between Brooklyn’s urban pulse and the expansive New Mexican sky, featuring reverbs recorded inside Georgia O’Keeffe’s Abiquiu studio.

What does the desert sound like? For her self-produced EP Powerlines (March 25), Jana Pochop litera…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 26, 2026
folk
Parlor Greens, “Emeralds”
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Parlor Greens, “Emeralds”

The organ trio's latest is Instrumental jazz-funk at its explosive, groovy best. Read full story on…

daily.bandcamp.com · Mar 26, 2026
jazz
LUKAS R - Superhuman - All the 2000s music placed in a modern context
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LUKAS R - Superhuman - All the 2000s music placed in a modern context

All the 2000s music placed in a modern context This album reflects my musical upbringing, taking in…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 26, 2026
r&b
ListN Up Playlist: Keren Abreu (March 26, 2026)
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ListN Up Playlist: Keren Abreu (March 26, 2026)

Keren Abreu is a singer-songwriter whose music is a multilingual blend of folk lyricism, pop melodi…

icareifyoulisten.com · Mar 26, 2026
folk
Anne Hills carries folk music’s Chicago heyday in her head and heart - Chicago Reader
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Anne Hills carries folk music’s Chicago heyday in her head and heart - Chicago Reader

One of my favorite ways to discover a local artist is to study the liner notes of a thrift-store LP…

chicagoreader.com · Mar 25, 2026
folk
Three Music Thingz with DI LEO
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Three Music Thingz with DI LEO

Oouuuuoooouuu, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians f…

www.ienjoymusic.net · Mar 25, 2026
folk
New Release ‘Electric Rebound’ from Ricardo Formoso
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New Release ‘Electric Rebound’ from Ricardo Formoso

Fusing the freedom of jazz with the drive of progressive rock, this record delivers dynamic rhythms…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 25, 2026
jazz
The Best Performances of 2026's Love Rocks NYC » PopMatters
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The Best Performances of 2026's Love Rocks NYC » PopMatters

Love Rocks NYC promised an all-star lineup, one that wouldn't have been out of place at Newport Fol…

www.popmatters.com · Mar 25, 2026
folk
Healing and Peace — A Treatise (Self-Release)
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Healing and Peace — A Treatise (Self-Release)

A Treatise scrambles to life in a burst of scratchy acoustic guitar, a tootle of cheery keyboard an…

dustedmagazine.tumblr.com · Mar 24, 2026
acoustic
Juanma Trujillo — A Cantaclaro in Barcelona | The Tonearm
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Juanma Trujillo — A Cantaclaro in Barcelona | The Tonearm

‘Música Para Quinteto: Live at Jazz Cava’ captures Juanma Trujillo's Barcelona quintet at full burn…

www.thetonearm.com · Mar 24, 2026
jazz
Djembe Funk - $20 Mic - This song only needed one 20 dollar mic. All instruments played into same mic, vocals too. 20 bucks.
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Djembe Funk - $20 Mic - This song only needed one 20 dollar mic. All instruments played into same mic, vocals too. 20 bucks.

I bought a microphone I like and I want the world to know. It only costs 20 dollars and I recorded …

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 23, 2026
acoustic
Claudia Balla shares the cinematic new cut, “The Old Magnolia (Dramatic Version)”
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Claudia Balla shares the cinematic new cut, “The Old Magnolia (Dramatic Version)”

Following the release of her sixth EP, “Let's See Where the Light Goes”, is the new single, “The Ol…

www.blogger.com · Mar 23, 2026
electronic
On Their Own Terms: How the AACM Built a New American Music
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On Their Own Terms: How the AACM Built a New American Music

For 50 years, The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians Has Redefined Jazz & Be…

daily.bandcamp.com · Mar 23, 2026
jazz
Jonivan Jones reveals new offering, “Take my heart (to its grave)”
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Jonivan Jones reveals new offering, “Take my heart (to its grave)”

Jonivan Jones is back with his exciting new offering, “Take my heart (to its grave)”. The song is h…

www.blogger.com · Mar 23, 2026
folk
Preserving the French Underground: A Guide to Souffle Continu
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Preserving the French Underground: A Guide to Souffle Continu

The label spotlights artists who crafted visionary music blending free improvisation, jazz, prog ro…

daily.bandcamp.com · Mar 23, 2026
jazz
Ben Wendel's ‘BaRcoDe’ Is Unique and Uniquely Excellent » PopMatters
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Ben Wendel's ‘BaRcoDe’ Is Unique and Uniquely Excellent » PopMatters

Ben Wendel has played with groove-oriented rhythms, electronics, and unusual instrumentation, as if…

www.popmatters.com · Mar 23, 2026
jazz
j.demar - fallow fields - The shape of what's missing, held in the light that remains.
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j.demar - fallow fields - The shape of what's missing, held in the light that remains.

fusing together multiple genres that defy strict categorization to create a dialogue between distan…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 22, 2026
acoustic
Ivan Reash - Slavery - Cinematic classical folk ambient and noise around a powerful and emersive theological conept
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Ivan Reash - Slavery - Cinematic classical folk ambient and noise around a powerful and emersive theological conept

A monumental work where a variety of styles got tied to a singular Biblical concept of becoming a s…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 22, 2026
ambient
Scott Ruhs - Shock Raw - WARNING! Chakras are meant to be aligned. Shock Raw will knock them all out of kilter again!
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Scott Ruhs - Shock Raw - WARNING! Chakras are meant to be aligned. Shock Raw will knock them all out of kilter again!

WARNING! Chakras are meant to be aligned. Shock Raw will knock them all out of kilter again! Guitar…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 21, 2026
jazz
Acoustic guitarist Gwenifer Raymond plays sci-fi-themed fingerstyle blues at escape velocity - Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader

Acoustic guitarist Gwenifer Raymond plays sci-fi-themed fingerstyle blues at escape velocity - Chicago Reader

Though Raymond was raised in Wales and presently lives in Brighton, England, her acoustic fingerpic…

chicagoreader.com · Mar 20, 2026
acoustic