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See: The video for Alasdair Roberts og Völvur’s ‘The Green Chapel’: fine folk in Nordic collaboration heralds a new set for Drag City

HE’S GRACED us with a very Northern European and delicious take on introspective folk since that trio of lovely albums, The Rye Bears A Poison, Daylight Saving and The Night…

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See: Fuzzy Lights – ‘Maiden’s Call’: wood-smoky acid folk beauty from returning Cambridge collective

IT’S BEEN all of eight years now since Cambridgeshire post-folk collective Fuzzy Lights have graced our ears with an album, that being Rule Of Twelfths; but the planets have aligned…

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Rachel Sermanni – ‘Travelled’: Scottish folk troubadour bares all and announces winter tour

WITH her new EP, Swallow Me, due out in the first days of June – an EP which lays bare with delicacy and courage her living through the arrival of…

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See: Maja Lena – The Keeper

Former member of Low Chimes – Maja Lena – has released a gorgeous, new pastoral folk song through Chiverin Records. ‘The Keeper’ explores our relationship with ourselves and comes with…

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Exclusive: Lucy Kruger records ‘A Stranger’s Chest’ live in session for Backseat Mafia

-based South African musician Lucy Kruger joined us for a session to perform A Stranger’s Chest from upcoming album Transit Tapes (for women who move furniture around) due to be…

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Album Reviews

Album Review : Adam Moezinia’s ‘ Folk Element Trio’ – A Sonic Travelogue

New York based guitarist Adam Moezinia first debut album ,’Folk Element Trio’ is what we at Backseat Mafia have suspected it would be , after premiering its single ‘Celebration’ last month…

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Exclusive: His His record Winter Journal live in session for Backseat Mafia

Toronto-based musician His His (Aidan Belo) joined us to perform his latest single Winter Journal. After creating the project as an outlet following a move to his family’s hobby farm…

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Track: Amigo The Devil – Different Anymore

With the recent release of his new album, ‘Born Against’ (read our review here), Danny Kiranos has shared an intimate acoustic version of the heartfelt track Different Anymore recorded in…

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EP Review: Juice Webster’s ‘More Than Reaction’ is a cinematic, chilling and beautiful masterpiece

Juice Webster‘s spectacular new EP ‘More Than Reaction’ was born during the early months of January 2020 when flames engulfed Australia, serving as a prelude to the COVID lockdown months…

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Album Review: Flyte – “This is Really going to Hurt”: modern break-up tale meets vintage sounds

The second full-length album release from London indie trio Flyte is a break-up story spanning the emotional spectrum of heartbreak- from reflective, bitter navel-gazing, to ascerbic pot-shots aimed squarely at…

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