Browse archive 2017

the modern folk
the modern folk III

2017 # lofi

This recording of The Modern Folk fills my heart with warm and fuzzy nostalgia. Josh Moss, the guy behind the music project and behind the music blog with the name The Modern Folk Music of America1, loves everything lofi. So, his weapon of choice is …

Andy McLeod
In the Light of the Day

2017 # american primitive, folk, psych folk

Andy McLeod's music popped up one day, while I was browsing bandcamp. It was just a few demo songs he put online, but track titles like Morning Raga caught my eye and soon afterward my ear. That's actually the origin of the title of the "world-famous …

dfbm #94
Morning Raga Pt. XIV

# american primitive, mixtape

After a bit of silence, I'm back with the Morning Ragas series. Two hours of acoustic (and occasionally electric) solo guitar music mostly in the realm of so-called American Primitivism. You might be tired of hearing the n-th derivate of Sunflower Ri …

Derek Gripper
One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Mali

2013 # folk, solo guitar

Derek Gripper's album took me by surprise and I am playing it up and down for a week now. It's been a while that I was captivated by a solo guitar album that much. A few weeks ago I was posting some vintage photos of a unique looking guitar on facebo …