| Start | Artist | Song | Time | Album | Year | | 0:01:57 | Thurnin | The Elysian Grove | 5:41 | Termina | 2026 | | 0:07:56 | Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble | Gelino (Georgia) | 5:40 | Kolo | 2026 | | 0:14:02 | Jim Ghedi | Twa Corbies | 3:33 | The Death of Robin Hood (Original Soundtrack) | 2026 | | 0:18:07 | Moon Mother | World in a Glass Jar | 4:56 | Meadowlands | 2026 | | 0:23:21 | Wild Gods | Carlene’s Pin | 9:29 | The Glorious Abysmal | 2026 | | 0:33:05 | Cinder Well | Beyond the Pale | 4:23 | A Blooming Body | 2026 | | 0:37:53 | Flight76 | abyss | 5:15 | The Abyss | 2026 | | 0:43:23 | The Thorn | Fountain | 3:11 | Single | 2026 | | 0:46:54 | Michael Trew | Shaniko | 5:01 | Shaniko b/w The Valley The Shadow | 2026 |
The Elysian GroveJurre Timmer is the primary artist here, with additional vocals, guitars, and flute. These elegiac pieces in honour of lost loved ones is pensive and thoughtful. If delicate, melancholic guitars with sparse and subtle accompaniment is your thing, as it is mine, you will love this 1. Koloby Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemblefavorite track
Gelino (Georgia)Kitka is based out of Oakland, CA, but you’d never guess it from their spine-tingling vocalizations. This release offers 15 exquisite renderings of the women’s vocal traditions from Eastern Europe. Lushly layered and unforgettably eerie.Jim Ghedi “The Death of Robin Hood Soundtrack” 2026 Almost serendipitously, Jim Ghedi was tapped to provide the soundtrack to Michael Samoski’s new film, starring Hugh Jackman. Typical of Ghedi, it is very dense, dark, and drone-y, the perfect combination for this film. I am torn between the original, What Will Become of England, and the traditional rendering of Twa Corbies, two ravens rendering the body of a slain knight. I’m going with the birds. Favourite Track: Twa Corbies
1. Meadowlandsby Moon Motherfavorite track
World in a Glass JarSwedish dark/doom/psych/folk duo bring us this lushly melancholic offering. There are elements of post rock here and there, and plenty of reverb. The hushed guitar and softened percussion suit the delicate, wistful vocals.
1. The Glorious Abysmalby WILD GODSfavorite track
Carlene’s PinHere is some more delicious, dense, drone-y music, this time out of Scotland. As the title suggests, it is wonderfully dark and gloomy. A trio of long tracks are interspersed with short palate-cleansing entr’actes. Best heard straight through, but chew on Carlene’s Pin to get a good taste.
1. A Blooming Bodyby Cinder Wellfavorite track
Beyond the PaleBleak introspective dark folk, with delicately subdued production. The stories are what matter to multi-instrumentalist Amelia Baker on this release. Confessional and haunting.
1. The Abyssby Flight76favorite track
abyssMulti-instrumentalist/composer Ian Wright’s fourth release of music finds him still in fine classic progressive form. As in the prior release, the performances are stellar, the production impeccable. The Flight 76 project as released is an amalgamation of surviving original recordings, and newly recorded and reimagined tracks, keeping one foot firmly in the past, and another in the present.
1. Fountainby The ThornFormerly known as Large Plants, The Thorn have recently released two singles, and this is the older of the two. They have a lovely sense of psychedelia, melding it with folk rock, in pastoral settings. I hope they plan another full release soon.
1. Shaniko b/w The Valley The Shadowby Michael Trewfavorite track
ShanikoI’m always eager to hear what Michael Trew has come up with, and never disappointed. This is a true single format, with two pieces, both with his wonderfully evocative vocals at the fore, a bit of a retro alt/rock feel. Both are exceptionally moving, but I’m going with the one about the Oregon ghost town, “Shaniko.”