Penelope Antena grew up —largely in Belgium, sometimes in France— as the daughter of two musicians; forever surrounded by instruments and gear. She always made music, and had a long history in bands…

When Melbourne songwriter Juice Webster came to settling on a title for her debut album, she chose her birth name, Julia.

Webster figured it fitting, given the LP is a personal work…

After the release of 2017's In The Garden, In The Night, their second EP under the name Strawberry Runners, songwriter Emi Night stepped away from making music.

"It was a personal choice,"…

In making her third album, Echo The Diamond, Margaret Glaspy had two goals: make it as live as possible, and put the guitar up front.

"The vibe was: let's get in there…

The third solo album from Big Thief's Buck Meek is called Haunted Mountain.

Its title track, co-written with Jolie Holland (who's also called her own new album Haunted Mountain), is a…

Shaun Blackwell was living in London during the 2020 lockdown. The New Zealand musician had a long history in his homeland —playing in bands like John The Baptist and Big River Chain— and…

With her delicate, atmospheric, sometimes psychedelic take on folk music, Irish singer-songwriter Brigid Mae Power has issued a string of albums filled with poetic lyrics.

From her self-titled 2016 LP through 2020's Head…

Susanne Sundfør's newly-issued sixth album, blómi, takes its name from an Old Norse word meaning 'to bloom'. In making the record, the Norwegian songwriter wanted to create a "botanic world", where each…

"I never once considered doing this like I'm doing this," says Esther Rose.

The songwriter —a long-time resident of New Orleans, recently relocated to Santa Fe— grew up making up songs in her…

Gisela Fullà-Silvestre, the Barcelona-born, New York-based producer who records as NOIA, spends her days working as a sound designer and composer for film and television.

Her job informs the music she makes with…