Metal Injection — 10 minutes of beautiful, almost folky metal. The post INSOMNIUM's New Song "Pale Morning Star" Is Downright Majestic appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Metalsucks — Guitarist Markus Vanhala calls it "a miniature version of 'Winter's Gate'," the forty-minute track the band released in 2016. The post Insomnium Release New Song “Pale Morning Star” appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Guardian Music — (Three Lobed Recordings)In the song-filled world of folk reviewing, instrumental records often get lost in the noise. It doesn’t help that calling an instrumental record “folk” is a perilous business, unless it’s stuffed to ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Our romanticized image of the American Primitive-style guitarist is of a solitary figure. We picture him or her alone, hunched over six strings, eyes closed in concentration or reverie, shutting the noise of the world out. On his latest effort, the a... more info

Stereogum — Two years ago, in the same week that the people of the United States of America elected Donald Trump as the new president, the Virginia-based fingerpicking virtuoso Daniel Bachman released a really beautiful self-titled album of instrumental acoustic... more info

Stereogum — Prodigious neo-folk guitarist Daniel Bachman wants to turn over a new leaf. At least, that’s what I’ve gleaned from musings on his upcoming album, The Morning Star. After experiencing changes in his political, physical, and emotional landscape, t... more info

Cross Rhythms — Leamington Spa singer/songwriter Phil Overton raising awareness of Indian charity more info

The Telegraph — Exclusive: The award-winning Irish folk singer performs the old hymnal song Bright Morning Star more info

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Aquarium Drunkard — “Wooly Bully” this is not. Following his departure from Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, Ray Stinnett took off for the Haight in 1967. Shacking up at the Morning Star Ranch with his wife and young son, Stinnett bean sowing the seeds on what would lat... more info