Various Artists – Weirdlore: Notes from the Folk Underground – review

(Folk Police Recordings)It used to be called psych folk or acid folk, but Ian Anderson, the editor of fRoots magazine, has now decided it should be known as "weirdlore". Whatever you chose to call it, this is the quirky, spooky or experimental acoustic style that has its roots back in the late 60s and 70s, and those global fusion pioneers the Incredible String Band. The rebranding is a good excuse for an intriguing if uneven compilation featuring 18 very different current exponents, including An...

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