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Upupayāma 'The Golden Pond'
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Review: Upupayāma ‘The Golden Pond’

6th December 202218th January 2023 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Cardinal Fuzz Records, Centripetal Force Records, Folk, Psych, Upupayāma

The first time I came across Italian psych acid folk, multi-instrumentalist Alessio Ferrari aka Upupa Rot, whose name shortly changed

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Cave Dweller 'Invocations'
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Review: Cave Dweller ‘Invocations’

28th November 202228th December 2022 Dave Bowes Aesthetic Death, Ambient, Cave Dweller, Folk

The idea of the acoustic/folk side gig is hardly a new one to the extent that if you don’t have

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Tau & The Drones Of Praise 'Misneach'
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Review: Tau & The Drones Of Praise ‘Misneach’

31st October 202212th December 2022 Rob Walsh Folk, Glitterbeat Records, Tau & The Drones Of Praise

‘I am tree… you who would pass me by… and you would raise your hand against me…. remember that I

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Benjamin Tod 'Songs I Swore I'd Never Sing'
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Review: Benjamin Tod ‘Songs I Swore I’d Never Sing’

27th September 20229th December 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Benjamin Tod, Country, Folk

Benjamin Tod, frontman of the acclaimed country outfit Lost Dog Street Band has lived more in his 32 years on

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Tyler Hood 'The Magnolia Sessions'
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Review: Tyler Hood ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

23rd September 20229th December 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions, Tyler Hood

After a six-month hiatus the much vaunted The Magnolia Sessions from Anti Corporate Records returns for its third series. The

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Tyler Hood - Photo by Ericka Poore
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Premiere: Tyler Hood ‘Bulldoze My Love’ – Taken From The Latest ‘The Magnolia Sessions’ That Releases Today

9th September 20229th December 2022 Lee Edwards Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions, Tyler Hood

After a six-month wait since the release of Jade Brodie and her The Magnolia Sessions, we at The Shaman are

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Garden Of Worm 'Endless Garden'
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Review: Garden Of Worm ‘Endless Garden’

26th August 202230th September 2022 Rob Bryant Doom, Folk, Garden Of Worm, Nasoni Records, Pariah Child Records, Prog

Garden Of Worm is a Finnish trio, apparently named after a King Crimson song. Endless Garden is their album number

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Heilung 'Drif'
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Review: Heilung ‘Drif’

19th August 202223rd September 2022 Tom Hanno Folk, Heilung, Norse, Season Of Mist

Formed in 2014, Heilung, Danish for ‘Healing’, has already released two studio records, Ofnir and Futha, and one of the

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Premiere: Garden Of Worm ‘Heart’s Waste’ – Taken From New Album ‘Endless Garden’

11th July 202215th August 2022 Lee Edwards Doom, Folk, Garden Of Worm, Nasoni Records, Pariah Child Records, Prog

After a seven-year itch, and a line-up change for Finland’s Garden Of Worm since the release of their sophomore album

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Marissa Nadler - Photo by Kristin Cofer
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Video Premiere: Marissa Nadler ‘Sad Cinderella’ – Taken From ‘Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol. III’

16th June 202227th July 2022 Lee Edwards Amenra, Cave In, Country, Folk, Marissa Nadler, My Proud Mountain, Neurot Recordings, Townes Van Zandt, Various Artists

At Shaman HQ we have a long-standing history with the singer songwriter Townes Van Zandt. Since its inception back in

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Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol III
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Review: Various Artists ‘Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol. III’

8th June 202215th July 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Amenra, Cave In, Country, Folk, Marissa Nadler, My Proud Mountain, Neurot Recordings, Townes Van Zandt, Various Artists

Time and circumstance have meant that it has been a long time since the last entry in the My Proud

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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