Folk Music: Sourcing the best New Vinyl Releases & Reissues at STPR

Compilation of fiddle music on 78rpm discs recorded across the world from Crete to Madagascar, Mexico, England, Sicily, Norway, India, the USA, China and more.

Various / The Secret Museum of Mankind - Atlas of Instruments: Fiddles, Vol. 1

£18.99

Smithsonian Folkways Sarah Webster Fabio - Together to the Tune of Coltrane's "Equinox"

This collection of poems by Sarah Webster Fabio and Deniake on Smithsonian Folkways is an example of Fabio’s affinity for combining poetry with music.

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Sarah Webster Fabio - Together to the Tune of Coltrane's "Equinox"

£21.99

Smithsonian Folkways Sarah Webster Fabio - Jujus/Alchemy of the Blues: Poems by Sarah Webster Fabio

Accompanied by her children/house band also known as "Don’t Fight the Feeling", this Smithsonian Folkways LP is a sophisticated combination of poetry and music.

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Sarah Webster Fabio - Jujus/Alchemy of the Blues: Poems by Sarah Webster Fabio

£21.99

Chapter Music release the first ever vinyl reissue of Finally, a classic overview of Connecticut songwriting icon Kath Bloom’s 1990s recordings.

Kath Bloom - Finally (Clear Vinyl)

£23.99

Sony Music Entertainment Bob Dylan - Desire

Careening between surging folk-rock, Mideastern dirges, skipping pop, and epic narratives. A rambling, sprawling, charming record.

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Bob Dylan - Desire

£23.99

Drag City John Fahey - Proofs and Refutations

Recorded circa 1995/96, mostly in John Fahey’s room at a Salem, the performances here prefigure the ornery turn of the page that marked Fahey’s final years.

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John Fahey - Proofs and Refutations

£21.99

Pink Vinyl. Perfectly capture the chaos, humour and excitement of the band’s recent live shows.

The Mary Wallopers - Irish Rock N Roll (Pink Vinyl)

£25.99

Straight from the mold of Ella Jenkins and Woody Guthrie, the duo sings about the importance of friendship, understanding, and taking care of your body.

Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs - Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children

£22.99

The multi-camera filming features detailed close-ups of Fahey’s playing style giving fans a rare insight.

John Fahey - 1978 Live At Audimax Hamburg

£9.99

Trading Places Sandy Bull - Live In San Francisco Late 1969

The previously unreleased Live In San Francisco features bluesy electric ‘Memphis, Tennessee’ and ‘Instrumental Blues,’ classic morsels of Bull wizardry.

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Sandy Bull - Live In San Francisco Late 1969

£27.99

Limited Art print edition, reissued as part of ‘Bert Jansch 80’, celebrating the enduring legacy of Bert Jansch’s peerless guitar playing and songwriting.

Bert Jansch – Avocet (Art Print Edition)

£27.99

Includes 20-page booklet. France, early sixties: the Mouvement de l'École moderne is in full bloom.

Various - Prends Le Temps D'ecouter

£23.99

Mexican Summer Hayden Pedigo - The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored (Green Vinyl)

The Happiest Times finds Hayden crashing the New Age guitar of Windham Hill and John Renbourn into the art provocations of Harmony Korine.

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Hayden Pedigo - The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored (Green Vinyl)

£21.99

"Instruments used are electric guitar, homemade lap-steel & 78-rpm record samples."

Nathan Salsburg - Landwerk

£21.99

Supernatural Thing is an open-hearted, inviting album, featuring First Aid Kit, Shovels and Rope, Scott McMicken, Neko Case, Jim James and others.

M. Ward - Supernatural Thing

£26.99

Free poster! Moments so fluidly encompassing of a wide range of musics from classical to Japanese acid folk and elsewhere.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You + POSTER

£23.99

Limited Rose Vinyl. Free poster! Moments so fluidly encompassing of a wide range of musics from classical to Japanese acid folk and elsewhere.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You (Rose Vinyl) + POSTER

£25.99

Night Bloom Records Kacey Johansing - Year Away

Kacey Johansing’s latest album Year Away is released via Night Bloom Records.

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Kacey Johansing - Year Away

£23.99

Voix Records Ben Chasny & Rick Tomlinson - Waves

6 instrumental tracks that capture beautifully fluid and interlocking guitars played with deft grace and skill but also a subtle looseness.

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Ben Chasny & Rick Tomlinson - Waves

£24.99

Limited edition 180gr LP. This is the third album by the British folk rock band Fairport Convention and their second LP released in 1969.

Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking

£25.99

Shadow Kingdom presents Dylan performing revelatory 21st century versions of songs from his storied back catalog.

Bob Dylan - Shadow Kingdom

£34.99

One of the most important voices in British folk music Shirley Collins returns with Archangel Hill, her third album for Domino.

Shirley Collins - Archangel Hill

£23.99

The debut solo album from the influential British folk-rock pioneer Richard Thompson.

Richard Thompson - Henry The Human Fly

£26.99

Sunset Blvd Gene Clark & Carla Olson - So Rebellious A Lover (Blue Vinyl)

Limited Blue Vinyl. Olson's strident and powerful vocals mesh beautifully with Clark's slightly world-weary, soulful performances.

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Gene Clark & Carla Olson - So Rebellious A Lover (Blue Vinyl)

£31.99