Indie Folk
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Introducing… Dana Margolin
Tender indie folk reflections about life on the way down.
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Introducing… Lisa Michelle Anderson
Americana with extra twang.
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Gregory Douglass returns with ‘Bespoke’, and announces first studio album in a decade
Music's best-kept secret is about to unleash a beast of an album.
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Introducing… Maiah Wynne
Haunted banjos and dulcimers lead the way for a new album.
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Half of Piano Magic formed a new band, and I had no idea
Ghost rock is back.
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Abigail Hubbard – ‘People Watching’ Review
Discovering a trip hop gem, 14 years after its release.
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Introducing… Greenness
Brighton-based duo are a melting pot of rock and folk genres, and DIY ingenuity.
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Higher Plain Music Radio EP.014: Ephemeral Jazzy Tendrils Sliding Through My Folk
A hazy mix of indie folk rock and experimental... choir work?!
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Introducing… Squirrel Flower
The indie folk rocker announces her sixth studio album
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Introducing… Christa Wells
Bridging the gap between medicine and healing music, and indie folk.
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Introducing… Marina Yozora
Balancing intimacy and power through her captivating dream pop music.
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Jesca Hoop – ‘Long Wave Home’ Review
Indie folk that packs a punch through introspection.
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Introducing… Cinder Well
Dark, stark chamber pop that just might veer into metal
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Introducing… Beatrice Deer
Inuit tradition meets modern indie pop.
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Mike Tod’s rendition of ‘Oh, Death’ is this year’s St. Patrick’s Day haunt
A traditional tale told from the devil's crossroads.
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Yaelokre – ‘Composing Colentine’ Review
A fantasy folk tour of escapism and creating bonds.
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Best Alternative Music of 2025 (Mixtape Side B) Released on Higher Plain Music Radio
A wild cantor through the best hidden gems of alternative electronica, folk, and rock from 2025.
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Jesca Hoop announces new album, with clever lead single ‘Designer Citizen’ out now
Politically charged and in search for sanctuary.
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Higher Plain Music Radio returns: Best Alternative Music from 2025 Mixtape (Side A) show released
Human curated playlists for human-created music.
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Introducing… Makk
Yorkshire-based indie folk that focuses on moods and waves of emotion over immediate hooks.
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This Is The Kit – ‘Live at The Minack Theatre’ Review
Folk-rock at its finest.
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Introducing… Felix Antonio
If Bon Iver and Phoebe Bridgers had a French love affair... Felix Antonio might be their love child.
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Jesca Hoop – Selective Memory Review
Reimagining her 2017 album as a sweet, stripped back banjo-rock performance
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Juana Molina announces new album ‘DOGA’ born out of six years of improvisational refinement
The maestro of experimental folktronica is back with her first original album in six years.
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Introducing… Eve Goodman + SERA
Warm, nature folk inspired by the landscapes of North Wales
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Mon Rovîa’s ‘Heavy Foot’ is the protest folk anthem we need
A song for unity and an album about heritage and belonging from the Appalachian folk artist.
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Rapt returns with new single series to serenade you into reverie
Earnest and honest acoustic folk ditties to melt your heart and calm your weary soul - now in a single series format.
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Introducing… Takeda
Welcome to grunge folk... and I love it.
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Kristin McClement returns with new single, and hints at a follow-up to Higher Plain Music’s album of 2015
A new single dedicated a lost friend from the music scene is poetic and dreamlike.
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Introducing… Camilla Wickman
If piano prog rock went on an ancestral retreat to find itself, and the land it came from.
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Introducing… JOSEPH
Bridging the expectation and reality gap as you slide into your 40s with this be-kind-to-yourself indie pop anthem by sister duo JOSEPH.
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Introducing… Dubh Lee
A Cowboy Western of a love triangle introduces the world to Dublin's Lubh Lee.
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Introducing… Tian Qiyi
Border-crossing folk fusion from China to Mongolia to Ireland to the UK, in a truly genre-defying sound.
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Introducing… Alexandra Alden
Sumptuous Mediterranean folk pop from Maltese singer-songwriter and an ex Malta x-factor judge!
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Introducing… The Parachute Testers
Irish folktronica and powerful anthemic chords and vocals launch The Parachute Testers into their forthcoming debut album.
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Tara Nome Doyle – Ekko Review
A beautifully understated and intimate chamber pop tour-de-force about listening to your emotions within.
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Mia June – Brain Like Computer Review
The troubles of being an adult and finding your way are delivered in understated gut punches with Mia June's new EP.
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Rapt – ‘Until The Light Takes Us’ Review
A delicate, quietly confident album on death, love, and coming to terms with both.
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Patrick Wolf announces first album in 13 years – returns with emotional and anthemic single ‘Dies Irae’
In total control, with an emotional tour-de-force for his first album in 13 years.
