Furling
Furling moves through the breadth of Meg’s musical fascinations and the environments around them—edges of memory, daydreams spanning years, loose ends, divergent paths, secret conversations under stars—all led by a stirring, singular voice calling experience and enlightenment, elation, and ecstasy into bloom.
Largely centered on the piano, the songwriter’s first solo album in eight years is wistful, heady, and mesmerizing.
Discover Furling by Meg Baird released in 2023. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
A true main-stay of West Coast experimental folk music, Meg Baird has a slim but potent solo catalogue. A founder member of hugely influential freak folk
Expanding her sonic canvas, the American singer-songwriter’s first solo album in seven years is well worth the wait
Meg Baird – Furling: a haunting mix of traditional and contemporary folk which rewards repeat listen, finds Janne Oinonen
Meg Baird’s ‘Furling’ blends English folk, American roots music, and shades of trip-hop in ways that are both heady and nebulous.
The challenge with Meg Baird is keeping up with her, especially since her new album, Furling is in many ways unlike anything she has done before.
Few artists can conjure the feeling of hovering just above a sunlit sea, perhaps with an autumnal breeze tussling your hair, as adeptly as Meg Baird. Over several solo albums since departing her experimental, psych-leaning band Espers, Baird has carved out a lovely little spot for herself amidst the singer-songwriter set. Blending in sparkling wisps