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.
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.