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https://www.laviezine.com/1655320/joy-oladokuns-enthralling-london-live-show-captured-in-illustrations-features/ Joy Oladokun’s Enthralling London Live Show – Captured In Illustrations | Features #JoyOladokun #London

Album Recommendations – October 2026

I’ve given up on trying to regularly write reviews of new albums, but I still want to share albums I enjoyed.  Below are several new (and new-ish) albums – no ratings, no criticism – just music I enjoy listening to and hope you will too.

Album: From Kolkata to Dublin 
Artist: Cedar Dobson and Debojyoti Sanyal
Genre: Traditional Music
Release Date: March 23, 2026
Label: Cedar Dobson Music
Favorite Tracks:

• Harvest Home
• Toss the Feathers
• Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór

I’m a sucker for cultural exchange in music, and this album is a simple blend of Irish trad and Indian classical music which proves that tin whistles and tabla just sound good together.

Album: Perennial
Artist: Modernism
Genre: Art Punk
Release Date: September 18, 2026
Label: Ernest Jenning Record Co.
Favorite Tracks:

• Modernism
• The Beat Scene
• Baby, Are You Abstract?

Perennial are an experimental retro-punk outfit who originated in Connecticut.  Modernism is a 9-song collection of short, catchy, dance-punk explosions.

Album: Violins
Artist: Blondshell
Genre: Indie Rock
Release Date: September 25, 2026
Label: Partisan Records
Favorite Tracks:

• Heart Has to Work So Hard
• Lucky
• Stone Fruit
• New Age Trojan Horse
• Fur Elise

Blondshell (a.k.a. Sabrina Teitelbaum) is a Panorama of the Mountains favorite, returning with a follow-up to last year’s If You Asked for a Picture.

Album: Hope is a Heavy Thing
Artist: Joy Oladokun
Genre: Folk
Release Date: September 24, 2026
Label: Concord Records
Favorite Tracks:

• Raised by Radio (A Reintroduction)
• TOGIAIM
• Toothache
• Don’t Call Me Baby!
• Die Young
• Time Is a River

Singer/songwriter Joy Oladokun’s sixth album continues her tradition of literary lyrics that speak to the heart of the matter.

Album: Little Storms
Artist: Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground
Genre: Bluegrass
Release Date: October 2, 2026
Label: Adhyâropa Records
Favorite Tracks:

• The Harbor Walk
• Whiskey, Boys
• Ships at Sea
• Across the Great Divide

Despite being far from Appalachia and not particularly mountainous, the greater Boston area features an excellent contemporary bluegrass scene.  This now includes the quintet Fine Ground lead by mandolin virtuoso Ethan Setiawan on their debut album.

Hope Is A Heavy Thing – Joy Oladokun

https://link.deezer.com/s/34uYW1LYCIgbFnCmXkrSR

#music #JoyOladokun

How we’re avoiding the start of “Monterey Car Week” traffic this eve.

Hard to say whether it was the bike ride, the music now cranked up, or the edible flowers that perked us up and gave our weary self the energy needed to fix supper now. All are such a boost to our well being!

#MusicAsMedicine #JoyOladokun #Nature #Music #Gardening #Cycling

I saw God out on the block today
He was darker than the preachers say
With a teardrop tattooed on his face
And dirt on his fingers
I heard angels when he laughed the way
That people do when they have known true pain
For his sins I don't know who's to blame
What choice was he givin'?
In this world that we're livin'

When I see you
I see love
I see America
I feel your pain
I share your blood
I see America

- #joyoladokun

https://youtu.be/9tawvCUFawk

Joy writes music like in the way that Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom writes prose:

"... if you can make something beautiful enough to read, beautiful enough to engage with, if it is rhythmic, if it is poetic, if the prose affects people, I find that they can slip into having a difficult learning experience without realizing it.

And once people are in that space, human nature really does want to usually figure it out. But you have to get people to the space of safe curiosity.”

#joyoladokun

#joyoladokun has a new single coming out Friday called "Zombie"

"'zombie' is about how easy it is to feel stuck and lonely in the age of information overload. it’s the first chapter of new music from my upcoming album."

Apparently TikTok is the place she's releasing teasers - I don't have an account there, but was at least able to watch this without one.

https://www.tiktok.com/@joyoladokun/video/7634210427391544590

It's your typical Joy song - so beautiful and so bloody hard at the same time.

In 'Everywhere Isn't Texas,' August Ponthier sings for queer Texans who stay

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/music/august-ponthier-texas-album

In 'Everywhere Isn't Texas,' August Ponthier sings for queer Texans who stay

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/music/august-ponthier-texas-album

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix

Joy Oladokun:
🎵 Nothing Comes Easy

#JoyOladokun

https://joyoladokun.bandcamp.com/album/nothing-comes-easy

https://open.spotify.com/track/1DTsVhtb0tUaYncdT5yT6W

Joy Oladokun song hits hard in these moments.

I really needed to hear this today.

https://youtu.be/YlRyD2mcyII

#MusicVideo #m_music #JoyOladokun

Yesterday #joyoladokun released a new single.

I highly recommend listening, it's a song for the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlRyD2mcyII

Don’t take it heavy
On your good shoulders
We circle back round the sun every day
Don’t take it on you
It’s just the cold truth
Nothing comes easy
Except for pain

This is Chaos:

#miniaussie #dogsofmastodon #chaosaussiesauce

He adopted me March of 2025 - and his name comes from the chorus of a #joyoladokun song.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SteveLamacq googly eyes, Joy Oladokun & Allison Ponthier: 🎵 Jesus and John Wayne #6music #googlyeyes #JoyOladokun #AllisonPonthier ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SteveLamacq googly eyes, Joy Oladokun & Allison Ponthier: 🎵 Jesus and John Wayne #6music #googlyeyes #JoyOladokun #AllisonPonthier ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

Originally an indie folk artist focused on ballads, Joy Oladokun has been adopting elements of rock, gospel and soul, expanding her sound and her reach in the process.

Find out more about her music at https://thepropagandasite.com/artist/joy-oladokun

#music #musicdiscovery #tPsThrowback #JoyOladokun

Sweet Symphony by Joy Oladokun and Chris Stapleton Custom Melody Music Box

#JoyOladokun #ChrisStapleton #SweetSymphony #MusicGift #MusicBox

#musicyoushouldhear

Tuesday #musictherapy by #JoyOladokun
https://youtu.be/ZXbANFn36gw

Musical Interlude: This song came into my head today and wouldn't leave until I paid it some attention. Not someone I listen to regularly, but it plays on a local college station a lot, and it IS a damn nice tune. Something to listen to while spending time with a loved one.

"Purple Haze," performed by Joy Oladokun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDxqwi9JD0

#MusicalInterlude #JoyOladokun #PurpleHaze #FolkMusic #Acoustic

#JoyOladokun: We’re All Gonna #Die.

With her new #record #ProofOfLife, the #altfolk #guitarist and #singer-#songwriter wrestles with #mortality and #change, and emerges #triumphant and #hopeful.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Music #Representation #Culture

https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/guitarists/joy-oladokun

One very amazing show from the amazing Joy Oladokun and her band. I am so grateful for her voice and for her truth.

#joyoladokun #proofoflife #indefenseofmyownhappiness

#JoyOladokun Extends ‘#LivingProof’ #Headlining #Tour

The #dates include shows at #Dallas’ #KesslerTheater, #Austin's #ScootInn, and more.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Music #Pride #Representation #Culture https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/joy-oladokun-living-proof-headlining-tour/

Joy Oladokun: Proof of Life https://joyoladokunproofoflife.bandcamp.com/album/proof-of-life-explicit #JoyOladokun #Bandcamp #music #RB #folk #pop #singersongwriter

REVIEW: TJ Squire takes us on a track-by-track deep dive of Joy Oladokun's new album Proof of Life. Oladokun transcends musical genre to bring us messages of joy, hope, and what it really means to be human.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/review-joy-oladokun-proof-of-life/

#QueerCountry #Americana #FolkMusic #QueerMusic #NonBinaryMusic #LGBQMusic #JoyOladokun

Joy Oladokun’s new album Proof of Life dropped!

This one is definitely on repeat today:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/proof-of-life/1670768842

#proofoflife #joyoladokun

Joy Oladokun is one of my favorite new artists. She released her new album today and it's so good!

Stream 'Proof of Life' by #JoyOladokun: https://album.link/i/1670768842

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3LA6S2IyvE

Get your NEW queer country+ tunes by

Jayli Wolf
Brandy Clark
The Aquadolls
Joy Oladokun
Sam Buck
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Chris Housman
Allison Russell
Autumn Sky Hall

(See link in bio for Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal links!)

#QueerCountry #CountryMusic #Americana #FolkMusic #JoyOladokun #BrandyClark #AllisonRussell #RainbowKittenSurprise #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusic

2023's set of bi-monthly playlists has started off more poppy that anticipated. https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/ca028/pl.u-LeM3S233bga

In January and February I listened to a lot of #Samia, #CarolinePolachek, #Paramore, #Fireworks, #BradenBales, #FallOutBoy, and #JoyOladokun

Retro dives include #Squeeze, #VashtiBunyan, and #TheSugarcubes

even when i'm tired and low / there is gold in this /
river that is carrying me home

beautiful new tune & vid from #JoyOladokun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3LA6S2IyvE

#musicyoushouldhear

Monday #musictherapy by #JoyOladokun
https://youtu.be/V3LA6S2IyvE