Mr. Cat Hair
mrcathair.bsky.social
Mr. Cat Hair
@mrcathair.bsky.social
Trash folk for new coastlines.

New single out now: https://open.spotify.com/track/3vckpZ2lBDnonHnzogu5ze?si=7c731768a9594822

Forever searching for the thread that brings together Silly Wizard, The Specials, Bob Wills, Raymond Scott, and Minor Threat.
Just read the short story "Yellow Coal" by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, in which a scientist invents a method of turning spite into electrical energy. It was written in 1939 but feels like a stinging critique of today's social media ecosystem.
September 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I added tracks from VOŁOSI, Quinie, Obadu, Sooz X, and Maniucha Bikont to my Forward Folk playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/5uf...
Mr. Cat Hair's Forward Folk Mix
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June 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Million-dollar idea:

Flamin' Hot Neosporin
June 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I woke up with this song in my head, for some reason.
youtu.be/VMA0e5QhUhA?...
I'm A Stranger Here Myself
YouTube video by Mary Martin - Topic
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May 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I added a few recent finds from Cédric Dind-Lavoie, Filkin's Drift, Odpoczno, Naaljos Ljom, and Krenadenn to my Forward Folk playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/5uf...
Mr. Cat Hair's Forward Folk Mix
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May 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I'm loving this EP from Cédric Dind-Lavoie. It's new orchestrations atop old recordings of Quebecois musicians. RIYL Disintegration Loops, The Caretaker, and the Ravenous soundtrack. youtu.be/eR-vSZTKgUg?...
Un matin je me lève
YouTube video by Cédric Dind-Lavoie - Topic
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May 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I added some recent discoveries to my Forward Folk playlist. Check out tunes by KJELTRING, @counivers.bsky.social, Janick Martin trio, @sataniquesambatrio.bsky.social, and Psygnozo. open.spotify.com/playlist/5uf...
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April 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I added songs by @revulvauk.bsky.social, Vaev, La Ciguë, crnds, and Fransy to the Forward Folk playlist. Have a listen, support the artists you like, and let me know if you've heard anything that should be on this playlist! open.spotify.com/playlist/5uf...
Mr. Cat Hair's Forward Folk Mix
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April 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I just released another single in my series of Casio-inspired junky folk music. This time, I mangled a couple of English tunes: open.spotify.com/album/4OvmLZ...
Shepton Mallet Hornpipe / Radstock Jig
Mr. Cat Hair · Single · 2025 · 1 songs
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March 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I added tracks by OSSO (oscillateurs sonneurs), @tanxugueiras.bsky.social, Otim Alpha, Harry Gorski-Brown, and Skrekk & Guro to my Forward Folk playlist. Recommendations for future additions are always welcome!

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March 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I'm digging the new Gelbart:
youtu.be/-qB7KztvtNo?...
Gelbart - Weeping Monolith (Official Video)
YouTube video by Egglike Records
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March 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Over the last 10 or 15 years, I kind of lost track of music coming out of Brittany, France. Anyone heard anything interesting from that region lately?
youtu.be/dBSVFllE26M?...
Swingavotte: La gavotte du genre
YouTube video by Régis Huiban - Topic
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March 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Just made my first-ever call to my representative in Congress. Let's see if I can make this a daily habit.
March 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Trying to push back against the darkness with some good music. I updated my Forward Folk mix with a few new tracks by Antonis Antoniou, Milkweed, @yokopwno.bsky.social, Fleuves, and OMIRI. Links to support these artists directly are in the comments below.
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March 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I think I need some King Ganam this morning.
youtu.be/KmXitn-111g?...
King Ganam - Alberta Stomp
YouTube video by Golden Age Media
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March 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
For obvious reasons, we seem to be in a new golden age for really great doomy, droney folk music. I'm wondering, though, if anyone is also making any upbeat, dancing-on-the-precipice, party-at-ground-zero folk music.
February 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I added songs by Super Parquet, MAZ, @heatherferrier.bsky.social, rhizottome, and KAIFO to my Forward Folk playlist. If you know of other artists around the world who are doing interesting things with their musical traditions, let me know! (Bandcamp links below.)
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February 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I briefly played in a band with the drummer from a Swedish rap metal band, and he introduced me to the incredible pianist Jan Johansson, who drew much inspiration from Swedish folk music. Here's a good one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2U2...
The Jan Johansson Quintet: LAPP NILS POLSKA
YouTube video by AfroPoli
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February 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I made a mix of my favorite artists doing interesting things with world folk traditions, with tracks by Le Mange Bal, Kosmos G, Remorae, Frankie Archer, Synth Widow, Louis Michot, Turfu, Amy Thatcher & Francesca Knowles, Poolidor, Mark Dormin, and Hevelwood: open.spotify.com/playlist/5uf...
Mr. Cat Hair's Forward Folk Mix
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February 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I just released some music into the world today. If you dig La Bolduc, Bellowhead, The Specials, and junky keyboards, maybe give it a listen.
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Trashed at the Bottom of the Stairs, by Mr. Cat Hair
track by Mr. Cat Hair
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February 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Sometime in the '80s, a European colleague gave my dad a tape of music by Jean Michel-Jarre. I loved that futuristic synth stuff back then but ditched it when I discovered punk. I've been revisiting Jarre recently and just fell in love with this amazing bit of cheese: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YiC...
Magnetic Fields, Pt. 5
YouTube video by Jean-Michel Jarre - Topic
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February 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Loving Lucrecia Dalt's ¡Ay! It's like she filtered a '50s exotica band through a late Tom Waits album.
youtu.be/7go4E689iJw?...
Dicen
YouTube video by Lucrecia Dalt - Topic
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February 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Amazing Turkish guitar twang in 9/8! This song was an entry in the Silver Microphone contest, a music competition held in Turkey in the '60s.
February 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Shades of Perrey and Kingsley on this track by Gelbart:
youtu.be/1ydtpNHXP6E?...
Echoville
YouTube video by Gelbart - Topic
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January 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM