Sadly, our computer at Hearth Music central is pretty sucky, so we don't watch nearly as many videos as we would like. But we still find time to pick out some good uns, and the recent crop of cool indie folk bands have been a bonanza of goodness. So clear your cache, close your tabs, slip on your headphones, and waste some time with us!

Cahalen Morrison & Eli West at KEXP: Of course, you all know by now how much we love this roots duo, but we're not the only ones! Check out these great videos from their live in studio at KEXP. And if you want to just listen to the in studio, here's the link.

Cahalen Morrison & Eli West: On God's Rocky Shore
 

Cahalen Morrison & Eli West: Jealous Sea
 

Campfire OK: We just fell in love with this folk ensemble from Seattle. They have a great campfire singalong vibe, but with a more indie attitude. Plus their videos are absolutely endearing. Have a listen to their music. The video is from Christian Sorensen Hansen, a Seattle-based filmmaker whose work is just gorgeous and looks to be defining a Northwest video aesthetic. Check him out.

Campfire Ok at Oddfellows from Christian Sorensen Hansen on Vimeo.

Charlene Kaye & The Brilliant Eyes: Big thanks to our buddies over at Driftwood Magazine for passing on this great video. Driftwood is a new blog/online magazine that absorbed most of the writers from Dirty Linen when that august folk mag collapsed. We don't know much about Charlene Kaye, but we've heard the classic Brit-folk song Mad Tom of Bedlam about a million times. It's that good for a reason, and their video brings in some great outside influences like swing dance and cabaret torch singing. Fun! Listen to her music @ Bandcamp.

Charlene Kaye & The Brilliant Eyes: Mad Tom of Bedlam

The Heavy: Ok, this one really isn't too folk. It just kicks so much ass! The Heavy are a new band out of the UK. Not sure what kind of music really, but we are completely in love with this track. We listen to it over and over and over. In fact, we like it so much, we think you should just watch the video. You can buy this killer track from the Live at KEXP Volume 6 album.

The Heavy: How You Like Me Now?

 
 

Baths: We've got NO idea who this band is or what kind of music this is, but goddamn this is a super AMAZING video. Mental note: add wounded samurais and NW forests to every video we work with from now on.