SoCal singer-songwriter Kaz Murphy digs into the roots of folk and Americana on OLD PROTEST RECORDS, turning a love of old protest songs into something loose, earthy and distinctly his own. Acoustic guitar sits at the centre, surrounded by fiddle, mandolin and a touch of bluegrass warmth, giving the track the feeling of an old record playing somewhere on a wooden porch. Murphy has been making music for decades, moving through folk, art-rock, country and anti-folk, and that history comes through in the relaxed storytelling and lived-in character of his voice. OLD PROTEST RECORDS is less about polished nostalgia than keeping an old musical language alive, with Murphy weaving fragments of the songs that shaped him into a new, flowing piece. It feels weathered, human and slightly ragged around the edges — exactly where this kind of folk song belongs.
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