Photo courtesy of JustFolk
Track listing:
- Look What You’ve Done
- So Much
- Can’t Stop Your Dreams
- Midwestern Girl
- Rivertown
- All I Really Want
- Coma Tonight
- Say Goodbye
- Never Too Late
- Don’t Turn The Lights Out
- Protest to Survive
- Dirty Sky
- What Was I Thinking
Listen or purchase the album via Bandcamp.
Folk Rock trio JustFolk released a new compilation titled, The Best of JustFolk 2012-2025, showcasing their crucial songs in sequential order. The group’s integral sound is set in their love of classical musical lineage, from The Beatles and Neil Young to Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty. JustFolk present a creative sound that is inviting and warm to all fans of music.
Made up of songwriter Todd Kolod (guitar, vocals), Manolo Diaz (electric guitar, and Steven Gores (keyboard, JustFolk have released 4 full-length albums. The songs highlighted on The Best of JustFolk 2012-2025 were recorded in Ibiza, Spain, and Helena, Montana.
Todd Kolod notes: “JustFolk is a studio band that I formed in 2012 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. I wrote the music and lyrics and sang unpolished lead vocals often with a John Lennon-esque double track boost. The songs are about love, life and death. I am the only amateur. The rest of the band is made up of professionals. Thank God! We published 4 albums and several singles for 13 years. Our previous album “Grounded” is a hopeful concept album about death and dying. Though the band has now officially retired, I was proud of what we had accomplished. In 2015 I moved to Ibiza, Spain. We continued to record with musicians in Minnesota and Montana. Sadly our music is known to only a few. The Best of JustFolk 2012-2025 is an opportunity to give the world a second chance. I cut my teeth on the Beatles and came of age with Neil Young. As an adult I was inspired by Jeff Lynne’s production. These were my guides. I always searched for vocal and instrumental hooks. The more the merrier.”
The songs on this albums contain all the musical influences of folk, pop/rock, and the 1970s rock tranquil ability to draw the listener in. Favorite songs on this compilation: “Look What You’ve Done,” “So Much,” “Say Goodbye,” and “What Was I Thinking.”
Kolod has written 70 songs in 70 years. Hailing from Las Vegas, Nevada, he started with the Daddy-Doo Band (2003-2009) and now with JustFolk (2012-2025). This release marks the band’s official retirement.
More information on the band can be found at the following:
Websites:
Bandcamp: https://justfolk.bandcamp.com/album/best-of-justfolk-2012-2025
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/45RB9VW6WeDQMZC1udGAyY
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@toddkolod