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Today's mori music find, Jean Ritchie, is a bit more vintage than usual. Jean Ritchie was an American-Appalachian folk singer who passed away in 2015, but her music is timeless. She sang all kinds of folk music, both American and English, and played many different instruments, such as the Appalachian mountain dulcimer which she is the most famous for, and the acoustic guitar. She also wrote some of her own works, such as the lovely song "Black Waters" which talks about about mountain top removal in the Appalachian mountains. I highly recommend her album "Mountain Hearth and Home" (which can be found on spotify to stream) that contains some of her best recordings. Have you heard of Jean Ritchie? If so, how did you like her music? If not, I hope you enjoy!

Today's Mori Music Find is Gabrielle Aplin. She is an English singer-songwriter who gained notoriety through her youtube covers, and later started to publish her own music. A friend of mine introduced me to her music a while back, and I love the soft, relaxing feel of her work. Also, her voice is quite unique, and lovely to listen to! Have you heard of Gabrielle Aplin? If so, how did you like her music? If not, I hope you enjoy!

Mori kei fashion and minimalism seems like exact opposites, I know. I've had so many people ask me how you can possibly combine the two. In fact, there are some who don't think it's possible. However, I believe that it is possible, and I'd like to propose to you just how to do it. I'm splitting this up into two options, which I'm calling the moderate approach, and the capsule wardrobe approach. This post will focus on the moderate approach, and in another post I'll take a look at the caspule wardrobe option. So, first, let's tackle the elephant in the room. Mori kei fashion takes a lot of clothing to pull off. It's a lot of layers, and a lot of clothing to own. Even if you wear a casual mori kei style all of the time, you will still have more clothing than the average person. So no matter what you end up deciding to do with your clothing, as someone who wears mori kei you will always have more clothes than the average minimalist. There's no...

I have another instagram spotlight for you all today! This time I'm looking at _cinamontea_ and daughter_of_the_woods. To start off, I'd like to introduce my smaller user first, _cinnomontea_. Along with having a lovely instagram feed, she is also a lovely person overall. Her posts are a mix of pastel and mori kei inspired photos, and have a dreamy, soft, ethereal feel. I've followed her instagram for quite a while, and it never fails to inspire! An outfit, the skirt and sweater are from a vintage shop and the accessories are handmade ✨ A post shared by 🌸 Laurie 🌸 (@_cinnamontea_) on Jun 5, 2016 at 11:10am PDT A post shared by 🌸 Laurie 🌸 (@_cinnamontea_) on May 23, 2016 at 12:19pm PDT ☕️💕 A post shared by 🌸 Laurie 🌸 (@_cinnamontea_) on Oct 25, 2015 at 2:10am PDT Lovely day out at the botanics today 🌸🌿 A post shared by 🌸 Laurie 🌸 (@_cinnamontea_) on Sep 16, 2015 at 7:51am PDT Last years holidays...

Hello everyone! Today's music post is a bit different. Instead of focusing on one artist, I chose to include a handful of songs from various places that all have a mori sound to them. I hope you enjoy all of them, and find a few new songs that you haven't heard of before. Happy listening! Down Today by Jonathan Coulton (Live Version) Follow On (Cover) by Broken Lens Productions Animal Crossing, Rainy Day (Harp Cover) by Samantha Ballard Rainbow Love Letter 虹色ラブレター by Isayama Mutsumi 諫山実生 Take Us to Lithuania by YeYe (Live) La Jument de Michao by Nolwenn Leroy