A year on from the success of the Iron Horse album written about cycling, Mary Erskine has kept the Me For Queen name but gone solo for her new EP, Who I Am and What I Am For, due out…
Video Premiere | Me For Queen – Slow Train
by Ian Parker •
Album | Seth Lakeman – Ballads of the Broken Few
by Joe Sweeting •
Ballads of the Broken Few, Seth Lakeman’s eight solo album, sees the folk troubadour align himself with the Wildwood Kin, based in Devon, and whose voices add harmonies and warmth to the record. ‘Silence Reigns’ is a great example of…
Live | Mogwai @ Coventry Cathedral
by For Folk's Sake •
Although June’s show in Hiroshima perhaps pipped it, filmmaker Mark Cousins and Mogwai couldn’t have chosen a better setting for the screening of Atomic, Living In Dread And Promise than Coventry Cathedral, which was decimated by Nazi airstrikes in 1940…
Album | Wilco – Schmilco
by Dominic J Stevenson •
Wilco, despite being 10 albums into their career, are still a band to hang your hopes on. They’re not your typical band, most don’t make it this far, and the band’s past clearly reflects why these 6 guys still exist…
Exclusive | Munro Fox – William (I Feel Ordinary) (Acoustic Version)
by Ian Parker •
Munro Fox are a collaboration between experimentalist Adam Stark, ex-Goldheart Assembly man John Herbert and academic Tom Barton. Last month they put out their debut album Last Chance Radio, a tender, delicate record to warm the heart as the nights…
Premiere | The Wave Pictures – Pool Hall
by Ian Parker •
Dave Tattersall has weird dreams. We know this because the Wave Pictures have a new album on the way, and apparently Bamboo Diner In The Rain is set “in the Bamboo Diner of my dreams, with rain beating on the…
Live | For Folk’s Sake @ #Blogtober Preview
by Duncan Martin •
The good people at Lost In The Manor are running a month-long festival under the banner #Blogtober. This will feature live music every night in October at The Finsbury in London, with each night curated by a different music blog…
Live | Together The People 2016
by For Folk's Sake •
Together the People festival returned to Brighton’s Preston Park on 3rd and 4th September for its second year. The Saturday began with some high pitched children’s entertainment on the main stage, which we consciously avoided. Instead, we made our way…
Interview | ‘Let the backlash begin’ – The Drive-By Truckers tackle a divided America
by Ian Parker •
“I just got back from the gym,” Mike Cooley says with a laugh as he answers his phone. “I’m trying to get in shape because when we go out and do this, we might have to run if they try…
Live | Dan Owen @ St. Pancras Old Church, London
by For Folk's Sake •
On a warm September evening we entered the beautiful and intimate confines of St Pancras Old Church. Here we were greeted by Irish singer-songwriter Eve Belle who kicked off the night with her lyrically driven whispy tones, alongside the gentle…
Album | Local Natives – Sunlit Youth
by For Folk's Sake •
In seven years Local Natives have come a long way from the homemade, handmade vibe of Gorilla Manor to the slicker, synthier Sunlit Youth. The sound is bigger – synthesizers dominate the landscape. Matt Frazier’s drums are huge and the…
Album | Teenage Fanclub – Here
by For Folk's Sake •
Even when sharing a label with Oasis in the 90s, Teenage Fanclub never bowed to fad and trend, beating a melodic path that didn’t mask their Big Star and Byrds obsession. Almost 30 years since their birth, they remain an…
Album | Angel Olsen – My Woman
by Dominic J Stevenson •
Angel Olsen is one of those people, one of those musicians whose every utterance seems to have profound and passionate meaning. Her music warrants a helmet, a bulletproof vest and some serious training to not be affected by. Quite simply…
Album | The Divine Comedy – Foreverland
by For Folk's Sake •
Kurt Vonnegut said, ‘We are here on earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you different.’ Now, on the face of it ‘farting around’ is not a complimentary way to describe the work of a musician, but bear…
Album | King Creosote – Astronaut Meets Appleman
by For Folk's Sake •
Kenny Anderson, otherwise known as King Creosote, is on a bit of a roll. His latest CD, Astronaut MeetsAppleman follows 2011’s Mercury Prize nominated Diamond Mine with Jon Hopkins, and the artistic breakthrough film soundtrack, From Scotland With Love. From…
Session | For Folk’s Sake presents Vanessa Anne Redd
by Duncan Martin •
After recording albums with Rubicks and Six Years and touring with John Foxx and Gary Numan, Vanessa Anne Redd set herself the challenge of recording a solo record. The result was ten songs of “grunge folk” that make up her…
Listen | Exclusive stream of Jinnwoo’s debut album Strangers Bring Me No Light
by Ian Parker •
Ever since Jinnwoo released his debut EP back in 2014 this moment has been keenly anticipated. Friday will see the release of his debut album Strangers Bring Me No Light – a project years in the making thanks to the…
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