The marvellous folk at Bandstand Busking have put together a video advent calendar to delight our ears to the run up to Christmas. A new, unseen video will be revealed every day on bandstandbusking.com. Artists tipped for inclusion are Sam…
Tag: Caitlin Rose
Caitlin Rose on Twisted Folk UK tour
Nashville wonder Caitlin Rose heads out on a UK tour with superpromoter Twisted Folk this week. Her album ‘Own Side Now’ was released in the summer, and has barely left FFS’s CD player since. It’s a lovely mixture of proper…
Schmercuries: vote now for your album of the year.
It’s the last day of voting for our Mercury spoof the Schmercury poll… Don’t miss the chance to vote for your favourite. [polldaddy poll=3586532]
Festival: Green Man
The Green Man promised magic and he didn’t disappoint. Once again the organisers pulled off the spectacular trick of attracting the friendliest festival crowd to the most laid-back festival there is, while enticing some of the weirdest and most wonderful…
Brian’s Mixtape #41: Pick of the Schmercuries 2010
This weekend we launched our Schmercury Poll – FFS’s best album award, in which we’re asking you to vote for your favourite of 12 albums released in the past year. While the FFS editors were tearing our hair out, trying…
Schmercury Awards 2010: Shortlist announced
Not one to be left out of all this Mercury spoofing, FFS is delighted to announce this year’s Schmercury Awards shortlist. We had such a hard time whittling all the fantastic albums released this year down to just 12 that…
Album: Caitlin Rose – Own Side Now
Speaking as a sincere and devoted life-long Dolly Parton fan, I can’t really begin to explain how wonderful it is that Caitlin Rose even exists – she’s a young, fresh, twenty-something who knows her way around country music backwards and…
Caitlin Rose announces UK tour ahead of her album release
Allotment veteran Caitlin Rose has announced a UK tour to mark the release of her debut album. Caitlin from Nashville makes fresh, modern country music with honest, clever lyrics. Her voice is rich and knowing and her music is proud…
Singles round up: Caitlin Rose, Frightened Rabbit, School of Seven Bells
Frightened Rabbit ‘Living in Colour’ While it may not seem like summer has arrived yet, technically it has and Frightened Rabbit latest single ‘Living in Colour’ will make it seem as if the sun is splitting the trees, not hiding…
Caitlin Rose offers free download from debut album
Caitlin Rose is celebrating the upcoming release of her debut album by offering fans a frree download of ‘Sinful Wishing Well’. Caitlin has announced that ‘One Side Now’ will be released on August 9 through Names Records, but if you…