Author: For Folk's Sake

Singles round-up: Lissie, Avi Buffalo, Dreamend

Lissie – Cuckoo Bouncy, accessible country-pop about driving around in a truck in small-town America, being totally wild, rebellious and free. “Let’s go driving, ‘cause there’s nowhere to go!” Yeah! It all sounds really fun, and really bad for the…

Album: Heidi Spencer & the Rare Birds – Under Streetlight Glow

Heidi Spencer and the Rare Birds latest, Under Streetlight Glow, was deliberately and lovingly constructed.  Throughout the album Spencer carefully chooses when and how fill the listeners ears; often deciding that silence is the best way to mark a point…

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…

Festival: Moor Music Fest

I so wanted to get through this review without using the words ‘mini Glastonbury of the north’, but there it is. I’ve gone and bloody done it in the first sentence. The truth is, though, that’s exactly what Moor Music…

Preview: Beatnik @ The Macbeth, Hoxton

Beatnik is a monthly event at The Macbeth in Hoxton, featuring a free rooftop barbeque, puppet-making, hula-hooping, open mic, vintage DJ-ing and fine folk. It’s the brainchild of singer-songwriter Russell Swallow, writer of warm, Romantic songs like a draught of…

EP: Lost Cavalry – Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills

Waves Freeze To Rolling Hills is the début EP from The Lost Cavalry, who were formed in 2009 by ex-Fanfarlo guitarist Mark West.  The nautical cover artwork gives a indication of the content; these are gentle, delicate songs which at…