Lilliput may already be well known to those of you that hail from the musically-fertile ground of the North East, but, like Newkie Brown, a parmo or Newcastle FC’s transfer policy, the band is now starting to pick up admirers…
Welcome to the New Bands Panel, where our writers profile promising new artists on For Folk’s Sake’s radar. We want to know what you think of singer songwriter Johnno Casson’s new album – thoughts on twitter to @forfolkssake and @Snippetcuts…
Welcome to the New Bands Panel, where our writers profile promising new artists on For Folk’s Sake’s radar. We want to know what you think of @boletes- thoughts on twitter to @forfolkssake please! Rosy Ross: What on earth, you may ask…
Chapter 1 is the debut album from Emma Gatrill, a multi-talented member of Brighton’s legendary Willkommen Collective. Have a listen to a cut from the album above and the whole album here, then see if you agree with our panel below….. Thoughts on…
Eliza Shaddad is a Scottish and Sudanese singer-songwriter with influences that range from childhood days spent at English folk festivals, the underground hip-hop scene during her teens and to more recent postgraduate jazz studies at the Guildhall School of Music…
Named after a National song? Only been together a year and already supported Elbow? Seems like Manchester band The Slow Show have got it all worked out already, doesn’t it? But before they hit the big time, the FFS New…
The Irn-Bru drinkers amongst you may be familiar with this lot- it’s lo-fi Glasgow based 8-piece Randolph’s Leap. A tartan background adorns their bandcamp. They have a song called ‘Cassie O’Tone’. Playing devil’s advocate here, I’m going to say they…
This is the section of FFS dedicated to new music, where the New Bands Panel judge the merits of an up and coming band. See it as a kind of parent’s evening for emerging talent. Hopefully, just like a stranger…
Belle & Sebastian, Richard Hawley and The Civil Wars will all release limited edition vinyl, along with The Flaming Lips, David Bowie, T-Rex and almost 200 other artists, as part of this year’s Record Store Day (RSD). An unprecedented 192…