When Charles Dickens reported “There was an abundance of lights, and there was music… the whole building looked to me as if it were learning to swim,” he was not describing a Bellowhead gig, rather David Copperfield’s first experience of getting drunk. The appropriateness to the former, however, is not incidental. Bellowhead’s music oozes...
On Saturday night, For Folk’s Sake had the pleasure of hosting Hush, a fantastic night of music in the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room. A sell-out crowd enjoyed performances from Mary Epworth, Gerard & The Watchmen and Joe Innes in a truly special setting. Natalie Marchant was there with her camera to capture some...
Frightened Rabbit manage, somehow, to strike a fine balance between combative resistance and crowd-pleasing jollity in their live shows. Preferring those at the front of the room to those at the back (who’re probably in the music industry, and therefore not that nice), preferring some of their own songs to others (responding to shouted...
It’s a quiet Monday night in Soho and we somehow find ourselves at what must surely be the most exclusive gig in town. We arrive in time for folk stalwart, Polly Paulusma, the small British girl with a southern American soul. She begins with ‘Last Week Me’, a catchy ear-worm of a tune that...
For Folk's Sake's Becky Varley Winter watched Du Bellows, Blushing Melons and Richard Lamy's a Disgrace at The Workshop, London, and was amazed by various pleasantries including Austrian goth-folk, soulful folk blues and one incredible moustache. Read her review of this live show, which took place on 16th July 2012.
After shaking Londoner’s awake following an infamous gig at the Wheelbarrow earlier this year, JD McPherson is set to play what is to be yet another awakening gig in Camden’s very own Dingwalls. On the first of what feel’s like a true summer’s evening, we wondered up Camden Town and into the stiflingly hot...
The title of Lach’s show at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe embodies his philosophy not just towards music but arts and culture in their broadest sense: Up the Anti! The founder of The Fort, an early home to the ragtag bunch of musicians kicked out of the Lower East Side’s folk clubs for being too...
The Cambridge Folk Festival is officially the most chilled out festival we’ve ever been to, and certainly the only one where the entire crowd at the main stage sit down in the chairs they’ve brought themselves. With easy access, friendly and available staff and good facilities, it’s the last word in family and disabled-friendly,...
The Cambridge Folk Festival is not renowned for its sexiness. Beards? Yes. Beer bellies? Check. Family fun, funny hats and frolics in the mud. But sexiness? Not so much. So imagine my surprise when I arrived on Thursday afternoon to find four strapping young men rocking the Club Tent. One of them had his...
Eugene McGuinness had achieved lots of things before we came to know about him when ‘Lion’ was added to the 6Music playlists. Apologies for us being a little behind the times on this one, though it seems we’ve rocked up fashionably late to really quite a party. His new album, ‘The Invitation to the...
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