Category: Song of the Day

A song a day, every day. From brand new tunes to elderly classics. We don’t promise to be constrained by genre, but we promise to recommend brilliant music.

#8 Valerie June – You Can’t Be Told

Valerie June’s second single off upcoming album ‘Pushin’ Against A Stone’ is a considerably more feisty affair than the first taste she offered us – the delightfully old school ‘Workin’ Woman Blues‘ (we’ve already noticed a clear aversion to g’s).…

#7 JJ Stone and the Campfire – A Zebra & a Lion

JJ Abrams & Campfire

JJ Stone and the Campfire were one of the score of excellent artists we judged but couldn’t put through to the next round of the 2013 Glastonbury Emerging Talent Contest, but they deserve so much attention so we’re giving them…

#6 Inti Rowland – Merchant Men At The Windows

Inti Rowland is a 20 year-old singer-songwriter, currently writing and gigging in London. When FFS first heard Inti’s delicate voice, we knew instantly he had captured something unusual and very compelling. His lofty voice floats above gentle melodies, making one…

#5 Laura Marling – Where Can I Go?

If FFS could have picked any way to celebrate International Women’s Day, a new track from Laura Marling may well have been top of the list. And because sometimes the world is nice like that, that’s exactly what we got.…

#4 My Morning Jacket – Leaving On A Jet Plane

Jim James’ workaholism is not yet on the scale of Jack White or a Dan Auerbach but he’s moving towards their little circle, a man for whom the daily life of leading My Morning Jacket, recording side projects and becoming…

#3 Anna Lena & The Orchids – View Of My Sanity

‘View Of My Sanity’, the lead track from Anna Lena & The Orchids’ debut EP, is a hell of a way for the Norwegian singer-songwriter to announce herself on to the scene. The mix of drama and beauty – “He’s blocking the…

#2 Ellen & The Escapades – This Ace I’ve Burned

for folk's sake ellen and the escapades in the countryside

One of the ways you knew Ellen & The Escapades’ debut album All The Crooked Scenes was so strong is that they could have released virtually any of its 12 songs as singles. Instead they’ve restricted themselves to the more…

#1 Leo Abrahams – Winter Kiss

For Folk’s Sake is proud today to unveil a new regular feature – a very regular feature, in fact, because we’re going to give you beautiful music to listen to every day. With our Song of the Day, we’ll bring…