What a thrill it was to first crack open American High’s debut full-length record for a potential review from this writer. Not because the associated press release attached to the Sacramento-based quartet promised tunes both bizarrely pop-oriented and thematically dark…
Nottingham’s own Jack Peachy has been on a prolific run recently, with this 12 track EP coming just six months after the release of his latest LP Clean. Bad Production is an EP that wears its heart on its politically-active…
Sam Airey’s debut album In Darkened Rooms has been a long time in the making – time in which his influences have expanded from the folk music he was raised on to include shoegaze, post-rock and Americana. To give us…
Sweet, heartfelt, and soul-bearing, the music of Lesley Kernochan is quick to fall in love with. With her lilting, storyteller’s vocals spinning a healing yarn against a warm acoustic backdrop, we at For Folk’s Sake certainly have. In our premiere…
While pop radio formats would rarely allow it, the recent rise of the underground poking its way through social media has given a new audience to the oft-underrated fully instrumental stylings of modern day composers. Whether it be Kaki King…
Melding soaring pop-rock sensibility with the organic nature of acoustic folk music, Ryanhood are a duo that has been influenced by the world that they’ve uniquely lived through touring together as both artists and human beings for the 14…