Okay so let’s just get this straight: there is more than just one man in Bon Iver. Everyone seems fixated on Justin Vernon, frontman and “face” of the band, but seeing them live was a real eye-opener. There were nine of them. NINE. From percussionists to a bloke with a huge saxophone, Bon Iver...
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Seriously deft on the loop pedal, with the voice of a choirboy-turned-rockstar and a guitar that hasn’t left his side in years, it’s not hard to see why Ed Sheeran’s show at the Boileroom sold out in less than twenty-five minutes. It’s quite clear from the hours FFS spent in Sheeran’s presence that night...
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Justin Vernon returns with a more integral cast of collaborators for his second album as Bon Iver. The name is drawn from the French for “good winter” (bon hiver) and the often sparse instrumentation coupled with Vernon’s alternately hushed and soaring vocals seem fitting of that moniker. The 10 songs on show, which were...
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Bon Iver’s new album is another slice of magic, if you ask me, which you didn’t. But starting from now you don’t have to ask anyone. You can hear it for yourself, because it’s streaming over on the Guardian website. And it’s lucky it’s good because in an interview with the Guardian’s Laura Barton,...
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Below is our attempt at a comprehensive directory of folk artists currently on Twitter – of course, we aren’t Twitter deities and as such will almost certainly have missed out on certain artists. Let us know if you can think of any tweeting folk musicians in the comments below. Akron/Family Angus and Julia Stone...
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For Folk's Sake have teamed up with Yellow Bird, which asks indie artists to design t-shirts for charity, to offer two FFS readers the chance to win a t-shirt by their chosen band.
Artists involved in the project include Bon Iver, The New Pornographers, The Magic Numbers, The Shins and Au Revoir Simone.
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“I hate Glastonbury so much, I really do.” Now, as festival gambits go, this is a feisty (if not downright wreckless) one. However, 10 minutes into a Worthy Farm debut marred by sound problems, tetchy stewards and an unresponsive crowd, Slow Club perhaps have the right to be a little miffed. Fortunately, as the...
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FFS loves festival line-up announcement time, and today is the turn of the spectacular Green Man, who have confirmed folkies Bon Iver, Beach House and Peggy Sue for their August festivities.
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The organisers of Camp Bestival today announced that Laura Marling, Blue Roses and Peggy Sue would join the Dorset festival's already stellar line-up.
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Having only released one album and one EP under the moniker Bon Iver, the attention that Wisconsin-native Justin Vernon has received is more than astounding, but definitely deserved. His stripped-back folk, gorgeously layered with a fragile voice, evokes not only isolation and heartbreak, but sun-lit glimmers of hope. They Say: “Every album is a...
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