Ian Parker, Albums Editor extraordinaire, is uncontested for the title of For Folk’s Sake’s resident physicals enthusiast. While some of us were busy watching Johnny Flynn’s baby singing his dad’s songs or pretending to be this guy, Ian was freezing in the line outside Piccadilly Records to try to pick up the WHOLE of the...
Part two of our shopping guide continues with some lovely coloured vinyl from the Leisure Society and a sweet-sounding collaboration from Willy Mason and Brendan Benson. These are the things that should be getting you out of bed. Bob Dylan – Wigwam/Thirsty Boots | Two tracks from the Dylan archives in the form of...
Do you sing about yanking on the ankles of the hanging and half dead in the shower much? No, nor do we. Or at least we didn’t until really quite recently; listening to The Violence a few times will have that effect on you. Through a grimly impressive act of juxtaposition, Darren Hayman has...
Matt Norris & The Moon – Roots Below Edinburgh’s Matt Norris & The Moon bring us sweet harmonies, an array of differing strings and horns…I was going to try and get through a paragraph on them without mentioning the words “Mumford” or “Sons”, but, well, it’s not going to happen. ‘Roots Below’, the opening...
How Does It Feel To Be Loved, a club night described by Laura Barton of the Guardian as “Absolutely the best night in the whole of the world!”, is ten years old this weekend. With a tag-line of ‘From the Smiths to the Supremes’ it’s the music policy that shapes the club; indie-pop and...
FFS favourite Darren Hayman has released The Shit Piano a re-recording of his recent album The Ship's Piano - which our Tom Moyser called "slow, delicate, piano-led, romantic, nostalgic and whimsical. And, above all else, brilliant." - in just one day and using only Casio keyboards. Darren said: "I tried to use the limitation of...
Just over a year ago, Darren Hayman embarked on an ambitious songwriting project – a new song every day for a whole month, original compositions – written, recorded and online by midnight or he’d turn into a pumpkin and calamity would ensue. Okay, probably not the last bit, but it was still a pretty...
FFS’s have whole-heartedly resolved to help you see more magnificent music in 2012, and what better time to start than the middle of January? This Saturday, the beautiful Cecil Sharp House will play host to two acts we rate very highly indeed (both were Schmercury Award nominees in 2009) and there are still tickets...
First of all, MERRY CHRISTMAS FOLK FANS! I hope you’re reading this full up and content. Secondly, I’d like to say an enormous thank you to everyone who has contributed to, bought and supported For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2011. It’s been brilliant. We’re so stoked to have so many of our favourite bands...
In need of a last-minute Christmas present for a music lover? We’ve made the cover of our festive compilation album For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2011 available to download so you can make your own copies. Here’s the plan… 1. Go to www.forfolkssake.bandcamp.com and download For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2011 for a bargainous £5. (All...
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