To record their latest EP, Dear Winesburg have stripped things back. The five-piece have, in effect, become a two-piece. Chris Kreinczes leads proceedings with his guitar and vocals, but it is the haunting violin of Emma Kraemer which is the star of the show. This record serves as a showpiece for the results of...
Light & Deft is a very pastoral EP, all hillside wanderings and poetic musings. There’s a slight undertow of darkness that’s accepted rather than rebelled against. Lush accompaniment (strings, accordion, brass) and a rising pace on the second track, my favourite, ‘Irton Fell’, plus sweet boy-girl duetting, suggest that Dear Winesburg have lyrical muscle...
We’re delighted to report that For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas, our festive album to raise money for King’s Integrated Cancer Centre, has raised over £1000 so far. Thank you to all those who have donated. We’re selling the album through Bandcamp on a pay-what-you-like basis. And we’ve more good news as the website today...
For Folk’s Sake is delighted to present: For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas. It’s our first ever release, and we’re selling it in aid of the Integrated Cancer Centre at King’s College London, which provides cancer care as well as being at the cutting egde of research. All the artists involved donated their time and...
In the midst of the re-emergence and popularity of folk music (which is very much deserved for a genre that has been so overlooked for so long) you’d hope that it might encourage people to delve deeper and look past those artists who have found an audience in the mainstream like Mumford & Sons...
We are delighted to announce a new FFS-curated Allotment show with performances from Elena Tonra – who features on the Communion Compilation, the oh-so-lovely Sam Airey and our newly-discovered favourites Dear Winesburg at London’s Slaughtered Lamb on Sunday 9th May. When Elena Tonra‘s track Peter featured on the recently released Communion Compilation it caused...
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