Sam Brookes, troubador and organiser of the Unplugged Sessions at the Mayfair Windmill, has taken the show on the road over the past week. With a cracking line up featuring Pete Roe, Emily & the Woods, Hot Feet, John Parker and Sam himself, the tour has visited the South West and has two not-to-be-missed...
Attention Londoners (and near Londoners)! For Folk’s Sake favourites and winners of the Green Man unsigned band competition the Dufflefolks will be headlining a charity show in aid of VSO this Wednesday at the Tooting Tram & Social. And it’s good news for people who like good music, because enchanting songstress Emily & the...
A new favourite of ours here at FFS HQ, Emily & the Woods is releasing her second EP ‘Eye to Eye’ on May 4th with a launch party at The North London Tavern, 375 Kilburn High Road. While you wait for the EP, here’s the sweet new video for ‘Steal His Heart’, which features...
Last week, the 123-band shortlist (so not that short) was released (It’s since been whittled down to eight, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves). We at FFS (Lynn, Lois, Helen and I) were delighted to be part of the judging panel, we just didn’t get to say much about it. Until now. With...
1.The Tallest Man on Earth‘s 2010 album The Wild Hunt has hardly been off the FFS stereo in the past couple of months. Kristian Matsson is Swedish and of average height with a gift for proper songwriting. There’s no flourishes here, just great tunes, smart lyrics and some lovely intricate fretwork. The Wild Hunt...
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...
Since the New Bands Panel was launched early this year, we’ve reviewed more than 80 bands and counting. The vast majority are unsigned, but we’ve also seen a number of our alums begin to enjoy some greatly deserved success as the months have gone on. To celebrate some of the great talents we’ve discovered...
On Sunday I popped down to London Fields Radio to record the first ever FFS radio show in a cafe against a background of the clatter of crockery and the hum of Hackney-ites chatting. There’ll be a monthly-or-thereabouts show from now on, with the next one being probably the most Christmassy radio show of...
Emily & the Woods is a family affair. When FFS caught the band at the Folkroom at The Queen’s Head pub in London, frontwoman and songwriter Emily Wood was joined by her father and brother. Unamplified, Emily is not afraid singing quietly and the audience is spellbound by her songs with their lively lyrics...
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