Lucy Rose – Middle of the Bed What a stylishly simple debut single we have here from Lucy Rose. She’s come along way from busking on the streets of London, playing open mic nights, gigging in bars and eventually coming to the attention of Edith Bowman and Mumford & Sons. Her voice is reminiscent...
Not one to be left out of all this Mercury spoofing, FFS is delighted to announce this year’s Schmercury Awards shortlist. We had such a hard time whittling all the fantastic albums released this year down to just 12 that we had to have a sit down with some tea and Belle & Sebastian...
Brian’s been a bit quiet of late, largely because when he gets really excited his wings start quivering and he can’t type. What happened was, he realised it was June and that it was about to be Glastonbury, and his feathers were no longer under his control. The lucky fellow doesn’t even have to...
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...
The latest babe to emerge from the Fanfarlo woods is young Harold T. Wilkins, and quite the fascinating song it is too. Inspired by a British flying saucer obsessive of the same name, this song speaks not only to the sceptically treated spotter of extra terrestrials, but to any lad or lass who’s felt...
Fanfarlo have announced they are to support Mumford and Sons on their sold out upcoming tour as well as a headline tour with support from Tom Waits’ ex-babysitter, Jesca Hoop. The Swedish/British string-lovers released their self-released debut album Reservoir last year to critical acclaim. They’ve just been on a whirlwind tour of America and...
Fanfarlo's newest single, from the magnificent album Reservoir, might have something rather pertinent to say to our suited and booted friends in the city: "They swallowed it whole, they went for the gold, for the gold / We fall for the same lies we all have the same shoes to fit / The preachers and...
This Sunday's free Bandstand Busk will be a particularly special one, so far as FFS are concerned, featuring as it will two of our very favourite bands. Troubador and -esses Peggy Sue, and bigger-than-a-football team Sons of Noel and Adrian will be appearing at Northampton Square Bandstand from 3pm on Sunday, 6th September.
Fanfarlo frontman Simon Balthazar took a break from their UK tour to answer FFS's questions.
#108 Nick Drake - Northern Sky Jun 19th, 2013
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#106 Nick Mulvey - Fever To The Form Jun 17th, 2013
