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News | Somerset House Summer Series goes folk

Summer Series at Somerset House

The Summer Series at Somerset House is back for 2013 with an altogether more FFS-friendly line-up. Eleven open-air concerts will be held during July in the building’s stunning courtyard, a use which beats their winter ice rink hands down, in our opinion. Among the acts will be Icelandic folk-pop rousers Of Monsters and Men;...

Brian’s Mixtape | Ladies

Ladies

Dear readers, You may have suspected that I would jump on the sporting bandwagon and create a playlist around the greatest of all competition anthems, Vangelis’ Chariots of Fire because of the ‘Games’ that people are getting all worked up about. But I would never be so mundane, as every other publication’s playlist engineer...

Album | First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar

Album | First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar

“There’s nothing new under the sun / All that will happen has already begun” Sometimes you don’t need to say a lot to get a point across. In this simple couplet from the dark, tidal ‘Dance To Another Tune’, First Aid Kit acknowledge the entire problem of their second album. On the other hand,...

News | First Aid Kit Reveal Brand New Official Video.

First Aid Kit.

First Aid Kit have revealed the official video for their brand new single “Emmylou” (to be featured on their upcoming album titled “The Lion’s Roar” which will be released on the 23rd January). The track is set for release on the 14th Feb via Witchita Records, and the pair (aka Swedish sisters Klara and...

Interview | For Folk’s Sake meets First Aid Kit

Interview | For Folk’s Sake meets First Aid Kit

First Aid Kit are born performers. As I’m ushered through Bush Hall past the photos of the golden greats past and present, and into the Green Room which has seen the presence of Amy Winehouse, REM, Alanis Morrisette, Feist, Regina Spektor and many others, it seems like they should be there. The young sisters have a confidence and an...

Singles Round-up | We Are Augustines, Mozart Parties, Vadoinmessico, The Twilight Sad, Sam Brookes and First Aid Kit

Singles Round-up | We Are Augustines, Mozart Parties, Vadoinmessico, The Twilight Sad, Sam Brookes and First Aid Kit

We Are Augustines – Book of James This reminds me of the emotional fervour of Mumford & Sons with less righteousness, more of an incantation than a battlecry. Inspired by family and loss, it’s a eulogy to lead singer Billy McCarthy’s brother, who suffered from mental illness. It’s raw, powerful, and almost uncomfortably personal,...

News | First Aid Kit Unveil Official New Video.

First Aid Kit.

First Aid Kit, aka: the lovely sisters Klara and Johanna Soderberg, have just released the official video for their stunning new track “The Lion’s Roar”. The single is the title track off their forthcoming album set for realease on the 5th December 2011 via Wichita Records, produced by Mike Mogis. For video: see here. The...

Blog: For Folk’s Sake Radio – if you don’t like lovely, you won’t like this

Blog: For Folk’s Sake Radio – if you don’t like lovely, you won’t like this

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...

Festival: Green Man

Festival: Green Man

The Green Man promised magic and he didn’t disappoint. Once again the organisers pulled off the spectacular trick of attracting the friendliest festival crowd to the most laid-back festival there is, while enticing some of the weirdest and most wonderful bands out there to perform. Manchester krautrockers Plank get the party started in fine...

In Photos: Latitude Festival

In Photos: Latitude Festival

Our photographer about town, Georgie M'Glug, reports on the folkier side of Latitude.... Demure and unassuming as ever, but with a new-found fire in her belly, Laura Marling commands the Obelisk Arena on Friday night

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