Artist: Johnny Flynn

Johnny Flynn free EP & Amazon session, Broadcast 2000's Regina Spektor cover, How Caitlin Rose wrote Own Side Now, Free Anni Rossi download, Nick Hemming's hit-making guitar, We <3 Mara Carlyle, Snoop round Alela Diane's pad.
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The 14th Truck Festival (22nd-24th July) will, unfortunately for FFS, be our first.  We had a rough idea that something good was going on in a field in Oxford all these years, but we’ve only just been informed of the gravity of the situation.  Why did no one tell us?  WHY? Truck is a...
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Johnny Flynn is a man of many talents, a travelling player. Not only is he the singer songwriter of folk music that makes our hearts full and glad but he is also an actor and has previously toured with the Shakespearean theatre company Propeller as well as appearing in films. Johnny even wrote and...
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The Vaccines – Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra) ‘Wreckin Bar (Ra Ra Ra)’ by The Vaccines is one minute and twenty- four seconds of infectious guitar music, with touches of retro, surf, the 70s, lo- fi and something new. Justin Hayward’s voice is as distinctive and more- ish on this track as it was...
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The marvellous folk at Bandstand Busking have put together a video advent calendar to delight our ears to the run up to Christmas. A new, unseen video will be revealed every day on bandstandbusking.com. Artists tipped for inclusion are Sam Amidon, Laura Hocking, Vivian Girls, Frightened Rabbit, Sky Larkin, Hundred In The Hands, Caitlin...
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Johnny Flynn has announced a 7-date UK tour in December, on his return from the continent. Flynn, who recently joined Mumford & Sons on their sell out UK headline tour, will play dates in England and Scotland. Johnny Flynn Headline tour December 2010 SAT 04 BIRMINGHAM Academy 2 SUN 05 MANCHESTER Club Academy TUE...
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Johnny Flynn has announced he is to reschedule some dates of his American tour due to “unforseen circumstances”. Original tickets are still valid, and refunds are available from the point of purchase. Rebooked dates are as follows: Friday, October 22, 2010 New York CMJ – Blue Flowers Tickets Sunday, October 24, 2010 Philadelphia M...
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Mumford & Sons have come a long way in the past three years, from playing tiny rinkydink venues they gathered fans through word of mouth and associations with more established acts like Laura Marling and Noah & the Whale. Tonight they play the sold out Hammersmith Apollo, and trace steps the Beach Boys, Beatles...
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FFS turned two last month, and while we don’t like to make a fuss, it’s made us a tad reflective. Especially Brian, who’s a sentimental sort of owl. He has been remembering all the beautiful music he’s listened to over the past couple of years and has concluded that it has made his life...
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Emerging from London’s seemingly never-ending and ever-talented pool of wonderful folksy-types, Jamie Ley has been packing out a variety of the capital’s venues with people, all eager to hear his soulful and timeless tunes. Emma Barlow caught up with him to talk about the rise and rise of folk, his inspirations, and what the...
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