There will always be a place in my heart for keening melodies played on acoustic guitar, and soaring close-harmony vocals. Some might baulk that music like this fails to push boundaries: others, the folk purists, (generally the most militant of listeners) that the effect is too mainstream, too influenced by pop. If hit-makers aren’t...
If you’re looking for new material from Sarah Blasko, Cinema Songs is not going to help you out. There’s nothing new here at all. Not only are the five tracks all covers – but they were already released, at least in her native Australia, as bonus tracks on a deluxe edition of As Day...
I’m on a bit of a Dolly Parton kick at the moment. It started with a late night rummage around YouTube looking for clips of her 70s TV variety show Dolly!. And has been made even stronger thanks to an excellent Radio 4 documentary about her worldwide programme to get underprivileged children reading. Seriously....
Last summer, the folks at Communion took over the Flowerpot in North London to record a series of sessions with artists including Lissie, Angus & Julia Stone, Matthew & the Atlas, Damien Rice, Sarah Blasko and Ryan O’Reilly. And FFS has some exclusive photos from the sessions to share with you. The results will...
Sarah Blasko is quite a success in Australia, she already has two top ten albums and numerous award nominations down under, but she is relatively unknown in the UK. The first thing that drew me into Sarah Blasko is her voice. It’s dreamy and effortless, slightly resembling fellow Aussie folk-pop singer Lisa Mitchell. The...
After a journey to secretdom (somewhere between Cambridge and Norwich), the garden unfurls itself all centred around a huge flying machine anchored in a giant lake. This years theme was ‘Fact or Fiction’ and no effort was spared with the hidden quirks and treats laid out for us to discover. Foraging was positively encouraged...
The record label and clubnight Communion is hosting a series of exciting (and free) gigs at the Kentish Town venue the Flowerpot this week. And as well as the evenings’ entertainments, the upstairs venue has become a temporary studio for the bands to lay down collaborations. The resulting studio sessions and live tracks will...
Communion has announced the line up for its series of Flowerpot shows, starting today featuring Mumford & Sons, Sarah Blasko and Angus & Julia Stone. The label and club night, which released a compilation album including tracks from Alessi, Johnny Flynn and Broadcast 2000 last year, will take over the North London venue for...
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