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…
Tag: Johnny Flynn
Interview: Jamie Ley
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…
Blog | What went wrong at Hop Farm Festival?
Marcus Mumford and I are in agreement. Hop Farm had the best line-up of any festival this summer – he announced as much live on stage. Mumford & Sons were joined by Johnny Flynn, Laura Marling, Seasick Steve, Peter Doherty,…
Live: Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling @ Hop Farm
I am not ashamed of my crush on Johnny Flynn, for he is not only beautiful like an angel but he is hugely talented. I was also not the only one who clapped and wooped as he walked onto the…
Johnny Flynn to warm your cockles with winter headline tour
It may seem that summer is nearly over before it has even begun, but despair ye not, because this winter Johnny Flynn embarks on a UK headline tour, and I can think of no better companion on a cold winter’s night than…
Live: Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit: Manchester Academy 3, 29th June
I first saw Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit in Liverpool on their club tour just before ‘Been Listening’ was released. They played a tiny club, Zanzibar, I was stool on a chair about 15 feet from the band. I’d…
Johnny Flynn to support Mumfords on UK tour, announces new single
Johnny Flynn has been announced as the main support for Mumford & Sons on their forthcoming UK tour. With one London date already sold out fons had better step to it to catch this great line up when they play…
Live: Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit @ Electric Ballroom
It’s no secret that FFS has more than a little love for “the next poster boy of the nu-folk [vom – Ed] scene” (we can thank the Times for that one), and his marvellous new album Been Listening has only…
Album: Johnny Flynn – Been Listening
It’s two weeks after Johnny Flynn‘s second album Been Listening was released, and the British music scene is an altogether different beast from the one to whom he handed debut, A Larum, in May 2008. Then, the new folk movement…
Stage times for Sunday’s Bandstand Busking with Slow Club, Johnny Flynn and Broadcast 2000 revealed
Bandstand Busking have announced the stage times for the second of their two appearances at Richard Thompson’s Meltdown festival. The free gig takes place in the Clore Ballroom in the Royal Festival Hall this Sunday, with an incredibly FFS-friendly line-up…