Gone are the wispy, brittle songs of Alas I Cannot Swim. Twenty-year-old Marling’s second album, I Speak Because I Can, is simmering with a certain confidence in style that seems to have replaced the endearing tenderness of the debut. ‘Rambling…
Tag: Laura Marling
Laura Marling is an English singer-songwriter, originally from Eversley, Hampshire but now based in LA. Read news, reviews and interviews and find tour dates for Laura Marling on For Folk’s Sake.
Live: Laura Marling, Journal Tyne Theatre, Newcastle, 19/04/10
There aren’t many gigs where you could say that the venue itself made for a beautiful experience but Laura Marling’s run of impeccable choices when it comes to where to play (this writer fondly remembers her church tour as she…
Laura Marling, Johnny Flynn and Mumford & Sons to play Green Man Festival
Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons and Johnny Flynn have all announced they will be playing Green Man festival, held in Brecon Beacons from 20-22 August. They join an already brilliant line-up featuring the Flaming Lips, Field Music, Fionn Regan, First…
Brian’s Mixtape #31: All at Sea
This week Brian’s been completely and utterly unaffected by the volcanic ash cloud. He’s not even been subject to a light dusting, the lucky bird. He has, however, been following the news with avid interest and has concluded that all…
Live: Laura Marling, 3/4/10 @ Studio 672, Cologne, Germany
Studio 672, the sold out 220 capacity venue in the centre of Cologne, lended itself to genius for a night; for 65 minutes the German crowd (plus a few token Brits) were treated to the insightful beauty of Laura Marling…
For Folk’s Sake’s festival calendar
We’ve gone through the folkier end of the festival calender, and hereby bring you our picks. You won’t find any news on Glastonbury or Reading and Leeds, mind. We’re here to tell you about the things you might not have…
Hop Farm Festival: Bob Dylan, Laura Marling, Seasick Steve and Mumford & Sons
Hop Farm in Kent has just announed a super-exciting line-up for it’s one-day festival on 3rd July. Amazingly, “the old Bob Dylan”, Bob Dylan, will be headlining. He’s going to be joined by FFS favourites Laura Marling and Mumford &…
Profile: Sophie Milner, artist for Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling
The striking portrait used as the artwork for Laura Marling’s recently-released album I Speak Because I Can was painted by Sophie Milner. A post-graduate student in Fine Art, who has also provided artwork for Mumford and Sons. We fired some…
Album: Laura Marling — I Speak Because I Can
Laura Marling’s new album makes me come over all Jo Wiley. I could very happily voice an advert calling it “breathtaking”, “astonishing” or “sublime”. Because unlike Keane or U2 or Coldplay’s more recent offerings, it is all of those things.…
FFS interview: Laura Marling
We were already big fans of Laura Marling’s work here at FFS, but her soon-to-be-released second album I Speak Because I Can has propelled our fandom further skyward. And as if her increasingly-great songwriting wasn’t enough, we also hugely admire…