Kinbom & Kessner did not look too far for the inspiration for ‘With The Beetles’, the title track from their new record due out this summer. In fact, all they did was looked out the window of their Berlin studio,…
Kinbom & Kessner – a collaboration between Swedish lap steel guitarist and songwriter Fredrik Kinbom (Sarah Blasko, Gemma Ray, Gurrumul) and German theatre writer/dramaturgist Sonja Kessner – release their debut album Lieder von Liebe und Krieg (which translates as Songs…
Brighton’s Moulettes have returned with their new single ‘Glorious Year,’ perfectly timed to kick start what’s likely to be another huge year for the band. With a fifth year of solid touring behind them, the quintet’s profile has made leaps…
There was never any danger of the Moulettes turning out a dull album. Constellations is a punchy, bolshy creature, replete with a dense polyphony of sound and harmony. Building on the alt-folk experimentalism of 2012’s The Bear’s Revenge, this album…
Two albums in with a third on the way, the Moulettes have firmly set out their stall of awesomeness as the enormous, complex, witty and unpredictable title track off forthcoming LP Constellations demonstrates all too well. With layers of big, stompy…
The Moulettes are on tour at the moment, with a final hurrah for their brilliant second album The Bear’s Revenge before they release their third in Spring 2014. The band have put together an free EP of songs from the…
May we cordially recommend a gig to you? It’s in one of the very most beautiful venues in London, there are prizes for the first 50 people to buy tickets from the Communion Music, and the line up is stonking. The…
If you’re free this weekend, team FFS’s advice is to get yourself over to the Cambridge Folk Festival website and snap up their last remaining tickets for this weekend’s event. There are still places for Friday, when you can see…
From the opening notes of the frantic opening single, Sing Unto Me, the Moulettes sophomore release The Bear’ Revenge sweeps you up into a world of traditional sounds made suddenly fresh. Georgina Leach’s stunning violin playing, Hannah Miller’s cello, banjos,…
Angus Stone – Bird on the Buffalo ‘Bird on the Buffalo’ is a happy rambler, a head-nodder, a toe-tapper – ideal for that hazy summer we’re all hoping will still emerge. Simple drums and guitars in the intro blend easily…