FFS favourites The Leisure Society have announced that their second album ‘Into The Murky Water’, will be released on Monday May 2nd 2011. The band’s first album ‘The Sleeper’ won FFS’s best album poll in 2009. Songwriter Nick Hemming has…
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Tour: Tristram & Laish
It’s no secret that FFS are stonking great big fans of Tristram. Of course we are. The man makes the most heart-searing noises with his bare mouth. We liked his ‘Someone Told Me a Poem’ EP so much we raved…
Blog: For Folk’s Sake Radio – if you don’t like lovely, you won’t like this
On Sunday I popped down to London Fields Radio to record the first ever FFS radio show in a cafe against a background of the clatter of crockery and the hum of Hackney-ites chatting. There’ll be a monthly-or-thereabouts show from…
Album: Various Artists – Sing Me To Sleep: Indie Lullabies
Sing Me To Sleep is the latest example of the recent trend for kid-friendly compilations, in the vein of 2006’s Colours Are Brighter. It brings together various indie folk to rejig lullabies for toddlers with good taste – and their…
Brian’s Mixtape #36: Brian’s been to Glasto
Brian’s been a bit quiet of late, largely because when he gets really excited his wings start quivering and he can’t type. What happened was, he realised it was June and that it was about to be Glastonbury, and his…
The Leisure Society to play free charity show
The Leisure Society have come over all charitable, not only contributing to an album set up by a childcare charity, but also promoting it with a free daytime show at the Union Chapel. The “child-friendly” Daylight Pyjama Party will be…
The Folk Artist Twitter Directory
Below is our attempt at a comprehensive directory of folk artists currently on Twitter – of course, we aren’t Twitter deities and as such will almost certainly have missed out on certain artists. Let us know if you can think…
The Leisure Society nominated for an Ivor Novello (again)
Some lovely news from the folk-a-sphere. The Leisure Society have been nominated for an Ivor Novello award for songwriting for the second time in two years. ‘Save it for Someone Who Cares’ from the band’s debut album The Sleeper has…
Brian’s Mixtape #26: Down In One
I expect you’re wondering what Brian’s excuse is this time? The silly old owl asked for your suggestions for drinking songs on his twitter @LordBrianWilson on Monday, then duly spent the day glugging acorn wine while listening to them. It…
Brian’s Mixtape #19: The Goose is Getting Fat
The Christmas spirit is well and truly on Brian by now. He was already feeling pretty festive — eating mince pies for breakfast and mulling his acorn wine will all spice and cinnamon sticks — but then a wonderful thing…