As 2022 draws to a close, here are some of For Folk’s Sake contributors favourite releases of the year. Pete Bate Wilco – Cruel Country Over 30 years since Jeff Tweedy spawned the No Depression movement with Uncle Tupelo, Wilco…
FFS Best of 2022
Tag: Wilco
Album | Wilco – Schmilco
Wilco, despite being 10 albums into their career, are still a band to hang your hopes on. They’re not your typical band, most don’t make it this far, and the band’s past clearly reflects why these 6 guys still exist…
Singles Round-up | Haley Bonar, Agnes Obel, Wilco, The Veils, Angel Olsen
Haley Bonar – Stupid Face Bonar gets better with each album, stronger, more confident, more competent as a songwriter. ‘Stupid Face’ is further proof of this along with a handful of brilliant songs that have preceded upcoming long player Impossible…
Wilco Revisited | Alpha Mike Foxtrot & What’s Your 20? Reviewed
Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014 ——————————————- What’s Your 20? Essential Tracks 1994-2014 The end of 2014 gives us a grand old gift from one of America’s very finest. For those who love Wilco comes the definitive and essential rarities…
Album | Tweedy – Sukierae
Jeff Tweedy has long since proven his worth in the general landscape of popular music. He has turned from young alt-country man into middle aged alt-rock legend. This time he wears another new hat, as he offers Tweedy’s debut album.…
Record Store Day | The FFS shopping guide
With over 400 special releases planned, this year’s will easily be the biggest Record Store Day to date. We can’t imagine such a huge array of vinyl will leave anyone short of ideas, but you might just be overwhelmed by…
Live | Wilco @ The Roundhouse, 28th October 2011
The Roundhouse is a wonderful venue to see any band. The acoustics generated from the Victorian railway shed that once contained a train turntable generates a rich, well-rounded sound that rivals any of its London competitors. Support act Jonathan Wilson…
Album | Wilco – The Whole Love
Wilco know us too well. They know what questions we’re asking as we slot the Whole Love into the cd player. Chief among them is, as ever, ‘what kind of band are Wilco this time?’. After the killer one-two that…
Iron & Wine, Wilco and Modest Mouse confirm for Open House Festival
As if it wasn’t looking exciting enough already, Belfast’s Open House Festival has announced a dream team of additions to its line up: Modest Mouse, Wilco and Iron & Wine. They join the already brilliant line up which includes Field…
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…