Rachel Sermanni has just finished a tour of the Highlands supporting Mumford & Sons and is currently in Austin, Texas where she’s performing at SXSW. FFS spoke to her ahead of her gig at the Old Queen’s Head in London…
Author: Lynn Roberts
Lynn founded For Folk's Sake in 2008. Her favourite artists are Joni Mitchell, The Leisure Society and The Mountain Goats. She plays keyboards in Joe Innes & the Cavalcade.
12 Questions with… Hannah Peel
Hannah Peel describes her music as wonky folk pop with hints of traditional irish, Yorkshire brass band sounds and a cloaked throbbing sadness.
“Making the record has just been an amazing experience. I’ve never worked with a producer before so it was very exciting to have my songs taken and expanded in a studio. A very magical experience which I hope comes across in the record. Mike was very quick to understand where I was coming from. Nitin Sawhney’s string arrangements are very sensitive but also beautifully rich. He is very controlled and experienced in the studio and a real inspiration to watch.
Brill mini-festival alert: Laura Marling and Dry the River for Honeyfest
FFS’s actual favourite Laura Marling is taking a trip to Wiltshire next month to play Honeyfest at the Barge Inn along with Dry the River and the Magic Numbers. The day-long festival was launched after a small village community were…
EP: Laura Hocking & the Long Goodbye
In this, the first official release through Laura Hocking‘s own label Chrome Yellow, four of her songs are given the full band treatment at the hands of The Long Goodbye. The EP comes in the form of a double A-Side…
From the archives: FFS interviews Mumford and Sons
In September 2008, FFS interviewed Mumford and Sons ahead of their Blue Flowers gig at the George IV in Chiswick – where Laura Marling, Jay Jay Pistolet, Noah and the Whale played surprise sets
Editor’s picks… Tallest Man on Earth, The Mountain Goats, This is the Kit, Leisure Society + free MP3s
1.The Tallest Man on Earth‘s 2010 album The Wild Hunt has hardly been off the FFS stereo in the past couple of months. Kristian Matsson is Swedish and of average height with a gift for proper songwriting. There’s no flourishes…
Three Blind Wolves: Tour Video
We’ve got some exclusive footage from Glaswegian fourpiece on their US tour. The band are set to release their mini album ‘Sound of the Storm’ through Communion on 20th March. The lovely noise your can hear playing in the background…
10 Questions with… Thousands
“Thousands is Kristian Garrard and Luke Bergman. We live in Seattle, Wa, USA. We play acoustic guitars and sing. We recorded an album called “the sound of everything” in a variety of natural settings; a barn, a silo, a graveyard, the forest. The idea was to present our songs live and acoustic, the way we play them, in the real world, without any studio trickery or fancy overdubs.”
End of the Road line-up: Marling, Mogwai, Midlake, Mangan
End of the Road, FFS’s favourite festival, has added another slew of bands to its aleady brilliant line-up. Mogwai will be joining headliners Midlake, Beirut and Laura Marling. Also confirmed are The Leisure Society, Dry The River, Joan as a…
Caitlin Rose on tour next week, spawns mini-me
The brilliant Caitlin Rose is over in the UK next week for a string of tourdates kicking off with a sold out show at London’s Borderline. Tickets are still available for the rest of the dates in Oxford, Exeter, Glasgow,…