Merill Garbus aka tUnE-yArDs, opened her set with a primal, African influenced sound blasting out of her mouth and seemingly, going on forever. Was that her real voice? No laptops, no effects, no nothing? As she loops her own voice…
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.
Mumford & Sons announce UK tour, limited edition EP
Everyone’s favourite tweed-clad fourpiece Mumford & Sons; have announced a headline tour at some pretty sizeable venues across the UK, and a limited edition EP. Tickets for the 6-date tour, which takes in Glasgow, Manchester, Brighton, Nottingham, Bristol and London,…
Album: Johnny Flynn – Been Listening
It’s two weeks after Johnny Flynn‘s second album Been Listening was released, and the British music scene is an altogether different beast from the one to whom he handed debut, A Larum, in May 2008. Then, the new folk movement…
Editor’s picks… Mountain Man, Laura Marling, Anais Mitchell, Broadcast 2000
Fresh out of journalism school, I started FFS so I’d be able to write about the music I loved. Two years on I’m managing the site more and more and barely getting time to put pen to paper. But so…
Album: The Drums – The Drums
Over the past twelve months The Drums have made the journey from formation to the hottest indie act on the planet. All that was needed to see their hype explode was a début album. Well it’s finally here! The most…
Album: The Climbers – The Good Ship
The Climbers are made up of Nick Hemming and Christian Hardy of the Leisure Society, Tim West and a supporting cast of floating members, most of whom are members of other groups on the burgeoning Wilkommen Records. The existence of…
Stage times for Sunday’s Bandstand Busking with Slow Club, Johnny Flynn and Broadcast 2000 revealed
Bandstand Busking have announced the stage times for the second of their two appearances at Richard Thompson’s Meltdown festival. The free gig takes place in the Clore Ballroom in the Royal Festival Hall this Sunday, with an incredibly FFS-friendly line-up…
Free Eels download, tour and album news
Mark Oliver Everett’s Eels are offering a free download from their 2nd album in a year, Tomorrow Morning, due for release on 23 August. The album is the third in the trilogy that began with Hombre Lobo and continued with…
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…
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan return with third album
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, the pair that brought us the briliant album Ballad of Broken Seas in 2006 and the really quite good Sunday at Devil Dirt in 2008, return with a new album in 2010, titled Hawk. Isobel…