Canadian band Austra are to release their second album, Olympia, later this year. The Toronto-based outfit will release the follow-up to 2011’s Feel It Break on June 17, when they will also play a lone UK date at the Hoxton…
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News | Bellowhead, Levellers among Cambridge headliners
Bellowhead and the Levellers have been announced as two of the headliners for this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival. The pair top the bill on on the two biggest stages on the Friday night of the July event, while the newly-reformed…
News | Daughter set for UK tour
Fans of indie folk and long-term planning, today is your lucky day: Daughter have announced a UK tour for October. While Elena Tonra’s London-based three-piece have a pretty hectic touring schedule in the pipeline following the release of their debut…
Album | Klak Tik – The Servants
The Servants, Klak Tik’s second full-length release, is an album of tensions. Begun during a trip the band took to a remote part of Wales – including sessions in a chapel and underneath Parys Mountain – and finished back in…
#3 Anna Lena & The Orchids – View Of My Sanity
‘View Of My Sanity’, the lead track from Anna Lena & The Orchids’ debut EP, is a hell of a way for the Norwegian singer-songwriter to announce herself on to the scene. The mix of drama and beauty – “He’s blocking the…
#1 Leo Abrahams – Winter Kiss
For Folk’s Sake is proud today to unveil a new regular feature – a very regular feature, in fact, because we’re going to give you beautiful music to listen to every day. With our Song of the Day, we’ll bring…
News | Ellen and the Escapades heading out on tour
For Folk’s Sake favourites Ellen and the Escapades are hitting the road again. The Leeds band, whose wonderful track ‘By The Fireside’ featured on our Christmas album last year, will be supporting the Travelling Band on a UK tour throughout…
News | Bellowhead announce UK tour
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners Bellowhead have announced an extensive UK tour later this year. The 11-piece folk supergroup, who won best album for their release Broadside last month, begin their tour in Bury St Edmonds on November 7,…
Competition | Win Christopher Owens tickets and t-shirt
Christopher Owens’ debut solo album Lysandre has created plenty of buzz – not least from FFS. Owens has a limited number of UK shows coming up and we’re delighted to have two tickets to his Leeds date on February 27…
News | Hannigan, Bunyan perform on Nick Drake tribute album
Vashti Bunyan, Lisa Hannigan and Teddy Thompson are among the artists performing on an upcoming Nick Drake tribute album. Way To Blue has been put together by Drake’s original producer, Joe Boyd, who took an unconventional approach to the project. Feeling…