Woodpigeon’s evening for Phrased and Confused at the Cross Kings, Kings Cross (try saying that really fast 10 times), was not your ordinary gig. For starters, there weren’t any other bands on. Only performance poets. But they weren’t just performance poets, they were performance poets who make friends with musicians and share the stage with them sometimes.
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Album Review: Otis Gibbs – Grandpa Walked a Picket Line
Otis Gibbs is described on his website as a “writer of songs, teller of tales, populist agitator, social dissident, planter of over 7,000 trees, photographer, musician, iconoclast”. And that ain’t the half of it. This dude has an FBI file, and he’s not best pleased with the way of things these days.
Willy Mason session on Radio 1
As far as FFS is concerned, Willy Mason has spent far too much time at home in the last couple of years. We were, therefore, jubilant to the extreme when we discovered that he’s recorded a live session and interview for Radio 1 to be aired this week.
Album Review: St Vincent – Actor
When Annie Clark dons the moniker of St. Vincent, extraordinary things happen. In her 2007 debut, Marry Me, Clark exhibited a witty verve for lyric-writing and an adventurous spirit in her musical arrangements which has come to spectacular fruition in her new release.
End of the Road line-up proper swoon-worthy
End of the Road has a very special place in the hearts and minds of the FFS collective, as it was at this splendid festival last year that we began spreading the love that is our website. EOTR 2008 was just lovely – small, brilliantly curated and covered in fairy lights and ribbons.
Wave Pictures announce album, gigs and DJ set
The Wave Pictures have two performances scheduled this week. On Thursday, 7th May they launch their new album, If You Leave it Alone, at the Lexington Arms, London. The boys will also appear a day later (Friday 8th May) for a free 6:30 performance at Pure Groove London.
Phrased and Confused this Sunday: Woodpigeon AND poems!
This Sunday the Phrased and Confused tour hits London, with a gig at the Cross Kings which might well hit all your cultural buttons simultaneously. If you can handle that much pleasure, that is. Folk darlings Woodpigeon are on the bill for the tour, which they say is “focused on lyric-writing and the collision between words and music”.
Willkommen Collective announce gig of the summer
The Willkommen Collective, which counts Sons of Noel and Adrian and The Leisure Society amongst its number, plan an exciting gig in a very special location.
Alessi’s Ark embarks on mega tour
Dreamstress of wonder Alessi’s Ark has begun an epic tour of the British Isles in a bid to spread her web of wonder far and wide. Her travels will take in an eclectic range of venues including instores and one very special gig at a farmhouse which was once a haunt of the Bloomsbury group.
Bloom Festival announces folk-soaked line up
This splendid independent boutique festival is in its fourth year, and
this is the year of the folk act. FFS Favourites Noah and the Whale,
Alessi’s Ark and Ryan O’Reilly are included on the ever-expanding line
up for this musical extravaganza, which will see entertainment spread
across six stages.