Author: Ian Parker

Ian is For Folk's Sake's reviews editor. Find him on Twitter @iparky.

#365 Terry Emm – Starlight

Terry Emm continues to drip feed songs from his new record, which is due later in the year. ‘Starlight’, out now as a digital single, is the third song we’ve heard from the album of the same name, channelling the…

#360 Tashaki Miyaki – Cool Runnings

The Winter Olympics, complete as they were with a Jamaican bobsleigh team, have been and gone, but the time is right all the same for a new song by the name of Cool Runnings. Dream-pop merchants Tashaki Miyaki are only…

#354 Alana Amram & The Rough Gems – Should I Go Now

From out of Los Angeles, California comes Alana Amram with her Rough Gems. ‘Should I Go Now’ is taken from their upcoming record Spring River, and showcases their warm, rich sound. A proper country song, if it feels like its…

#350 Born Standing Up – No. 9

No 9. – Born Standing Up from Born Standing Up on Vimeo. From out of Oxford, Mississippi come Born Standing Up, who have finished work on their debut album, recorded all over the Magnolia State, from their bedroom to a…

#349 Inigo Ugarteburu – Miradas

For The Unknown by IƱigo Ugarteburu For The Unknown is a solo work from Inigo Ugarteburu, a man who boasts a lengthy list of former and current bands. Yet he’s hardly alone on this new work, with each track recorded…

#346 Broken Records – Toska

Scottish ensemble Broken Records are ready to return with their third album Weights And Pulleys later this year, and will precede the new record with the Toska EP next month. The title track is an introspective piece, powered by the…

#345 Suntrapp – New Morning

Suntrapp, the indie-folk project of Jake Houlsby, return with ‘New Morning’, recorded over two days at Camden’s Roundhouse as part of the 30/30 project. The new single, the follow-up to the delightful ‘All The Seas’, is released on February 17.

#344 Paper Aeroplanes – Circus

Taken from last year’s Little Letters, ‘Circus’ is the title track from Paper Aeroplanes new EP. There’s a handful of alternate takes and remixes from the record, new track ‘Ribbons’ and, of course, ‘Circus’, which gets a new video to…

#327 Paul Bergmann and the Fair Moans – Sorrow Song

January in the UK means many things, but it always means a heap of TV adverts for holidays in southern California. Sun! Surf! Doom-folk! Wait, what? Okay, so that last one is yet to feature alongside Rob Lowe et al…