New Orleans is a city that teems with music. It rings out on every street corner, from the French quarter to the Garden district, through Treme to the battered and bruised Ninth Ward. There’s a musician on every street corner…
Author: Ian Parker
Ian is For Folk's Sake's reviews editor. Find him on Twitter @iparky.
Pictures | Joe Innes & The Cavalcade Single Launch @ The Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon (Plus a Free Download)
Joe Innes & The Cavalcade launched their new single ‘Fables‘ with a big bash in Farringdon, inviting FFS favourites Dave Gerard, the Worry Dolls and comedian Malcolm Head along for the party. And of course, given that our editor Lynn…
#73 Caitlin Park – Baby Teeth
Sydney’s Caitlin Park is in the UK this week to introduce us to her delightful record Milk Annual, which she released back home in 2011. Her engaging folktronica is given extra life by an array of samples and abstract sounds…
#71 Joe Innes & The Cavalcade – Fables
Any FFS review, mention or even hint of Joe Innes & the Cavalcade will need to come with something of a disclaimer. You see, our editor, Lynn Roberts, is IN THE BAND. So we’re not going to editorialise, we’d just…
#68 Bhi Bhiman – Walk of Life
Bhi Bhiman – Walk of Life from Bhi Bhiman on Vimeo. After releasing one of the hidden gems of 2012, Bhi Bhiman is back this week with a covers EP Substitute Preacher. Inspired by the popularity of his take on…
#65 Caroline Rose – America Religious
Few things excite all of us quite so much as the idea of a road trip across the United States, which is exactly what Caroline Rose took before writing her debut album America Religious – a record filled with characters…
Album | Jonny Fritz – Dad Country
You may not recognise the name, but chances are you know who Jonny Fritz is. We can throw out there his former stage name Jonny Corndawg, and perhaps we’ll still get a few blank expressions, but the name Caitlin Rose…
Album | Longpigs – On And On: The Anthology
As Suede become the latest Britpop band to hit the road on the reunion trail – sporting, it should be said, a creditable comeback album – it is slowly dawning on those of us who were there to enjoy the…
#61 Landshapes – In Limbo
Landshapes, the latest band to come pre-packed with the Bella Union seal of approval, began life as the fabulously monikered Lulu and the Lampshades, but changed their name after a typo on their billing caught their fancy. Figuring they were…
#60 Little Sparrow – Sending The Message
Little Sparrow’s press release is one extended name-drop: Guy Garvey was the one that gave Katie Ware her musical pseudonym via the nickname he had handed her following her move from her native south to Manchester. But Ware should not…