Italian duo She Owl have had the camera out again and return this week with a new video for ‘War Within’, taken from their engrossing Drifters EP. Feeding off the pulsing rhythms of the song, the video – directed by…
Denver’s Astralingua are here to explore some pretty deep questions. “The journey to the afterlife does not begin at death but rather at birth,” songwriter Joseph Thompson said when outlining the ideas behind their new album Safe Passage. “Death is…
Yorkshire’s own traditionalist troubadour Serious Sam Barrett releases his latest record Where The Wild Roses Grow this week (you can check out our review here). While the album sees Barrett break out the banjo, there are still plenty of guitar…
From the first strike of the kalimba, ‘Holding’ will have you hooked. Its pulsing rhythms creep under the skin as the song builds, before Sive’s soaring velvety vocals elevate it to another level. Written about the need for clean slate…
From the sultry, opening chords, Odetta Hartman’s single ‘You You’ seduces you immediately. This smoking hot cut comes from her critically acclaimed record ‘Old Rockhounds Never Die’, which saw Odetta create a mesmerising and unique sound from the wealth of…
Seattle, Lawrence, Nashville, Raleigh…the list of places Sam Fuller-Smith has called home in recent years depicts a wanderer, eager to soak up America’s endless possibilities. Those experiences are poured into the music he makes under the name Whisperer. His sparse…
It is not the usual way in to a love song. Our protagonist is waiting at the altar for his bride, and his mind fills with dread. The rest of his life lies before him. Sincere Deceivers’ ‘Hot Handed’ was…
There was a time when it seemed like Neil Young could hardly help but be brilliant. Quite a long time, in fact. New music poured out of him at an incredible rate, so much of it that he cast aside…
Now we at For Folk’s Sake love Christmas as much as anyone. Every year we count the days to dust off A Charlie Brown Christmas and pull on the cosiest woolly jumper we can find. But few can deny the…
Café Spice have been charming their home city of Manchester for a while now, building up a fine reputation with live performances of their beautiful harmonies and sweet tunes. And now the trio – made up of Georgia Gage, Eleanor…