Author: Jonathan Frahm

Premiere | Tellico – Salsa

For Folk’s Sake is pleased to share Tellico’s newest single, ‘Salsa’, ahead of the release of their upcoming LP, Woven Waters. Embracing the fluidity of life in the album’s overarching, eclectic perceptions and themes, the album is set to feel like…

Album | Jupiter in Velvet – Beautiful New Day

Never before has a title been quite as apropos as ‘Heavy Like a Brick’. The opening number from off of Jupiter in Velvet’s seventh album, Beautiful New Day, spends little time building into a crescendo. Instead, it’s hefty rock, straightaway, though…

Single | DawgGoneDavis – Anthem Pandemonium

In some ways similar to old-school country, folk, or bluegrass, hip-hop has often excelled when at its most sincere, depicting the realities behind artists whose grit in their stories open the door to actual revolution. For better or for worse,…

Video | Catgod – Sleep In

Late last month, Oxford sibling duo Catgod released a new single in the form of ‘Sleep In’. Inundated by the turbulence of uncertainty in a relationship, the tune undulates within the broad soundscape it outwardly paints, ferried forward with a…

Video Premiere | Alex Weksler – Who Will Save Your Soul

Alex Weksler seems to have a knack for inhabiting a musical space with an indomitable heart. Don’t let the ‘pop’ in the New York-based singer-songwriter’s folk-pop affairs fool you; like Shawn Colvin and the Indigo Girls before her, the world…

Interview | FFS 5 Q&A with Mad Crush

You could say Mad Crush know a thing or two about music. Only years of experience can explain the wry wit and complimentary musicianship of the songs on the band’s forthcoming, self-titled debut album. One part June Carter sassing Johnny…

Album | Roses & Cigarettes – Acoustic Sessions

Right away, Roses & Cigarettes Acoustic Sessions feels like home. At the very least, it does to this humble writer, who originally hails from the exact windswept plains and rolling hills so eagerly expressed through sound with their forward-looking folk-rock aesthetic.…

Single | Starla Starshine – Red Lagoon

Starla Starshine’s latest tune is pervaded by authenticity in a sense rarely observed, even in musical form. While, yes indeed, the indie rocker and psychedelic folkster’s transformation into both the Starshine moniker and the artistic expression to come with it…