Happy birthday to FFS favourite Johnny Flynn. To celebrate we bring you a live performance of Einstein’s Idea, a lullaby Johnny wrote for his son Gabriel.
#376 Johnny Flynn – Einstein’s Idea
Author: Lynn Roberts
Lynn founded For Folk's Sake in 2008. Her favourite artists are Joni Mitchell, The Leisure Society and The Mountain Goats. She plays keyboards in Joe Innes & the Cavalcade.
Video premiere | Walking in the Folly by Devon Sproule
FFS favourite Devon Sproule has unveiled the new video for Walking in the Folly, a song taken from Colours, her brilliant collaborative album with Canadian artist Mike O’Neill. Devon will be over in London in October for a show at…
Tour Diary | Sophie Jamieson in Europe (part 3)
FFS’s favourite alt-folkers Sophie Jamieson are on a European Tour taking in much of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Hotly tipped left right and centre as ‘ones to watch’ in 2014, Sophie, Liam and Alex have recently been joined by ex-Fanfarlo drummer…
Blog | Five of the best piano players
We’ve teamed up with Coach House Pianos to bring you five performances from our favourite pianists. 1. Regina Spektor The first pianist on every anti-folk fans list is surely Regina Spektor, who’s been tinkling the ivories since 2000. Originally from…
#339 John Grant – Glacier
Glacier is the closing track to John Grant’s second record Pale Green Ghosts, which was released on Bella Union last year. We love the accompanying video, which shows the struggles and successes of the gay rights movement. Vladimir Putin could…
Tour diary | Sophie Jamieson in Europe (part 2)
FFS’s favourite alt-folkers Sophie Jamieson are on a European Tour taking in much of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Hotly tipped left right and centre as ‘ones to watch’ in 2014, Sophie, Liam and Alex have recently been joined by ex-Fanfarlo drummer…
Tour diary | Sophie Jamieson in Europe (part 1)
FFS’s favourite alt-folkers Sophie Jamieson are on a European Tour taking in much of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Hotly tipped left right and centre as ‘ones to watch’ in 2014, Sophie, Liam and Alex have recently been joined by ex-Fanfarlo drummer…
Listen | Paper Aeroplanes’ new single Ribbons
Sarah Howells of wonderful Welsh duo Paper Aeroplanes asked us to premiere their new single ‘Ribbons’ and who are we to turn down such an offer? One listen and we were hooked. You’re sure to be too. The song is…
#312 Patch & the Giant – Daniel
FFS favourites Patch & the Giant have unveiled the video for their single Daniel, taken from The Boatswain’s Refuge EP. The video was directed by Andrew AB and features fellow folkies Inti Rowland, Lucy Cait, Nick Edward Harris, Andrew Butler…
News | Kathryn Williams says Spotify is ‘Starbucks of music’
Folk star Kathryn Williams hit out at Spotify this morning, calling the music streaming service the ‘Starbucks of music’. Kathryn’s comments on twitter were in response to an episode of Radio 4 programme In Business about the music industry. Listen here. She…