Sparrow and The Workshop present Into The Wild, their debut album, a delicate, intricate and honest gift to the senses. Mixing pop, rock and folk as well as their different backgrounds (Scottish, Welsh and American) and views on music, their sound…
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.
Album: The Dutchess & the Duke – Sunrise/Sunset
Sunset/Sunrise is the second album by The Duchess & The Duke. The Duchess & The Duke form a pair that lives in line with dichotomies and paradoxes, though in complete harmony. Their new work is a stark contrast from their…
Laura Marling announces album title and tracklisting
FFS are very excited about Laura Marling’s forthcoming album, and now we can reveal the name, tracklisting and release date. The album, which is to be called “I Speak Because I Can”, will be released on 22nd March. The LP…
Call for artists: Album cover designs wanted for Rachael Dadd mini-album
Broken Sound Music (who’ve released EPs by FFS favourite Peggy Sue and the debut album by Forest Fire) are calling for artists to submit work for a 10″ mini album from Bristol-based folk artist Rachael Dadd. Moth in the Motor…
Album recommendation: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – The Boatman’s Call
For me, albums I truly admire can be divided into two piles: those I wish I’d written and those I wish someone had written about me. The Boatman’s Call is very much the latter. When an album opens with a…
Tickets for Laura Marling UK tour on sale now
Exciting news, folk fans! Tickets for Laura Marling’s UK tour in April 2010 are on sale this morning. Six of the dates will also feature the wonderful Alessi’s Ark. She will join Laura on the Birmingham Cambridge, Newcastle, York, Southampton…
TLOBF announces Shhh… gig with Dan Michaelson & the Coastguards, Jon Hopkins, David Thomas Broughton and more
Music website The Line of Best Fit has announced it is to host an “all day celebration of quiet music” in London in January. The gig at Cecil Sharp House in Camden will feature Jon Hopkins, Dan Michaelson and the…
Call for artists: Album cover designs wanted for Rachael Dadd mini-album
Broken Sound Music (who’ve released EPs by FFS favourite Peggy Sue and the debut album by Forest Fire) are calling for artists to submit work for a 10″ mini album from Bristol-based folk artist Rachael Dadd. Moth in the Motor…
Live: Devendra Banhart @ Shepherds Bush Empire 15/12/09
Bounding on stage at Shepherds Bush Empire, girl-hipped and beard-faced, Devendra Banhart assessed a crowd made up of copy-cat males (long hair and moustaches gleaming), flower-adorned teenage girls, and a rather large chunk of what I can only describe as…
[Hundred Bands] 5: Lissie
Wow. Already our gargantuan task is worth it. Lissie is a Californian troubadour who made her EP ‘Why You Running’ with Band of Horses man Bill Reynolds. Lissie vocals are deliciously smoky, and she scuffs up her pretty melodies with…