Texas Cannonballs officially came together in 2011 via the notorious blues spot in the SouthWest of France, Bar Chez Dan. Consisting of Hector, Chris, Preston and Jim, these guys are musical legends in their own right. Having all played along…
Hello, please introduce yourself and your music to the uninitiated. We’re Harry and Alfie Hudson-Taylor, brothers from Dublin, Ireland. We sing and play acoustic folk music with vocal harmonies. Tell us a bit about your latest release? 1. It’s four…
The Indie poptronica trio ‘We Were Evergreen’ also featured amongst The Cambridge Folk Festival’s line-up this year. Hailing from Paris, the group blend rhythm loops with some very splendid vocal harmonies, creating something profoundly unique. FFS got a chance to…
FFS certainly consider this trio a dark horse when it comes to performing. With the use of almost no instruments throughout nearly their entire set, The Ballina Whalers sing traditional folk and sea shanty songs, with some of the most…
The lovely Blair Dunlop was very kind to give up some time from his weekend’s busy schedule to have a chat with FFS about what he’s been up to. Having won last year’s Horizon Award at the BBC Folk Awards,…
JP Cooper tells us how chuffed he is to be playing festivals, and sings the beautiful ‘Whenever You Hold Me’ for your listening pleasure. Just lovely. Watch out for more in our series of live interviews at the Cambridge Folk…
Somehow, Laki Mera’s rapturously-received debut album, The Proximity Effect, flew under our folktronica radar. Determined not to miss the party the second time, we collared the Glasgow three-piece to get the lowdown on 2013’s most intriguing dream folk outfit and…
A slightly star-struck FFS talks to the Levellers’ Mark Chadwick at the Cambridge Folk Festival, followed by an acoustic rendition of ‘Truth Is’. Watch out for more in our series of interview videos shot over that weekend!
After a tumultuous year in which she split from husband and sometime band member, Tom Bevitori, got dropped from her record label, found new love and is now expecting her first child, Alela Diane might have been forgiven for taking…
Sometimes an that EP drops through our mail box here at FFS towers turns out to be a little package of gold. Jake Mattison’s aptly named Golden Friend is one such delivery – an offering of such perfect, understated quality and…