With first full-length English-language album, In The Wake, Welsh artist Al Lewis was nominated for the inaugural Welsh Music prize. Having set the bar so high for himself, he decamped to Nashville, Tennessee, to the studio of Charlie Peacock (The Civil Wars,…
Category: Interviews
Interview | A Quick Word with Neil Halstead
Former Slowdive and Mojave 3 frontman Neil Halstead has just released his third solo album, Palindrome Hunches, recorded over a weekend in a primary school with access secured by way of a bribe for the caretaker. He’s a straightforward, understated…
Interview | Dead, born and all grown up – FFS talks to The Staves
You and everyone you know should have been eagerly awaiting the release of The Staves’ debut album Dead, Born, and Grown, not only because it features inspired harmonies and enough warmth to carry us through the winter months, but because…
Interview | Introducing…Tom Hickox
Tom Hickox is not your ordinary singer-songwriter. Whether it comes from being born the son of renowned conductor Richard Hickox CBE and an orchestrial timpanist, or whether it comes from a having a far bolder vision than your average musician,…
Interview | Introducing… Patch & The Giant
Patch & The Giant are an alternative folk band whose defining characteristics include rough-edged folk melodies, strings, brass, keys and buttons along with boots, braces and cauldrons of tea. Having seen them a few times now, these lovely people never fail to impress…
Interview | Introducing…Mina Tindle
We loved Mina Tindle’s eponymous debut EP, and adored her first full-length album, Taranta. Here, we get the low-down on the latest French export to tickle our fancy… Hello, please introduce yourself and your music to the uninitiated and tell…
Interview | Gilmore and Roberts
Currently riding the resurgence of traditional-sounding folk are Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts, who met as music students and are now three albums into a very promising career. If you like ‘proper’ folk – and God knows we do –…
Interview | Introducing…The Fishermen Three
You may well have seen Simon Beims play somewhere, even if you don’t realise it. Whether he’s been touring with the Jeffrey Lewis Band, Herman Dune, I Was a King, or The Wave Pictures, supporting the likes of the Cribs…
Interview | Introducing…Boat To Row
Midlands collective Boat To Row are one of those bands where every member seems to be able to grab the nearest instrument and bash out an uplifting tune. Whether they have guitars, banjos, mandolins or violins to hand, it doesn’t…
Interview | The Robbie Boyd Band takes off (for the moon)
Almost half a million view on YouTube; recommended by Radio 2’s Graham Norton and Absolute Radio’s Dave Gorman and playing gigs with the likes of The Kooks and Johnny Flynn -The Robbie Boyd Band are certainly compiling a glittering CV.…