by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | Copper Viper – ‘Hung Up Alone’
Do not let Copper Viper’s minimalist presentation fool you. As folk duos do, their dynamics may be clean and precise, but they are most certainly not without their intricacies. Just as the Milk Carton Kids would go on to wow…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | Anne Marie Almedal – You Keep Me At Arm’s Length
Norwegian songwriter Anne Marie Almedal is set to release her fourth solo album, and first in more than five years, next month with Lightshadow due out on October 26th. The new record brings a fresh new sound for this beguiling…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Interview | Alessi’s Ark returns with ‘Devant Moi’
Alessi’s Ark is back with the release of new single ‘Devant Moi’. And it marks a departure for Alessi Laurent-Marke, who sings entirely in French, a mother tongue for the Hammersmith-born artist. What’s more, the single has been released via…
by Duncan Martin • • Comments Off on Preview | For Folk’s Sake @ #Blogtober 2018
Now in it’s 3rd year, #Blogtober is a month-long festival ran by Lost In The Manor at The Finsbury in London. Each night in October they host a line-up curated by a different blog. We’ve been taken part since the…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | Madeleine Roger – Luckiest
We are not always lucky enough to make a big choice and ultimately bear its fruit. Sometimes we succeed, and other times, our hopes are dashed to the wayside. We all are who we are and not a thing can…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | Jessi Williams & Coyote – Bloodhound
Directed by Ryan Ross, Jessi Williams & Coyote go out for a run in the music video for their latest single, ‘Bloodhound’. The frantic pace of which the lead character’s feet propel him forward are indicative of the song’s thematic…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | Devin Sinha – Backslider (Live 4k)
Few songwriters make as excellent a use of open air as Devin Sinha. The Seattle artist is still promoting material from off of his latest album, last year’s Our Fathers Were Lions, and for good reason—it’s bloody great. Capitalized by spacious,…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Mitch Bradford – ‘Everybody Got Someone to Love (‘Cept You and Me)’
Mitch Bradford is a contemporary artist who appreciates the warm minimalism of vintage folks and roots rock. Taking a page from the likes of Jackson Browne and Neil Young, his style is unvarnished, conversational, and from the heart. Ergo, it…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | Listen to Ben Somers’ new album Poor Stuart in full
Those of you who follow the For Folk’s Sake sessions will already be excited about Ben Somers’ new record Poor Stuart after he popped by to perform ‘Life On The Road. Now we can offer up the premiere of the…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | Katie Barbato – The Art of Falling
With a vinyl release in just four days and a digital one soon to follow on 21 Sept., Katie Barbato is sharing the title track of her forthcoming EP with For Folk’s Sake today. Accompanying it is a gorgeous video…