by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Fairport Convention – Come All Ye…
On the second Saturday of every August, Fairport Convention close their 3 day festival of music and ale with “Meet on the Ledge”. This August will hold special resonance for the band as they celebrate 50 years together. They’ve come…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | CHUCK – Dogs
Infusing a psychedelic mix of 80s new wave and 90s alternative movements into his singer-songwriter vibe, Charles Griffin Gibson (aka CHUCK) has been putting out music that has been received as altogether eclectic, mind-boggling, and beautiful since 2014. Now, though, we’re…
by Joe Sweeting • • Comments Off on News | Cambridge and Newport Folk Festivals announce Partnership
With it being the Cambridge Folk Festival this forthcoming weekend, there is no better time than to announce the news that two of the most well-renowned Folk Festivals in the world, Newport and Cambridge, are to form a working partnership.…
by Joe Sweeting • • Comments Off on SOTD | Nick Mulvey – Mountain to Move
In this modern world of processed beats and electronically programmed ‘drops’, it is refreshing to hear an artist take traditional music and add their own unique spin to it. Nick Mulvey has done just that on his latest single, ‘Mountain…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Preview | Cambridge Folk Festival 2017
The annual Cambridge Folk Festival, now 53 years old, is Europe’s premier folk festival. A celebration of talent from all over the world, it’s a festival committed to giving stage time to up and comers as well as showcasing some…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Dan Blakeslee + The Calabash Club – Johnny and June
“After Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash passed away, there was a great void within me, as I admired their artistry deeply,” says Dan Blakeslee on he and his band, the Calabash Club’s, latest single. He continues, “I was immediately…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Magana – Inches Apart
Featuring stunning direction from director Lauren Finerman, the music video for Magana’s ‘Inches Apart’ perfectly accentuates the masterful embrace of emotive substance that is so very clearly a focal point for the artist when developing her music. With a quiet…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Carpet of Horses – ‘Ghosts’
Tobin J Stewart’s musical project, Carpet of Horses, released on his self-made Montsou Records label is the definition of indie music distilled to its most proper form. Everything is meticulously written, recorded, and produced in top handcrafted form, including every…
by Duncan Martin • • Comments Off on Competition | Win tickets to see Martha Wainwright in London
Having released her new album, Goodnight City, last year, site favourite Martha Wainwright is on tour around the UK. Her London show is this Tuesday, 11th July at ULU and you can buy tickets for the show here. However, the…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt – ‘Undone’
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign for the acclaimed Cincinnatian folk duo to release their second record of studio-recorded music together, consummate cellist Michael G. Ronstadt got to work on releasing what could well be described as the first single from…