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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…

Video Premiere | Martha Tilston – Stories

As we’ve basked in these balmy days of summer weather, there’s been an undeniable itch to break out of the office and go for a frolic in the countryside. It seems Martha Tilston also had that itch as that’s exactly…

Session | Louis Brennan – Get On Top

We present ‘Get On Top’, our third and final song from our session with Louis Brennan. Louis describes ‘Get On Top’ as “a paean to the early days of romantic love and the kindness of strangers”. If you missed the…

Upcoming | Iron & Wine – Beast Epic (25/8/2017)

After releasing a rather excellent set of songs under his own name alongside Jesca Hoop (Love Letters for Fire) in 2016, Sam Beam is returning with a new Iron & Wine record, Beast Epic, in the summer of 2017. With 11…

Premiere | decker. – Matchstick Man

With the rise of quote-politicians-unquote like Donald Trump and Theresa May over the past couple of years have led many to believe that we as a world have taken so many steps forward only to take even more steps back.…

Session | Louis Brennan – The Culture of Resistance

Our second session track from Louis Brennan is ‘The Culture of Resistance’: The Culture of Resistance is a song about apathy outweighing ideals set against the backdrop of a night of ecstasy fuelled Onanism with Jeremy Corbyn followed by the…

Artist playlist | Sam Airey on his shifting influences

Sam Airey’s debut album In Darkened Rooms has been a long time in the making – time in which his influences have expanded from the folk music he was raised on to include shoegaze, post-rock and Americana. To give us…

Premiere | Lesley Kernochan – The Universe

Sweet, heartfelt, and soul-bearing, the music of Lesley Kernochan is quick to fall in love with. With her lilting, storyteller’s vocals spinning a healing yarn against a warm acoustic backdrop, we at For Folk’s Sake certainly have. In our premiere…

Premiere | Ryanhood – Is This the Time of Our Lives?

  Melding soaring pop-rock sensibility with the organic nature of acoustic folk music, Ryanhood are a duo that has been influenced by the world that they’ve uniquely lived through touring together as both artists and human beings for the 14…