To put it simply, Alien Country lives up to its name. This much is true enough that it very nearly feels like sensory overload when you first kick Like My Life Depends On It up, and not because it’s poorly mixed or…
With his new album, Mark Huff may have Stars For Eyes, but the question is if the music that makes up this latest LP will leave our ears feeling just as cosmic. While criticizing music as a whole, like all art…
Most days, it feels like Peruvian folk artist Brown Kid’s lively irreverence is more needed than ever. His new album may be titled Rusty Strings, but it never sounds like he was playing on any. Production on the singer-songwriter’s newest EP is…
Although she’s trapped, Anne Deming is still on top in ‘No Escape’. The Midwest singer-songwriter’s new single is a voluptuous, powerfully feminine anthem with a suitably captivating music video to match. In the audiovisual experience Deming is presenting, she dances…
Holland singer-songwriter Emil Landman has a brand new live performance video to share with For Folk’s Sake readers today. As its name suggests, Utrecht artist’s latest album, Vinter // Sommer, was recorded on two separate sessions on the Norwegian island of Reinøya—once…
A baroque stillness besets New Indiana’s ‘Deep in a Haze’ like an old friend. Its minimalist production is yielded by calming layers of lilting harmonies against a melodic sway that feels like a nostalgic summertime mist. These are the musical…
From Charlotte, Diamonds and Whiskey define North Carolina with their music. Americana at its heart, the duo comprised of Jenny Webb and Von Bury blend the myriad of elements that define their roots amalgam with a darker style and grace…
Nowadays it feels like good comedies are hard to come by; along the same line of thought, it feels harder to find albums that seem to come from a blissful place, without sounding cheesy or artificial. Luckily for us, The…
Marty Thompson’s newest album was made out of a romantic story itself. At the start of a month-long family backpacking trip, Thompson couldn’t decide between all of the grand guitars on sale at a shop in Munich to take with…
Taking a page from the golden book of Steely Dan, Gideon King & City Blog take some of the objective best pieces of folk, jazz, and other genre influencers and shake them up into a delicious mixer. They do so,…