There’s something alternately smoky and ethereal in this debut album by Gaze Is Ghost, who so far has such an appropriately elusive online presence that all I know about her is that she’s a Paris-based singer-songwriter with a changing pen…
Category: Reviews
Live | REVERE @ Hoxton Bar and Kitchen
Back when For Folk’s Sake was still in short trousers, there was a review of O by Tilly and The Wall on the front page for a while. It was clear then that the folk in the For Folk’s Sake…
NEW BANDS PANEL | SAM SALLON – KATHY’S SONG EP
London born and Manchester raised folk troubadour Sam Sallon has been making music ever since he was a wee laddy, supporting Mexican duo Rodrigo y Gabriela, Pete Doherty and tthe likes of Johnny Flynn, Fionn Regan and Lucy Rose in…
EP | O. Chapman – Obedient Son
The wonderful O.Chapman has been in our good books, not to mention our one-to-watch books, for some considerable time now, and his 2012 debut EP ‘Obedient Son’ certainly didn’t let our expectations down. Recorded at the equally fantastic Dave Gerard’s…
EP | Malpas – Where The River Runs
Out in Leeds the other night, I came across a unusual beer that was essentially like drinking bacon. A pint of ‘Smoked Porker’, a rather unique and very, very dark ale, took a little getting used to. The barman who…
Album | Cellophane Flowers – Staring at the World
The wonderfully quirky London-based quartet that are Cellophane Flowers have finally unveiled their debut album and what an album it is. From their previous releases, we had an idea of what we could expect from Staring at the World: driving,…
EP | Roo Panes – Weight of the World
There’s plenty could make folks a little wary of Roo Panes’ quick rise over the recent months. Half a million YouTube views is more than impressive, but then it was in large part fuelled by his link-up with a well-known…
Live | Stealing Sheep @ Bush Hall, London
Hotly tipped in the local press, it was no surprise to see a packed Bush Hall for Stealing Sheep’s first big headline gig in London this year. A couple of dates with Alt-J earlier in the autumn can only have…
Album | Straw Bear – Black Bank
I thought the banks were skint? This one seems to be full to bursting, with a remarkable range of ideas and styles filtered through layers of Fenland folk oddity. Generally speaking the tone is gentle folk-pop, not dissimilar to The…
Singles Round-up | Terry Emm, The Beatrix Players, The Lumineers & The Lake Poets
Terry Emm – Gently How have we not previously heard of Terry Emm? This Christmas single follows on from two albums – both of which are consistently as gorgeous as ‘Gently’. Not since Spandau Ballet’s ‘Gold’ has a song’s title…