Lilliput may already be well known to those of you that hail from the musically-fertile ground of the North East, but, like Newkie Brown, a parmo or Newcastle FC’s transfer policy, the band is now starting to pick up admirers…
For their fourth album, Band of Horses have the experience and confidence to create something bold and reach new listeners. Solid, assured and tightly crafted, many of these songs have shaken off much of their old sparseness. This works, and…
Half German, half American, living in Southampton, Anja McCloskey is a musician without borders. Wherever you put her music, it always sounds like it comes from somewhere else. Maybe somewhere European, perhaps a bit Russian or French Canada or some…
There is a moment just over a minute into Separated By A Smile, the closing track from Alexander Wolfe’s second album, when a lone trumpet is introduced – subtly at first, gradually coming to the fore as the song progresses…
It’s a quiet Monday night in Soho and we somehow find ourselves at what must surely be the most exclusive gig in town. We arrive in time for folk stalwart, Polly Paulusma, the small British girl with a southern American…
Once news broke of Frightened Rabbit’s move from FatCat to Atlantic, some fans were understandably concerned about whether the Selkirk quintet would lose some of the qualities that endeared them to their loyal following in the first place. It’ll no…
Welcome to the New Bands Panel, where our writers profile promising new artists on For Folk’s Sake’s radar. We want to know what you think of singer songwriter Johnno Casson’s new album – thoughts on twitter to @forfolkssake and @Snippetcuts…
It’s difficult to write a review aware that it will serve no purpose. After the phenomenal success of their debut album Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons now find themselves with a legion of devoted fans. Folk fans, pop fans.…
Claire Campbell chose the stage name Abagail Grey after meeting the character in what is described as an “eerily vivid dream”. And for that, she could hardly have a better name, because listening to her music seems like a slightly…
Glasgow-based Rachel Sermanni has been plugging away for a few years now, releasing various singles and EPs, but now the time has come for her to release a full-length effort with help from various piano and fiddle players that she’s…