From Jim Croce to John Denver and Joni Mitchell, folk music flourished from the 60s on through the 80s for singer-songwriters whose first name started with the letter ‘J’. They also managed to bring some stragglers-by along the road with…
What’s the best £20 you’ve ever spent? For Russell Swallow the answer is clear. He was 14 when he wandered into a Salvation Army shop in Suffolk, spotted a guitar and took it home. He taught himself to write songs,…
Crunching electric riffs, driving percussion, and hearty shouts reminiscent of the garage and post-punk scenes does not a folk album make. If your perception of the genre is skin-deep, you might find albums like Wilder Mind to define the entirety of the…
Following the release of her album, Things We’d Rather Not Say, earlier this year, Bri Murphy is sharing a poignant live performance of the LP’s leading tune with For Folk’s Sake. ‘Wait For Me’ aches with a yearning that is only…
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…
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v78pBrPCN4[/embedyt] Our new session comes from Kerry Devine. Kerry’s recent album Away From Mountains is haunting electro-folk inspired by The Fens in East Anglia. This track, taken from the album, is the gothic waltz ‘Fools That Fall’. Keep up…