There are records which, from the moment you start listening to them, let you enter their unique world, connected but different from the real one. This pervasive feeling cannot but come from a very clear, honed by time and work,…
Ivan Moult’s Longest Shadow is no ordinary break-up album. It spans the complete arch, from the first spark of romance to the bitter recriminations and pain that comes when it falls apart. Moult tackles all of this with his trademark…
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Gf0cGYhfU[/embedyt] We present our second session track, ‘Horace in Brighton’, from folk collective Bird In The Belly. The band have spent the last 12 months recording songs and stories that have either never before been recorded or are rarely…
After making his name as half of dance duo Chimes, and working as a songwriter for a string of artists for the likes of Universal, Island and EMI, Paul Aiden has struck out on his own. His first ever release,…
In recent years, two labels have stood out as the greatest representatives of quality Americana: Paradise of Bachelors for ‘band’ Americana, and Mama Bird for ‘solo’ Americana. When I discovered that I Need To Start A Garden was being released…
For Folk’s Sake is privileged to share a performance of Cricket Tell the Weather frontwoman Andrea Asprelli’s new tune, ‘The Mountain & the Sea’. Although an original penned by Asprelli, the gentle sway of her performance could stand unsuspectingly tall…