Despite all that has been said about the world becoming more and more connected and so on, we are definitely still a long way from artists and musicians having the same opportunities in terms of reach and consideration. In a…
One might be hard-pressed to find an album more personally developed than Wulijimuren’s Sun of UTC+8. Each guitar-centric composition tells a different life story based on the Mongolian immigrant’s own experiences both in his home country and the United States following…
The latest in our FFS 5 interview series is Atlanta-based folk band, Heart Hunters. At the heart of this heartful group is an inimitable husband and wife duo consisting of singer-songwriters Brianna Blackbird and Drew de Man. They recently sat…
It won’t take very long to realise something has fundamentally changed at Union Music Store in Lewes. Walk through the door and on the wall facing you, you’ll spot London Calling by the Clash, Let It Be by the Replacements…
At the center of folk music and roots music of all kinds is a spirit for social action. Wherein some of her contemporaries have shied away from carrying on such a passion for human rights in the stories they tell,…
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r761VdbnxgY[/embedyt] It was Big Strings day in the studio courtesy of Brighton based Night House and their song ‘Five Years Old’. On record, the band blend orchestral instruments here with some electronic beats and Rhodes pianos to produce something…