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…
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 with Kerry…
With his new album, Mark Huff may have Stars For Eyes, but the question is if the music that makes up this latest LP will leave our ears feeling just as cosmic. While criticizing music as a whole, like all art…
Approaching its 54th event, the Cambridge Folk Festival remains firmly amongst Europe’s foremost offerings for celebrating, introducing and shaping folk music. We spoke to operations manager Neil Jones and asked what the secret to its longevity is: “we’re so aware…
The latest in our ongoing ‘For Folk’s Sake 5’ interview series comes from Nashville’s own Lyman Ellerman. In his ‘FFS5’ sesh, Ellerman tells us the captivating story of his growing up into the world of roots music and all of…
Most days, it feels like Peruvian folk artist Brown Kid’s lively irreverence is more needed than ever. His new album may be titled Rusty Strings, but it never sounds like he was playing on any. Production on the singer-songwriter’s newest EP is…
Although she’s trapped, Anne Deming is still on top in ‘No Escape’. The Midwest singer-songwriter’s new single is a voluptuous, powerfully feminine anthem with a suitably captivating music video to match. In the audiovisual experience Deming is presenting, she dances…
Holland singer-songwriter Emil Landman has a brand new live performance video to share with For Folk’s Sake readers today. As its name suggests, Utrecht artist’s latest album, Vinter // Sommer, was recorded on two separate sessions on the Norwegian island of Reinøya—once…
With even a cursory pulse on the indie music scene, it would have been hard to not come across the name Phoebe Bridgers—a Los Angeles-native indie folk singer-songwriter—within the past few years. Bridgers was featured on an Apple iPhone commercial…
A baroque stillness besets New Indiana’s ‘Deep in a Haze’ like an old friend. Its minimalist production is yielded by calming layers of lilting harmonies against a melodic sway that feels like a nostalgic summertime mist. These are the musical…
From Charlotte, Diamonds and Whiskey define North Carolina with their music. Americana at its heart, the duo comprised of Jenny Webb and Von Bury blend the myriad of elements that define their roots amalgam with a darker style and grace…
Nowadays it feels like good comedies are hard to come by; along the same line of thought, it feels harder to find albums that seem to come from a blissful place, without sounding cheesy or artificial. Luckily for us, The…
Marty Thompson’s newest album was made out of a romantic story itself. At the start of a month-long family backpacking trip, Thompson couldn’t decide between all of the grand guitars on sale at a shop in Munich to take with…
Taking a page from the golden book of Steely Dan, Gideon King & City Blog take some of the objective best pieces of folk, jazz, and other genre influencers and shake them up into a delicious mixer. They do so,…
Sometimes, you just know. When singer-songwriter T. Buckley met engineer and producer Howard Bilerman last year, it took only one demo cut between them to settle on teaming up for a full-length. As a result, Miles We Put Behind was born. Buckley’s…
From Lord Huron to Johnny Cash, artists new and old alike have dipped their toes into the venerable, earthen power of swamp stomp music throughout the years. Few, however, breath this grungy, harrowing spin on the popular folk-rock as profoundly—or…
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, me&you’s Chasing Trails is here. Comprised of siblings Connor and Karlee Hormell, the California duo first wowed folkies with the release of their single, ‘Georgia’, back in May. A hop, skip, and a jump later, and…
