Tom Figgins wanted to explore his folk roots on ‘Retrograde’, so he’s roped in plenty of help from ex-members of Noah and the Whale. You’ll hear Tom Hobden on violins, while Fred Abbott was responsible for the recording and mixing…
Violetta Zironi is a precocious singer-songwriter who’d come swinging out of the musical gates at a young age. Now 22, the artist began developing her own songs at 16-years-old. In that short span of six years since her humble beginnings,…
Not everything in life is sunshine and rainbows. We have our highs, and we sure do have our lows. San Diegan contemporary folk artist Lindsay White understands this as well as anyone, but rarely do such accessible songs lean into…
If Ben Brookes’ latest single, “Stories in the Rain”, is anything to go by, then we are in for one heck of a record once his full-length record drops in the near future. In the meantime, though, listeners can regale…
God bless the incorporation of looping in modern music. Though we can go as far back as Bing Crosby in regards to contemporary usage of ostinato, the refinement of electroacoustic music in more recent times has brought us some real…
Fronted by For Folk’s Sake’s very own Joey Frendo, Michigan-based “sweater rock” band Watching for Foxes have caught the eye of Americana fans around the U.S. following their first nationwide tour with Folk Family Revival earlier this year. What began…