Irish singer Maria Kelly has announced a new single and a string of live dates in London and Ireland in early June. ‘Black & Blue’ is a bright and breezy number musically but the lyrics tell a story of vulnerability…
#611 Maria Kelly – Black & Blue
#610 The Silver Lake Chorus – From The Snow Tipped Hills
From out of Los Angeles come the Silver Lake Chorus – a group of 20 singers who originally got together back in 2010 covering “everthing from Radiohead to Rihanna”. When Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee heard them perform he had an…
#609 Steve Gunn – Ancient Jules
We here at FFS were big fans of Steve Gunn’s last couple of releases, 2014’s Way Out Weather and last year’s Seasonal Hire, and the early signs – just hit play on ‘Ancient Jules’ above – suggest the upcoming Eyes…
Interview | The Accidentals talk new EP, SXSW, and more
There is DIY, and then there is Traverse City, Michigan-based folk band The Accidentals. The youthful trio, founded by Katie Larson and Savannah Buist while still in high school, practically does it all when it comes to its music. Beside…
#608 William Tyler – Sunken Garden
Nashville-based guitarist William Tyler will return next month with Modern Country, and it finds him making a significant shift in gears from 2013’s Impossible Truth. While that first collection veered between towering epics and more pastoral folk tunes, Modern Country…
Live | Hanging Valleys, Rhys Lewis and Bacchus @ Mahogany, London
I had a sneaking suspicion that the evening, set in the basement of a secluded private members club in Shoreditch, The Kings Head, was going to be a showcase of great music, for two reasons. Firstly, curated by Mahogany,…