Hailing from Ann Arbor, MI, The Ragbirds are a band that have transcended the typical avenues of traditional roots music to develop something totally new from the ground up. The most exciting part of their music as a whole might…
“Women prefer a menagerie of clowns,” sings Adam Green, at Bristol’s Thekla, a floating boat of a venue in Bristol’s East Mud Dock. Judging by the reaction of the women and, indeed, men in the crowd, he’s spot on. Green…
The Handsome Family will be in London next week for a sold-out show at the 100 Club as they finish up work on a new record. It’s too soon to hear any of the new material, but let’s instead take…
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…
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…
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…