There are some collaborations you just know are going to work, and this falls squarely into that category. Literally nothing could go wrong with Jesca Hoop and Willy Mason teaming up, and literally nothing does. It’s one of a number…
FFS’s favourite alt-folkers Sophie Jamieson are on a European Tour taking in much of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Hotly tipped left right and centre as ‘ones to watch’ in 2014, Sophie, Liam and Alex have recently been joined by ex-Fanfarlo drummer…
Here are some interesting facts about Ásgeir : 1 in 10 Icelanders own a copy of his debut album, Dýrð í dauðaþögn; it is Iceland’s biggest-selling debut album ever; his songs are based on the poems of his poet-dad; John Grant helped…
Laura McGarrigle, or Gaze is Ghost, is an Irish singer-songwriter based in Cambridge, by way of Paris, India and Sweden. A crafter of beautiful, multi-instrumental, genre-blending folk, she reminds us of French innovator Camille, or experimental composer Sasha Siem. We…
Regular FFS readers will already be familiar with Brighton quartet House of Hats, whose EP Rivers Will Run we loved back in 2012. Then we described their music as soft and soothing, and the same is definitely true here with…
Back in the 90s there was a recurring advert that went: “You know more [insert artist name] songs than you think you do.” It was easy to be put in mind of this frankly slightly low-wattage slogan when following the…