Gary Stewart, for those who may not know, is the bassist in For Folk’s Sake favourites Ellen and the Escapades, and this is his latest collection of songs recorded under his own name and released independently way back in the…
British fans may have missed this one, which only appeared on the US edition of his covers album On Your Sleeve, but Jesse Malin has always loved a song about his hometown so he teamed up with Bree Sharp to…
Hi! Pleased to meet you. In case we haven’t met before, my name is Daniel and I am the singer, guitarist and songwriter who goes out under the name, Laish (lie-shh). I’ve been kicking around in Brighton and now London…
With such a sophisticated and varied back catalogue, Patty Griffin sounds like she’s been writing and performing her whole life. In fact, she only begun her career as an artist in the early nineties, recording her heartfelt, country-tinged debut, Living…
There’s something honest about Roo Panes’ music – he manages romanticism without melodrama, sincerity without sentimentality. Indeed Land of the Living’s opener, ‘Glory Days’, where a ukulele is strummed alongside bowed strings, serves as perfect image of what Panes has…
Devon Sproule’s lovely song about Christmases as an expat was written for For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2011. Devon’s a master at optimistic pathos and her gentle vocals with jazz-tinged slides make this track just perfect.