Earlier this year Richard Hawley caused something of a kerfuffle when he revealed he had turned down a slot at Glastonbury because the famous festival had become “meaningless”. For devotees of the Worthy Farm experience this was tantamount to heresy,…
Husband and wife duo Davy & Amelia are expecting a baby. A baby girl. And they’re planning to call her Norah June. Before she’s even born, she’s got a song and an EP named after, but really what she has…
Andrea Tomasi’s debut album, Hurricane Dream, is incredibly beautiful, and instantly comforting on dark autumn days. Beginning with a campfire guitar, the instrumental opening feels self-assured. It was recorded outside, in the woods: crickets chirping away create a natural space…
The Walking Hour by We/Or/Me We/Or/Me is the recording name of Bahhaj Taherzadeh, a chap with roots in Ireland but a home in Chicago, and he has just put out his album The Walking Hour. It opens with the rather…
To celebrate Halloween Joe Innes is offering a free download of his zombie-filled track The Frighteners. He calls it his “lo-fi indie version of Michael Jackson’s thriller” and when it’s played live the crowd provide a backdrop of growls, werewolf…
We love a bit of quirky folk here at FFS, and Lisa Knapp is at the vanguard of those fusing traditional sounds, structures and songs with new technologies. On new record, Hidden Seam, this combines to deliver something fresh yet…