If 2012 was a ‘meh’ year of some good British records and nice debuts by a handful of promising artists, 2013 will be forced to do better, not only because there’s no massive international event to distract us (yes Olympics,…
EP | Apples & Eve – Dionysus
When you see that a band is formed of musicians who have worked with the likes of Beirut, Laura Marling, and Peggy Sue, you expect them to be pretty good. But you still won’t expect to hear the remarkable sound…
Poll | Where do you buy your music?
With news of the sad demise of HMV came the surprising statistic that 38% of physical music sold in the UK is bought there. So we asked folk fans on twitter where they get their CDs and vinyl… Tell us…
Album | Gaze Is Ghost – Plume
There’s something alternately smoky and ethereal in this debut album by Gaze Is Ghost, who so far has such an appropriately elusive online presence that all I know about her is that she’s a Paris-based singer-songwriter with a changing pen…
Live | REVERE @ Hoxton Bar and Kitchen
Back when For Folk’s Sake was still in short trousers, there was a review of O by Tilly and The Wall on the front page for a while. It was clear then that the folk in the For Folk’s Sake…
‘G’n’R had the look, the riffs, the lyrics your parents didn’t want you to hear” – Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show play good ol’, rootin’ tootin’ American and blue grass and can name fans as illustrious as Marcus Mumford, Norah Jones and Gillian Welch. In fact, they supported our own Mumford and Sons back in 2011 on…