There are end-of-year lists aplenty around, but few from so musical an ear as our guest playlist-maker Nick Hemming of the Leisure Society. The band have spent 2012 holed up writing, rehearsing and recording album number three (due out early…
News | Gibson Bull and Stylusboy release videos for Christmas tracks
The excellent Gibson Bull and Carmen have put together this gorgeous video for the song they donated to For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2012. Here’s ‘The Holly and the Ivy’… As though that’s not enough festive loveliness, we’re delighted to…
Interview |Martha Tilston – ‘If folk music doesn’t ask questions folk are asking, who will?’
It’s hard to imagine that Martha Tilston could have become anything other than a folk artist. When your dad is folk legend Steve Tilston, your parents run a folk night in Bristol, and Bert Jansch and John Renbourn frequently pop round…
News | Staves’ Winter Trees gets single release
The Staves will attempt to keep the momentum of their breakthrough year rolling with two headline London shows and a new single in 2013. ‘Winter Trees’ from their beautiful debut album Dead & Born & Grown will be released on…
EP | Malpas – Where The River Runs
Out in Leeds the other night, I came across a unusual beer that was essentially like drinking bacon. A pint of ‘Smoked Porker’, a rather unique and very, very dark ale, took a little getting used to. The barman who…
Interview | Lucy Rose on an amazing year – and tea
It’s hard to introduce Lucy Rose without saying she did backing vocals for Bombay Bicycle Club. Now we’ve got that out of the way, we can talk about the really interesting stuff, like how she’s gone from recording her debut…