Topic, described as “Europe’s oldest truly independent label”, will welcome in the new year by going back to the future as they begin The Great Big Digital Archive Project. The 74-year-old label is aiming to make all of its back…
Artist Blog | Emily Barker talks to Chuck Ragan and Joe Ginsberg
I write this final blog post from Perth, Western Australia. The Revival Tour is now a few weeks behind us all. We said our goodbyes after the Leeds show on 20th November and returned to our respective homes scattered across…
Playlist | Nick Hemming of the Leisure Society’s picks of 2012
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…