Have you ever been unfortunate enough to break the elastic on your party hat, mid-party? If you have, you’ll remember that the sensation is both physically and emotionally mortifying: you can no longer wear the same hat as everyone else,…
Artist blog | Emily Barker on Rocky Votolato
Our favourite Australian songstress Emily Barker is on the road as part of the revival tour. It’s a five week European jaunt with a slew of other artists, full of collaboration, covers and singalongs. After her last blog, in which…
News | Coming soon… For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2012
Guess what folk fans?! We’ll be releasing another album of Christmas music this year. All profits will be donated to the Evelina Children’s Hospital in Central London. News of the artists involved is to come, but for now we can…
Interview | Introducing…Tom Hickox
Tom Hickox is not your ordinary singer-songwriter. Whether it comes from being born the son of renowned conductor Richard Hickox CBE and an orchestrial timpanist, or whether it comes from a having a far bolder vision than your average musician,…
News | Laura Groves making new music
Here at For Folk’s Sake we’ve been waiting for a new Blue Roses album pretty much since the day the first one was released in 2009. Well, the wait goes on, but Laura Groves fans have some new music to…
Album | The Staves – Dead & Born & Grown
There’s been a lot of hype surrounding The Staves since they debuted their talents behind Tom Jones on his gravelly gospel album Praise and Blame. They made a name for themselves on the back of that performance with the Welsh…