We’re delighted to be tagging along with the excellent Goodnight Lenin at their show at the Sebright Arms in Hackney on Thursday night. The eight-track EP, A Winter’s Night, will be released on 7th January next year. “The band have…
Live | Gabrielle Aplin @ Scala, London
Gabrielle Aplin, currently best known for soundtracking a snowman love story on the John Lewis Christmas advert, lit up the stage at the Scala with an impressive live show. Read Paul Woods’ review of Gabrielle Aplin live at the Scala on 22/11/2012 on For Folk’s Sake.
Album | Joyce The Librarian – They May Put Land Between Us
When Joyce The Librarian first found their way into FFS ears earlier this year, it took us a while to get over their wondrous name, the Stilgoe & Skillern song of a sex-starved book lender that inspired it, and all…
Album | Maia – Pepper Stars
“As the alien living amongst you, I’m glad to see we can finally live in peace,” coos Maia’s lead singer Tom Clegg on the opening track of ‘Pepper Stars’, in a vocal style similar to what one images an extra-terrestrial’s…
Singles Round-up | Abi Wade, Family Machine, Killing Fields of Ontario, Magmana, Jennifer Left, Reuben & the Dark, Songs For Walter
Abi Wade – Heavy Heart/Faker Often compared to Joanna Newsom and Regina Spektor, cellist-percussionist Wade suffers the same pitfalls as those kindred spirits in that the germ of a great idea can be lost in excessive quirkiness. ‘Faker’ is the…
News | Communion Manchester announce Christmas gig.
The chaps from Communion in Manchester have recently announced a very special Christmas gig indeed. On the 6th December, hosted at Manchester’s Ruby Lounge, Communion have brought together some of their own bands to play what is to be a…