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…
New Bands Panel | Light Falls Forward – Songs and Shadows EP
This week three of our writers have eyed up London-based two-piece Light Falls Forward, who met at a house party and immediately bonded over Derren Brown and biscuits. They moved in with each other, decided to write music together and…
Live | The Civil Wars at The Roundhouse, London
The Civil Wars: never was a band name more apt. Reviewing the duo, who have just cancelled the rest of their tour and gone on hiatus citing ‘differences in ambition’, is a tricky one. Leaving The Roundhouse last Tuesday I was…
EP | Oh Stockholm! – All This Will Go
The latest EP from Oh Stockholm! should be proof enough, were it still needed, that their journey from electro-pop to folky loveliness is complete. The last time FFS covered them back in 2011, one of our New Bands Panel members…