First and foremost, what grabs you when a Paper Shades song strikes up is the beauty of the harmonies between Sarah Dollar and Jon Rixon. It’s not a sound that’s going to get old in a hurry, and as soon…
Interview | Introducing Foreign Fields
We are Foreign Fields. A duo from Wisconsin who decided to represent a year of their lives in the form of an album. We tend to blend the musical genres that inspire us most, folk, classical, and electronic. We now play out as a group of 5 guys trying to achieve the most emotionally true performance that we can.
Album | Bob Dylan – Tempest
Bob Dylan, now 71 years old, has explored plenty in his long and winding career. But an album that sees him encounter pimps, junkie whores and engage in the act of motorboating probably aren’t what most expected from this most…
Album | David Byrne & St Vincent – Love This Giant
Collaborations between yesterday’s innovators and today’s eclectics can sometimes be a recipe for disaster – two extreme styles battling to be the best, or the loudest heard. Not here. St Vincent and David Byrne are a match made in heaven.…
Interview | FFS finds Get Well Soon’s Konstantin Gropper in excellent health…
To coincide with the release of their third album The Scarlet Beast O’ Seven Heads earlier this month, the mastermind behind Get Well Soon, Konstantin Gropper, kindly took the time to talk to For Folk’s Sake about the new record’s…
Interview | Introducing…The Young’uns
We normally give a little bit of info about our ‘Introducing…’ bands, but thanks to large quantities of free German beer, this really wasn’t necessary in the case of The Young’uns’ David Eagle…. Hello, please introduce yourself and your music…