To (mis)quote Blur ‘I think he’d like to have been Jimmy Page but then nature didn’t make him that way’. That’s the impression The Tallest Man on Earth (aka Kristian Matsson) gave as he stalked, strutted and swaggered his way…
New Bands Panel | Boletes – FLAWS
Welcome to the New Bands Panel, where our writers profile promising new artists on For Folk’s Sake’s radar. We want to know what you think of @boletes- thoughts on twitter to @forfolkssake please! Rosy Ross: What on earth, you may ask…
Interview | Exciting Times – FFS talk to latest folk-pop sensation, BOY
Contrary to what their name might suggest, BOY are Valeska Steiner and Sonja Glass, whose hand-clapping pop hit ‘Little Numbers’ attracted almost 5 million views on YouTube. Falling somewhere between Feist and the sweeter side of Regina Spector, BOY write…
Interview | Still fighting the good fight after 25 years – FFS talks to the Levellers
For many of us on the unfavourable side of 30, the Levellers defined the protest landscape of the 1990’s. After the relatively apathetic 80’s, they were an electric shock to the faltering musical protest movement – a group of angry…
Brian’s Mixtape | Especially for Film
Dear readers, My playlist this week is inspired by a world so ostentatious that it may even be more flashy than that of music. A medium which draws a fascination from even those who own more albums by Boyzone than…
Album | Levellers – Static on the Airwaves
Mark Chadwick, Simon Friend and co are among the originators and the great survivors of the folk-rock crossover and, now more than two decades in, have produced an album to rekindle memories of their glory days. The brief opening title…