Anais Mitchell leapt into our consciousness with last year’s stunning folk-opera Hadestown, a sprawling masterpiece with a lengthy cast of distinguished contributers, not least Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, the Low Anthem’s Ben Knox Miller and Ani DiFranco. Lush instrumentation and…
Album: Emmy The Great – Virtue
Emma-Lee Moss, the girl who puts the great into Emmy, is back to with a second album that is sure to build on the devoted fan-base she won with 2009’s memorable First Love. Her breakthrough back then was considerable. Not…
Album: City & Colour – Little Hell
City and Colour, the alliterative moniker of Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green, has already earned the Alexisonfire singer two Junos and quite a bit of acclaim. Although this folk project is a far cry from his post-hardcore roots, Green wears the…
In Pictures: Communion’s Bushstock Festival
FFS’s photoreporter Sapphire Mason-Brown headed to Bushstock at the weekend and caught performances from Peggy Sue, Daughter, Michael Kiwanuka, Marques Toliver and more…
Live: Fleet Foxes @ Hammersmith Apollo, London
There really was no chance that Fleet Foxes were not going to deliver a stunner of a tour this year. And there was no chance that we were not going to wax lyrical about it. After being met with almost…
Album: The Middle East – I Want That You Are Always Happy
Are you ready to PARTY?? The Middle East aren’t. The Middle East are ready to sing to you about death and loneliness until you’re rocking gently in a corner and cowering from sunlight. You remember The Middle East, right? You…