FFS favourite Rachael Dadd is hosting a concert this Friday 15 April to raise money for the Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal & Nomadamura. Rozi Plain, Kate Stables of This is the Kit, Wig Smith, Carrie Hitchcock and Ichi will…
Samuel Zasada
A part-family affair, Samuel Zasada are a five-year-old three, four, or five-piece band (depending on who you ask). Much loved by the local music press, they’ve got a couple of EPs under their belt and still play extensively in their…
Album: All Eternals Deck – The Mountain Goats
The Mountains Goats are nearly always my favourite band. And John Darnielle is my favourite ever songwriter bar none. He’s an intensely likable, principled, genius of a frontman. Yet the last few albums – though solidly good – haven’t blown…
Album: Dark Dark Dark – Wild Go
There’s more than just a buzz around Dark Dark Dark and their second album, Wild Go. There’s a hive of adoration in some quarters. Why though? That’s not the easiest question to answer. There’s a definite beauty to Wild Go…
Amazing Radio’s last ever Folk Roots Show – listen again with Emily and The Woods
The digital radio station for unsigned and independent artists, Amazing Radio, have been scooping up the same kinda talent that we’ve been covering on our New Bands Panel – including Sophie Yau, Gillian Christie, and Emily and The Woods. Unfortunately…
Scriber
Cardiff-based Joshua Price, aka Scriber, calls his music garage-folk and thinks this is his year. The panel checked in to see if he’s right… Alice Sage: A slowly plodding pick-strum pick-strum guitar, occasional plinks of piano and an echoing, slurring,…