Everyone’s favourite tweed-clad fourpiece Mumford & Sons; have announced a headline tour at some pretty sizeable venues across the UK, and a limited edition EP. Tickets for the 6-date tour, which takes in Glasgow, Manchester, Brighton, Nottingham, Bristol and London,…
FFS New Bands Panel – Kashmere Hakim
Dutch singer-songwriter Kashmere Hakim started the summer by releasing his debut EP, The Hillsinger, and is following it up with a handful of festival appearances around Europe. The panel took a listen to see what all the fuss is about.…
Live: Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit @ Electric Ballroom
It’s no secret that FFS has more than a little love for “the next poster boy of the nu-folk [vom – Ed] scene” (we can thank the Times for that one), and his marvellous new album Been Listening has only…
FFS New Bands Panel – Glaciers
Leeds’ Nicolas Burrows is working under the name Glaciers, but would the panel give him a warm embrace or the cold shoulder? Let’s find out… Jono Ganz: “Glaciers”. The word brings bands such as Sigur Rós or God is an…
For Folk’s Sake Interview: Pete Roe
Pete Roe is a decent man. He’s got dignity all over. You discover that the moment you listen to his music, influenced by the right and wrong doings of his close friends, the world, the simplicity of nature and the…
Album: Johnny Flynn – Been Listening
It’s two weeks after Johnny Flynn‘s second album Been Listening was released, and the British music scene is an altogether different beast from the one to whom he handed debut, A Larum, in May 2008. Then, the new folk movement…