Open House festival in Belfast has announced new additions to its already rather exciting bill. FFS favourite Lissie and The Dave Rawlings Machine will join already announced Seasick Steve, Wilco, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Felice Brothers, The Low Anthem…
EP: Alexander Wolfe – Breakdown EP
Alexander Wolfe’s debut album ‘Morning Brings A Flood’ drew comparisons with the likes of Nick Drake and Coldplay when it was released via iTunes last year. Now to celebrate its first physical release, Wolfe has offered up a free EP…
Live: Joanna Newsom @ Royal Festival Hall
As he leaves the stage, support act and folk legend Roy Harper sums the night up perfectly, before it has even happened: we are about to be treated to “one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen, performing some of…
Album: Junkboy – Koyo
For those familiar with Junkboy‘s previous output, Koyo may come as something of a surprise. Although never a completely full-on krautrock machine, Junkboy, aka brothers Mik and Rich Hanscomb, certainly knew how to get into the teutonic groove. On Koyo,…
The folk fan’s guide to hip-hop
You won’t be surprised to hear that here at FFS, folk is the only music we claim to know anything about, but that doesn’t mean we’re not open to dalliances with another genre or two. We’ve enlisted the help of…
FFS New Bands Panel – Admiral Fallow
Five students came together in Glasgow four years ago to form the Brother Louis Collective. Fast forward a little while, and the newly-monikered Admiral Fallow have just put out their debut album, Boots Met My Face, mixing several different sounds…