After cancelling the first four dates of her tour in Spain and France, due to the ashes of Eyjafjallajokull, the Luminaire (Kilburn, London) was the 1st stop of Basia Bulat’s European Tour, a tour that, after the UK, will take…
The Folk Artist Twitter Directory
Below is our attempt at a comprehensive directory of folk artists currently on Twitter – of course, we aren’t Twitter deities and as such will almost certainly have missed out on certain artists. Let us know if you can think…
Single Review: Laura Marling – Rambling Man
Gone are the wispy, brittle songs of Alas I Cannot Swim. Twenty-year-old Marling’s second album, I Speak Because I Can, is simmering with a certain confidence in style that seems to have replaced the endearing tenderness of the debut. ‘Rambling…
Live: FFS @ The Camden Crawl
FFS’s Chris Gent moseyed on down to the Camden Crawl for the May bank holiday weekend. Here, he provides his impressions of three folk-tastic bands for your esteemed consideration. Kurran and the Wolfnotes @ The Enterprise Kurran and the Wolfnotes…
Brian’s Mixtape #33: Tales for the Children
Brian’s very much enjoyed his bank holiday weekend, which he (rather lazily) decided to extend until Tuesday evening. He’s indulged himself in an abundance of childish pursuits, including watching cartoons in his moleskine pyjamas, baking squirrel-flavoured biscuits and icing them…
Album: Pearly Gate Music – Pearly Gate Music
Zach Tillman, the man behind Pearly Gate Music, is the brother of Fleet Foxes drummer Josh Tillman. There are two reasons why it’s best to mention this up front, I think, rather than dance around it. Firstly, Josh’s name is…