Withered Hand’s gnarly name reflects his sound perfectly – warts and all folk music that’s more world-weary than we will ever be.
Willkommen unveil new act: The Climbers – free MP3
The Willkommen chaps have added yet another brill act to their roster. The Climbers’ songs are penned by Tim West — a schoolfriend of The Leisure Society’s Christian Hardy. Tim, Christian and TLS frontman Nick Hemming make up the nucleus of The Climbers.
Brian’s mixtape #7: End of the Road
Brian is still reeling from the fantastic time he had at End of the Road festival a week ago. The weather was beautiful, the bands were great. And among his fellow festival-goers were lovelies from Trash Aesthetic, The Yellow Bird Project and Anika (the one In London).
The Leisure Society’s The Sleeper wins Schmercury poll, we celebrate with competition
For Folk’s Sake’s readers have voted The Leisure Society’s glorious debut album The Sleeper their favourite album of the past year.
Mumford and Sons reveal album artwork and limited editions
It’s all go on the Mumford and Sons front. The West London-based chaps are receiving rave reviews for their debut album Sigh No More (read ours here), they’ve embarked on a major UK tour (remaining dates below) and have also announced that they selling limited editions of the album at their gigs.
Album: Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
She may have lost the Mercury Prize to a Sarf Landener who don’t get emotional but perhaps quite ironically Lisa Hannigan has created a debut solo album that is ethereally soft and floaty and packed to the rafters with the stuff.