On Saturday 27th September South Street Arts Centre will play host to a one-off show featuring UK folk troubador Adem. Support comes from Russ Alsop and FFS favourites Slow Club.
Jay Jay Pistolet finishes EP, announces headline tour
For Folk’s Sake’s favourite interviewee so far, Jay Jay Pistolet, has finished his new EP with the track ‘Hooked Up On Us’ produced by Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit bassist Adam Beach.
Mountain Goats/Kaki King EP nearly ready
Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle, has been secretly working on a six-track EP with US shoegazer Kaki King.
Album Review: Shearwater – Rook
Shearwater are not normal. Not even slightly. The title track of this album (their first since signing to Matador) is an apocalyptic vision of a world where all the birds fall from the sky whilst the people all cower indoors.
Shearwater
Shearwater We Say: Texan folksters doing a splendid line in ethereal art rock. They Say: \\”pastoral prog-folk chaotic celestial mindfuckery\\” Band Members: Jonathan Meiburg, Thor Harris, Kimberly Burke. Alumni: Howard Draper, Will Sheff. Associates: Kevin Schneider, Matthew Barnhart, Mark Sonnabaum,…
Marling and Flynn perform antifolk classic ahead of US tour
Leading lights of British folk record classic Jeffrey Lewis track Travel Light ahead of their attempts to crack the states.