Laura Groves moves ever further from her Blue Roses persona, but the music remains as hypnotic as ever. Her latest effort is a cover of Paul McCartney’s ‘Waterfalls’, the track which *cough* inspired the TLC song of the same name.…
You will find some of the world’s biggest Blue Roses fans at FFS, so there is more than a little excitement about new music from Laura Groves. Groves has had a rebranding, dropping her floral moniker, so it’s no surprise…
Here at For Folk’s Sake we’ve been waiting for a new Blue Roses album pretty much since the day the first one was released in 2009. Well, the wait goes on, but Laura Groves fans have some new music to…
With mulled wines in hand, the people of Leeds have packed into the pews of the Holy Trinity Church to hear one of their own deliver the annual Christmas service from the local Gaslight Club. Well, nearly. Hannah introduces herself…
If you’re on the look for a laid-back festival with a bit of class, look no further than the intriguingly named Deer Shed Festival, a one day festival (camping’s an optional extra) taking place at Baldersley Park, North Yorkshire on…
FFS asked you for your #bestbits of songs on twitter today — your favourite couple of seconds of music, one that makes you swoon, cry or nigh-on burst with joy. You came up with so many good suggestions that we…
Ali Mason tastes the wonders of Leeds Live for the first time, and describes the experience for FFS’s readers. Bask in the glow of this wonderful May Bank Holiday weekend. On a bright, sunny, May Day morning, I set out…
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…
Last year, the first Owl Parliament was a wonder of a day: Mechanical Bride, Jeff Lewis, Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling were a few of the stellar acts who performed to a Union Chapel auditorium packed full of numb-bummed music…
Noah and the Whale, Peggy Sue and Sky Larkin have been added to the bill for Brighton festival The Great Escape.