
Emily & The Woods will be back with a new EP in the new year, and they’re previewing it with the release of ‘Helios’ as a single next month. Emily says the band have been away listening to the likes…
Sam Brookes, troubador and organiser of the Unplugged Sessions at the Mayfair Windmill, has taken the show on the road over the past week. With a cracking line up featuring Pete Roe, Emily & the Woods, Hot Feet, John Parker…
Attention Londoners (and near Londoners)! For Folk’s Sake favourites and winners of the Green Man unsigned band competition the Dufflefolks will be headlining a charity show in aid of VSO this Wednesday at the Tooting Tram & Social. And it’s…
A new favourite of ours here at FFS HQ, Emily & the Woods is releasing her second EP ‘Eye to Eye’ on May 4th with a launch party at The North London Tavern, 375 Kilburn High Road. While you wait…
Last week, the 123-band shortlist (so not that short) was released (It’s since been whittled down to eight, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves). We at FFS (Lynn, Lois, Helen and I) were delighted to be part of the…
1.The Tallest Man on Earth‘s 2010 album The Wild Hunt has hardly been off the FFS stereo in the past couple of months. Kristian Matsson is Swedish and of average height with a gift for proper songwriting. There’s no flourishes…
We’re delighted to report that For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas, our festive album to raise money for King’s Integrated Cancer Centre, has raised over £1000 so far. Thank you to all those who have donated. We’re selling the album through…
For Folk’s Sake is delighted to present: For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas. It’s our first ever release, and we’re selling it in aid of the Integrated Cancer Centre at King’s College London, which provides cancer care as well as being…
Since the New Bands Panel was launched early this year, we’ve reviewed more than 80 bands and counting. The vast majority are unsigned, but we’ve also seen a number of our alums begin to enjoy some greatly deserved success as…
On Sunday I popped down to London Fields Radio to record the first ever FFS radio show in a cafe against a background of the clatter of crockery and the hum of Hackney-ites chatting. There’ll be a monthly-or-thereabouts show from…