Tag: Laura Marling

Laura Marling is an English singer-songwriter, originally from Eversley, Hampshire but now based in LA. Read news, reviews and interviews and find tour dates for Laura Marling on For Folk’s Sake.

Laura Marling to support Neil Young on four European dates

Whilst the rest of us are busy dusting down our wellies, rolling out our tents and bracing ourselves for the start of festival season, songstress Laura Marling has just excitedly announced that she will be gearing up to support Neil Young on part of his European Tour.

Laura Marling announces “very special” London show

Laura Marling has announced a ‘very special’ show on London’s Southbank via a handwritten note on her Myspace. The show will take place at The Royal Festival Hall on 11th August and Laura has said it will feature “some of the boys”. Some boys Laura frequently appears with include Mumford and Sons, Johnny Flynn, Cherbourg and Jay Jay Pistolet.

Live Review: UK Folksters storm SXSW

SXSW (said South by Southwest) is a yearly Texan industry music festival. This year, a host of UK folksters took the festival by storm with music journos from across the pond giving rave reviews to Mumford and Sons in particular. FFS’s Matt Hardy takes us through his SXSW experience.

Jeff Lewis gets his own TV show via Guardian website

The news by Jeffrey Lewis: now won’t that be a sight for sore eyes? Jeff is recording a series of news videos for The Guardian online, which will include comic books, limericks, and collaborations with such folk-type sensations as Laura Marling, Johnny Flynn and Herman Dune.

Blissfields announces folktastic line-up

The people at Blissfields have announced the first few acts for the Hampshire festival. And it’s good news for folk fans. Confirmed artists include lovely Laura Marling, marvellous Mumford and Sons, charming Cherbourg, really-very-good Ryan O’Reilly and the brilliant beat-boxing hip-hop folk-funkster Gideon Conn.

Laura Marling covers Mumford and Sons on American radio

An interview with Laura Marling was broadcast on America’s NPR radio this week. Laura performs a cover of Mumford and Sons’ Roll Away Your Stone, as well as her own songs Rambling Man, My Manic and I and Your Only Doll (Dora).