I’m on a bit of a Dolly Parton kick at the moment. It started with a late night rummage around YouTube looking for clips of her 70s TV variety show Dolly!. And has been made even stronger thanks to an…
Tag: The Leisure Society
The Leisure Society, Jesca Hoop & Cut Copy to give free London performance
London session hosts Bandstand Busking have announced free their monthly show will be at Arnold Circus in Shoreditch this Sunday. It’s a corker of a line-up with performances from FFS favourites The Leisure Society, Tom Waits’ ex-babysitter Jesca Hoop and…
Editor’s picks… Johnny Flynn, Broadcast 2000, Anni Rossi, Alela Diane, Caitlin Rose, Mara Carlyle
Johnny Flynn free EP & Amazon session, Broadcast 2000’s Regina Spektor cover, How Caitlin Rose wrote Own Side Now, Free Anni Rossi download, Nick Hemming’s hit-making guitar, We <3 Mara Carlyle, Snoop round Alela Diane’s pad.
WIN! Eastleigh Festival of Music tickets and CDs
Win tickets & albums by the Leisure Society, Stornoway, Ellen and the Escapades, The Travelling Band and Eliza Carthy
FFS on London Fields Radio #6
We play tracks from The Leisure Society, Fleet Foxes, Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne, and FFS’s reviews editor Ian Parker calls in for a chat about the best new albums. There’s also two tracks from Brian’s mixtape: Imitation & Flattery,…
Album: The Leisure Society – Into the Murky Water
Let’s make things clear from the outset: the Leisure Society’s second album is a work of wonder. Like its predecessor, The Sleeper, Into The Murky Water is a collection of beautiful songs, masterfully orchestrated, with smart, wry lyrics. Opening with…
For Folk’s Sake interview: The Leisure Society (part 1)
The Leisure Society’s second album Into The Murky Water is out today on Full Time Hobby. Twice Ivor Novello-nominated singer Nick Hemming and keyboard-player and chief harmonist Christian Hardy (who releases solo music as Christian Silva) are the creative force behind the Willkommen band.
For Folk’s Sake interview: The Leisure Society (part 2)
The Leisure Society’s second album Into The Murky Water is out today on Full Time Hobby. Twice Ivor Novello-nominated singer Nick Hemming and keyboard-player and chief harmonist Christian Hardy (who releases solo music as Christian Silva) are the creative force behind the Willkommen band.
News: The Leisure Society – new video, vinyl and aquarium show
A couple of months ago we told you about The Leisure Society’s new album, Into The Murky Water, and tour dates, and since then there’s been a raft of exciting news about the 8-piece from Brighton and London. The band’s…
Editor’s picks… Tallest Man on Earth, The Mountain Goats, This is the Kit, Leisure Society + free MP3s
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…