On the eve of the Mercury poll, FFS have put together a list of our 12 favourite folk-tinged albums of the past year for our very own Schmercury prize. We’re going to do things a little differently this year, and…
Tag: The Low Anthem
Album: The Low Anthem – Smart Flesh
The Low Anthem are a band of two distinct worlds. Treading a line between traditional, perhaps even stereotypical, American country music and a more modern, indie-folk perspective, the band have manifested this schism in different forms over the years. 2008’s…
Listen to the Low Anthem’s new album in full
The new album from Bella Union wonders The Low Anthem is available to stream this week. Smart Flesh was produced by the band and mixed by Bright Eyes and Alessi’s Ark producer Mike Mogis. Jeff Prystowsky from the Low Anthem…
Iron & Wine, Wilco and Modest Mouse confirm for Open House Festival
As if it wasn’t looking exciting enough already, Belfast’s Open House Festival has announced a dream team of additions to its line up: Modest Mouse, Wilco and Iron & Wine. They join the already brilliant line up which includes Field…
The Folk Artist Twitter Directory
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…
For Folk’s Sake’s festival calendar
We’ve gone through the folkier end of the festival calender, and hereby bring you our picks. You won’t find any news on Glastonbury or Reading and Leeds, mind. We’re here to tell you about the things you might not have…
Donovan, The Divine Comedy, The Low Anthem, Johnny Flynn for Moseley Folk Festival
The lovely chaps over at Moseley Folk Festival have announced a corker of a line up for their three-day Birmingham-based festival planned for the 3rd-5th September. As well as folk legend Donovan, who counts Bob Dylan among his fans, revellers…
Belfast’s Open House Festival announces star-studded line-up: Seasick Steve, Old Crow Medicine Show, Wilco
Belfast’s Open House Festival has made its first line-up announcements with Seasick Steve, Wilco, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Felice Brothers The Low Anthem and AA Bondy all set for shows. Seasick Steve will make a return to Belfast after…
End of the Road announce line-up additions and Union Chapel gig
The super-duper folks who run End of the Road have added some more stunners to their already rather exciting 2010 line-up. Joining Wilco, Diane Cluck, The Mountain Goats, AA Bondy, The Low Anthem and The Wilderness of Manitoba are Iron…
The Low Anthem present weekly radio show
The fine folk over at The Waiting Room alerted us to the fact that The Low Anthem have started a weekly radio show on Texas-based internet radio station Woxy. Their show, Trala-lala Radio Hour was first Broadcast last Sunday (31st…