If you don’t know how much we love the Staves, you haven’t been paying attention. You should be able to guess therefore how thrilled we are that there’s a new track for us to drink in. Produced by Bon Iver’s…
#562 The Staves – The Blood I Bled
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News | The Staves reveal new material and UK live dates
The Staves have unveiled brand new material from their upcoming as-yet-unannounced second album as well as details of six intimate UK and Ireland headline shows with Lauren Laverne today premiering the lead track on BBC 6 Music. The Blood I…
#403 The Staves – Facing West
It’s a while since we’ve picked the Staves as Song of the Day: today we correct that. ‘Facing West’ is perhaps the simplest and most beautiful track from their debut album Dead & Born & Grown. It’s also heartbreakingly sad,…
#245 The Staves – Mexico
The Staves are on tour at the moment, which is easily excuse enough for us to bang on about how amazing they are all over again. This session recording of ‘Mexico’ – on a beach and then, when the rain…
Playlist | Our picks of End of the Road 2013
Two of your humble FFS servants are off to End of the Road festival in Dorset today and we’re barely able to contain ourselves. The festival never misses a beat with its line-ups and we’ve been faithful attendees since we…
News | Staves to play Shepherd’s Bush Empire
For Folk’s Sake favourites the Staves will move one step closer to world domination when they headline London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire in November. The three Staveley-Taylor sisters will follow up their tour of America and a summer of appearing at…
Festivals | Cambridge Folk Festival: Sunday preview
By now, you should have your CFF routine down to a fine art. So, baby-wipe yourselves down, rinse your recyclable pint glass and ready yourself for the final day of folk festivities. Continuing with its line-up of emerging talent, the intimate staging…
Live | The Staves @ Scala, London
That The Staves’ two-day residency at London’s Scala coincides with a brief heat wave in the capital may be no coincidence: more warmth radiates from the audience to the stage and back again over the course of their set than…
News | Staves complete Cambridge line-up
The Staves headed the final wave of acts to be added to the Cambridge Folk Festival as the complete line-up was revealed today. The trio will play Main Stage 1 on the Sunday of the event which runs from July…
News | Staves to tour UK and Europe
The Staves have announced a full-scale UK tour in April and May. The band already had two shows at London’s Scala planned, but they have now added dates in Ashford, Oxford, Norwich, Bath, Cardiff, Sheffield and Manchester, as well as…