by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Will Varley – Kingsdown Sundown
There’s a gentle revolution brewing and Will Varley is at the heart of it. With little more than a guitar and a song he’s changing the game and recreating a vocabulary that was going out of style. Kingsdown Sundown is…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Live | Cambridge Folk Festival 2016
“I’m having such a lovely time I could almost cry,” Kate Rusby declared in the middle of her main stage set on Saturday evening. Looking around at the thousands-strong crowd in front of her, it seemed the feeling was mutual.…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Live | Cambridge Folk Festival 2016 Preview
Now in its 52nd year, the festival has completely sold out for the 23rd year in a row. While probably not the most famous festival in the UK’s summer line-up, it does have a long, rich history of stellar line-ups…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on FFS Advent Calendar | Free download of Will Varley’s Talking Cat Blues
We’ve hit double figures on the FFS Advent Calendar as door number 10 rolls around – it might nearly be time to start Christmas shopping or something… It’s time for a free download and Will Varley has offered up ‘Talking…
by Ali Mason • • Comments Off on #355 Will Varley – Weddings & Wars
Let’s be clear – this latest Will Varley song, with its bleak view of humanity and the meaninglessness of life, will not be to everybody’s taste. The video, on the other hand, is a crowd-pleasing triumph: an 8-bit video game-style…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Interview | Singer-songwriter, novelist and free spirit Will Varley chews the fat with FFS
Will Varley has carved out a successful career as a musician and writer through being hard working and personable, roaming the country playing shows to build a following and setting up Smugglers Records, a collective rooted in the ideals of…
by Ali Mason • • Comments Off on #172 Will Varley – When You’re Gone
One of those multi-talented individuals who makes you feel embarrassed for every idle moment you ever passed, Will Varley’s new album As The Crow Flies is out next month. The introduction to the latest work from the novelist, film-maker and…