It’s the longest day of the year! And what better way to spend it than seeing how many times you can fit in repeat plays of this special version of ‘Longest Day of the Year Blues’. The track originally appeared…
There are some collaborations you just know are going to work, and this falls squarely into that category. Literally nothing could go wrong with Jesca Hoop and Willy Mason teaming up, and literally nothing does. It’s one of a number…
To celebrate the US release of his latest album, Carry On (which has been out in the UK since March), Willy Mason has released this paper-puppet take on The Lion King.* Mason’s warm, husky vocal sails above the beats and pings…
With music played solidly right through From Thursday to Monday, this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival will certainly not cease to tickle those musical taste buds of yours. Thursday brings us a lovely array of artists performing at both stages as well…
Perhaps being the most discrete and well-behaved festival we have ever attended, Bushstock nestles in cosily amongst London’s bustling Shepherds Bush Green and surrounding chicken shops, pubs and Greek falafell take-aways. In fact it is the reality of the loveliness…
Bushstock festival returns for a third year in the heart of Shepard’s Bush, West London. This year offers up a pletitude of acts including Sivu, Thumpers and Roo Panes all performing across four venues. Bushstock was set up…
Ian Parker, Albums Editor extraordinaire, is uncontested for the title of For Folk’s Sake’s resident physicals enthusiast. While some of us were busy watching Johnny Flynn’s baby singing his dad’s songs or pretending to be this guy, Ian was freezing in…
Part two of our shopping guide continues with some lovely coloured vinyl from the Leisure Society and a sweet-sounding collaboration from Willy Mason and Brendan Benson. These are the things that should be getting you out of bed. Bob Dylan…
Lucy Rose and Willy Mason are among the first acts to be announced for this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival. The pair will both play Stage 2 on the opening night of the festival – Thursday, July 25 – along with…
For serious Willy Mason devotees, a number of the tracks on Carry On will be thoroughly familiar; he’s been gigging them all around the place for upwards of a year. Recording the album in the depths of south London with…