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…
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News | The return of Nancy Elizabeth
Nancy Elizabeth is back – and For Folk’s Sake could not be more excited. Her third album – the first since the blissful Wrought Iron in 2009 – is due out in the summer, a single will be appearing in…
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…
News | Heidi Talbot unveils album teaser
What better way to get people excited about your new album than by letting them hear four perfectly-crafted folk-pop songs from it? That’s exactly what Heidi Talbot has done for her new release Angels Without Wings and you can hear…
Video | The Staves – Winter Trees
You like awesome animation, right? And we know you like The Staves because, you know, who doesn’t? So you are seriously going to swoon over the video for their new single, Winter Trees. It’s produced by Bafta-nominated filmmakers Karni and…
News | Topic unveil digital archive
Topic, described as “Europe’s oldest truly independent label”, will welcome in the new year by going back to the future as they begin The Great Big Digital Archive Project. The 74-year-old label is aiming to make all of its back…
News | Staves’ Winter Trees gets single release
The Staves will attempt to keep the momentum of their breakthrough year rolling with two headline London shows and a new single in 2013. ‘Winter Trees’ from their beautiful debut album Dead & Born & Grown will be released on…
News | New Woodpigeon album in February
Woodpigeon are to release their new album, Thumbtacks And Glue, in February. The Mark Hamilton-led project from Canada will unveil their fifth full-length release on February 25, with a one-off UK show to follow at London’s St Pancras Old Church…
News | John Grant announces Queen of Denmark follow-up
John Grant will release the follow-up to his critically-acclaimed debut album Queen of Denmark in March. Pale Green Ghosts, recorded mostly in Iceland and with electronica influences to the fore, will go on sale on March 11, with a headline…
News | FOATW Release Free Christmas EP
You may well have noticed that here at FFS, we’re pretty keen on Christmas music. No doubt you already have your copy of For Folk’s Sake it’s Christmas 2012… right? Well, if you do, you’ll know our Canadian chums Friend…