Blossoms have no small dreams. They want success on the grand scale of like Oasis, the Beatles, and (dare I say it) Abba. On their first disc, they have the kind of radio friendly sound that’s mature beyond their years.…
Album | Blossoms – Blossoms
Author: For Folk's Sake
Live | Flo Morrissey, Billie Marten, Rachel Sermanni @ Wonder Women, London
Four hundred years ago, on the banks of the river Thames, entertainers used to tread the boards of a theatre called The Globe. This week, at a site a few hundred yards away from the original, entertainers are still treading…
Album | Lou Rhodes – theyesandeye
For Lou Rhodes the distance between trip-hop and folk music is shorter than you think. As one half of Lamb she’s recorded six trip-hop albums, yet it’s not hard to see how with different instrumentation those songs would still work…
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…
Track by Track | Bess Atwell
With the release of her stunning debut record, Bess Atwell has kindly provided FFS with a Track by Track run down of Hold Your Mind. Here are Bess’ thoughts on how her record was written and recorded… 1. A THOUSAND LOVERS…
Album | Look Park – Look Park
Fountains of Wayne were never held in the same regard as other power pop players like Teenage Fanclub or Weezer. Maybe it’s because their biggest moment, ‘Stacy’s Mom’, was a bubblegum MTV hit about a schoolboy crush which McFly would’ve…
Album | Bess Atwell – Hold Your Mind
Bess Atwell is just 21, yet her first album, Hold Your Mind, is the work of a mature artist. Written over the space of three years, these songs, these arrangements stay with you long after the disc has ended. Initially…
Album | Michael Kiwanuka – Love and Hate
Singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka, whose 2012 debut Home Again drew comparisons to the greats of soul music, has joined forces with producer Danger Mouse for his second album, Love and Hate: a wonderfully intriguing pair of unique, talented artists whose music…
Album | Woodkid and Nils Frahm – Ellis
This release couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time. With anti-immigration and scapegoat antics ruling Western politics, French folk favorite Woodkid (aka Yoann Lemoine) and ambient pianist Nils Frahm have teamed up to create an emotional and haunting soundtrack…
Interview | We meet Lucinda Williams in Berlin
After Lucinda’s performance at the Apostel Paulus Kirche in Berlin in June, we were invited backstage to a small after-show gathering. Several people had already met Lucinda, shared a short conversation and departed. There are only a few people left,…