Author: For Folk's Sake

EP | Laish – Song For Everything

In last week’s on FFS Artist Blog, Danny Green aka Laish, gave us some insight on his upcoming release, Pendulum Swing. I can confidently say that the EP Song For Everything and the titular single will satiate you while you…

Album | Radical Face – The Family Tree: The Leaves

Ben Cooper doesn’t appear to be an artist bereft of ideas. As well as musical genealogy projects (more of which in a moment) he’s a visual artist, runs a digital design company and is a member of bands Electric President,…

Album | Aidan Moffat – Where You’re Meant to Be

In May 2014, former Arab Strap frontman and songwriter Aidan Moffat decided to make a film set out on a tour of his homeland of Scotland to explore the country’s past by rewriting, updating and touring its oldest songs. Along…

Artist Blog | Joe Innes & The Cavalcade’s German Tour – Gigs, Bratwurst and car accidents

Entry number three in Joe’s tour diary and we find him frightening children (oh, wait, were they howling with laughter instead?), hanging out with the Beatles in light form (see above), and scraping car fenders. Read on… We arrived in…

Album | Eric Bachmann – Eric Bachmann

In this eponymously-titled album Eric Bachmann has made a conscious break from his previous post-Archers of Loaf project Crooked Fingers and produced what he describes as the most raw and honest record of his career. But don’t let that mislead…

Album | Glenn Jones – The Fleeting

American Primitive recalls a certain style of guitar playing popularised by the likes of John Fahey and Robbie Basho. Glenn Jones has more than a fleeting knowledge of the two having toured with, and produced live discs for both artists.…

Album | Emmy The Great – Second Love

“Love, love, love…love is the answer.” So sings Emmy the Great on the fourth track of this, her third album. It’s a familiar statement. Reassuring. Sweetly delivered. Beautifully rendered. Oh…there’s more…”But I’m a comfortable liar,” she adds. A sting in…

Album | Folly & The Hunter – Awake

Awake is without a doubt the most fitting name for Folly & the Hunter’s latest album. The incomparably gorgeous title track is deserving of a review itself. The track features swelling strings and an upbeat piano riff, uncharacteristic of Folly…

Artist Blog | Laish preps third album

I am very close to completing the third official Laish album. These are my best songs yet and this is the first time I have taken them to a proper studio. I had applied for funding from various places but…

Album | Sean Watkins – What To Fear

Sean Watkins has gradually become more and more of a household name amongst Americana-loving families throughout the years, and for good reason. The fledgling virtuoso who first came onto the roots scene in the first iteration of Nickel Creek way…