As if Low needed a selling point for their new record, they’ve got Jeff Tweedy on production duties. But if you’re expecting the sonic pallet of a Wilco experience a la Yankee Hotel Foxtrot you’re in the wrong place. Tweedy…
Author: For Folk's Sake
Album | Mount Moriah – Miracle Temple
While many look down on country as an antiquated genre, meant for tapping cowboy boots and grizzly ranchers (though of course not here at FFS), Mount Moriah, with Miracle Temple, might well have created an album with just enough country…
Interview | folk rock legend Richard Thompson talks to FFS
An original member of folk-rock super-group, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson has since garnered more awards than you can shake a stick at, including an OBE, Ivor Novello Award, BBC Life Achievement Award and a Grammy. That’s one heaving mantelpiece. We…
Album | Larkin Poe and Thom Hell – The Sound of the Ocean Sound
If ever a genre was in need of a spark of new blood, it’s country music. Sometimes it can feel a little like a museum piece: all nods and winks to the past and rigid adherence to a pre-defined structure.…
Live | Emily Barker & the Red Clay Halo, London
Emily Barker previewed forthcoming album ‘Dear River’ for three nights in London this March, and FFS was there for every last one of them.
Interview | Rising star Sophie Jamieson talks to FFS
Sophie Jamieson has been lighting up venues across London with her pure and powerful music. When FFS saw her she was supporting Emily and The Woods, but it was clear from the decent-sized crowd that had got in early to…
Album | John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts
Last year, in front of an audience of people on the south bank of the river Thames, John Grant came out for the second time in his life. The first time he came out it had been as homosexual –…
Live | Fionn Regan @ Islington Assembly Hall
Fionn Regan flies below the radar on pretty much all counts but one: his music. His promotion is minimal (tickets were barely advertised for tonight’s gig), his internet presence is slight (despite nearly 25k fans on Facebook), and he rarely…
Artist Blog | Dave Pegg blogs week four of Fairport Convention’s UK tour
As the Fairport Convention Wintour comes to a close, Dave Pegg (‘Peggy’ to his friends’) looks back over the highs and lows (not that there really seem to have been many) of the tour, and looks forward to the next…
Album | Stornoway – Tales From Terra Firma
Stornoway have a bit of a history with FFS. Around the time of their first album we became a little frustrated with their insistence that they were not a folk band. We wrote our review of the record as an…