Partially-funded by fans using the PledgeMusic site, Welcome to Condale is the debut album from Summer Camp, made up of duo Elisabeth Sankey and Jeremy Warmsley. Treats such as a batch of Elisabeth’s brownies or Jeremy’s books were the incentives…
Author: For Folk's Sake
Live | Bob Dylan @ Manchester MEN Arena, 10/10/2011
Bob Dylan’s been playing some of his songs for forty eight years. Forty eight. He’s a 70 year old man, and he’s been on tour since the ‘80s. Can you honestly blame him for wanting to mix things up a…
Singles round-up | Los Campesinos!, The Miserable Rich, Grass House, Lupen Crook, Ellen & The Escapades
Los Campesinos! – Hello Sadness Heading up the singles round-up this week is the title track from Los Campesinos!’ forthcoming album Hello Sadness. Nearly every song on that album is catchy enough for its own release but perhaps a little…
Live | Emmy the Great @ Wrexham Central Station, 06/10/11
I’ve recently had reason to move back to my childhood home, an event I regarded with no little trepidation. Aside from the obvious benefit of rent-free accommodation with meals thrown in, my teenage memories are of a musical wasteland punctuated…
Live | Bombay Bicycle Club @ Brixton Academy, 19/10/2011
Bombay Bicycle Club gave the crowd at Brixton Academy on Wednesday 19th October a real treat, rattling through the best of their material from the last couple of years as seamlessly as a band that has been together for decades.…
EP | Goodnight Lenin – The Wenceslas Square
The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel: Goodnight Lenin wear their influences proudly on their sleeves, like shoulder patches holding a worn out jacket together. It still fits and looks rather cool, but you can’t help wondering if it’s seen…
Album | I’m Kingfisher – Arctic
Previously best known for its musical exports in the field of metal, up-tempo indie-pop and…well, The Cardigans, Sweden now has a second bona fide folk hero to call its own. Like the Tallest Man on Earth, I’m Kingfisher is the…
EP | To Kill A King – My Crooked Saint
Sometimes it just clicks: one song, one listen, and you know a band will grace your favorites list. That’s the experience I had with To Kill a King, the latest Communion artist to tickle my fancy. The Virgin-released My Crooked…
Live | Eliza Carthy @ Colston Hall, Bristol, 13/10/11
If the traditional folk scene is having a good year in 2011, I think it’s fair to say that Eliza Carthy is having a bloody great one. She’s riding on the success of her best album to date, Neptune, and…
Album | Loch Lomond – Little Me Will Start A Storm
The first thing that should be mentioned about Loch Lomond is that they are not the second coming of The Decemberists, no matter what some music bloggers are saying. There are three reasons why they’re saying that though. Both bands…