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EP | Al Lewis – Our Lines Remain
Following on from last year’s In The Wake, North Wales singer-songwriter Al Lewis is preparing for the release of the follow-up later this year and has delivered the first taste in the shape of Our Lines Remain, a lovely little…
Interview | Introducing House of Hats with video premiere for ‘This Love’
Brighton four-piece House of Hats are due to return with their second EP, Rivers Will Run, this September but their debut self-titled collection from last December isn’t done winning them new fans yet. The band have just released a new…
Listen | Hear a track from Beth Orton’s first album in six years
At long, long last Beth Orton will release a new album in October, with Sugaring Season to be her first studio record in six years, and you can hear the track ‘Something More Beautiful’ below. The album, recorded in Portland,…
Interview | Introducing…The Resident Cards
Long-time readers of For Folk’s Sake and the New Bands Panel should remember the name of Erica Buettner, the Paris-based American who charmed us so in 2010 and then returned last year with a full-length album True Love And Water.…
EP | Slow Skies – Silhouettes
When you’ve been listening to a heap of new music, a mass of unfamiliar tunes, it’s easy for things to start to bleed into one, for the mind to glaze over and stop processing things. Normally, for something to break…
Interview | Introducing…Little Silver
It must have been, oooh, hours now since we last discovered a new band from Brooklyn. Next off the production line are Little Silver, a husband-and-wife pairing who have recently released an EP of covers, Dress Up. Normally we tag…
Album | Catherine AD – Reprise
With a handful of EPs under her belt an a mini live album, Communion, to which the NME attached cult status, Catherine AD has built up a fair amount of expectation for her debut full album. But that project got…
Listen | Album premiere – Esperi’s debut In A Moment, Emotion, Sentiment
Esperi release their debut album In A Moment, Emotion, Sentiment on July 2 and you can stream the whole thing exclusively on FFS this weekend in anticipation. Chris Marr’s band have produced a fine gem of a record, full of…
Interview | Introducing…Changing Horses
From out of England Richard Birtill and Francesca Cullen have taken flight as Changing Horses, recording their debut record in Nashville with Chris Donahue, a man who can list Emmylou Harris and Elvis Costello on his resume. It’s been a…