With her eighth album Americana Hotel, the first since 2009’s Great Migration, Ali Marcus is putting the emphasis on storytelling. From the opener, ‘The Ballad of Helen and Bernie’, which tells the tale of Marcus’ grandparents eloping amidst the struggles…
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Singles Round-up | CocoRosie, Real Estate, Lucy Rose, Lizzyspit, Little Comet & more
CocoRosie – We Are On Fire Paris-based American sisters Sierra and Bianca Casady, aka CocoRosie, are back with their first new music in two years, and ‘We Are On Fire’ is a wonderfully twisted outing, like Portishead tackling an old…
Interview | Introducing…Leland Sundries
From the relentless production line of bands out of Brooklyn come Leland Sundries, purveyors of a twisted Americana that has already earned them comparisons with everyone from Woody Guthrie to Lou Reed to Leonard Cohen. The Foundry EP somehow strings…
Album | Beat The Radar – A Million Different People
If sophomore album A Million Different People is your first introduction to Beat The Radar, it shouldn’t take you long to hear why these Cumbrian lads uprooted themselves and moved to Manchester a few years ago. The city’s musical ghosts…
Interview | Taking time out with Admiral Fallow
Louis Abbott, second right, with Admiral Fallow For Admiral Fallow frontman Louis Abbott, finding time to draw breath isn’t easy. When For Folk’s Sake caught up with him he was enjoying a couple of days “on holiday in England”, which…
Album | Peggy Sue – Play The Songs Of Scorpio Rising
As surprises go, last week’s news that Peggy Sue were releasing an album of covers within days was a pretty good one. Songs Of Scorpio Rising is a result of a special project undertaken by the band last year, when…
EP | Songs For Walter – Meet Me At The Empire
It’s been a busy time for Laurie Hulme. The guitarist has a new album out with his band Beat The Radar, but not before he released his own EP under the name Songs For Walter. While BTR deal in post-punk…
EP | Changing Horses – The Nashville Sessions
It always pays to have influential friends. And Changing Horses definitely have some of those. How else does a humble folk pairing get plucked out of Lincoln, (England, not Nebraska) and whisked off to Nashville to make their debut record…
EP | Three Pairs of Shoes – Three Pairs of Shoes
Almost two years have passed since Three Pairs of Shoes debuted with the Talybont EP and it you don’t need to listen to much of their self-titled follow-up to realise plenty has changed in that time. Now on new label…
News | Peggy Sue to release covers album Songs of Scorpio Rising
Peggy Sue have made the surprising but welcome announcement they are releasing a special new album on Monday! Songs of Scorpio Rising is a collection of covers inspired by the 1963 Kenneth Anger film Scorpio Rising. The idea came about…