Largely known as the lead singer of Norway’s Lucky Lips, Malin Pettersen is leaning further into the folk side of her country-folk with her second solo effort, the upcoming 6-track album, Alonesome. As we can assess from the release of…
Lauren Malasig and Steve McKenzie are CommonUnion59. Hailing from San Francisco, the pianist and guitarist mesh their vocals to develop straight-shooting folk music. Redolent of the American folk movements of the 60s and 70s, their lyrical focus waxes philosophy on…
“It’s about the feeling of desperation. About missing, wanting, needing, one you cannot be with, for whatever reason,” says Taylor Rogers regarding her new single, ‘oldhills’. Hailing from her forthcoming album, NOA, ‘oldhills’ is a co-write with her twin brother,…
After picking up her trusty guitar from an antique market in 2006, the Good Graces’ Kim Ware went from notable Atlanta drummer to full-fledged singer-songwriter and frontwoman. Well-loved for their culmination of indie folk and Americana, the Good Graces are…
On Lillimure’s self-titled debut LP, up-tempo jazz-hop splits meet conscious lyricism and sheer vocal finesse. It’s a fine blend of influences spanning a multitude of subgenres, culminating into the dense filling that fulfills a folk-pop shell. Shifting into a palpable…
“I wrote ‘Wanna Be Like You’ during a period of my life where I felt stunted, stuck, and unable to create the change that I knew I needed,” says Charlie and the Rays’ Rebecca Stobbe. “The lyrics are seemingly directed…
Here at For Folk’s Sake, we’ve been fans of Gregory Ackerman’s from the get-go. Last year, our own Ian Parker laid out praise for the now 26-year-old singer-songwriter’s work, lauding the years of artistic culmination and hard work that his…
Varied in its themes as it is delivered like a warm embrace, Sharon Goldman’s songwriting is unvarnished folk-pop. Every Trip Around the Sun prides itself on humanity, and it seems to be that it does so with a “nothing more,…
Like many of today’s best Americana innovators, Trae Sheehan isn’t an artist who lets the traditional restrictions of a genre define him. Depending on the moment, the mostly self-taught singer-songwriter bounces between folk, rock, and country elements like a savant.…
Rebekah Hawker is poised as the antithesis to modern pop music. Her art isn’t deemed by internet-era frivolities, but with emotive lyrics that can carry as much might as an incoming tempest betwixt wistful melodies that speak to the heart.…