Violetta Zironi is a precocious singer-songwriter who’d come swinging out of the musical gates at a young age. Now 22, the artist began developing her own songs at 16-years-old. In that short span of six years since her humble beginnings,…
Not everything in life is sunshine and rainbows. We have our highs, and we sure do have our lows. San Diegan contemporary folk artist Lindsay White understands this as well as anyone, but rarely do such accessible songs lean into…
If Ben Brookes’ latest single, “Stories in the Rain”, is anything to go by, then we are in for one heck of a record once his full-length record drops in the near future. In the meantime, though, listeners can regale…
God bless the incorporation of looping in modern music. Though we can go as far back as Bing Crosby in regards to contemporary usage of ostinato, the refinement of electroacoustic music in more recent times has brought us some real…
Fronted by For Folk’s Sake’s very own Joey Frendo, Michigan-based “sweater rock” band Watching for Foxes have caught the eye of Americana fans around the U.S. following their first nationwide tour with Folk Family Revival earlier this year. What began…
Indie folk band The Accidentals released their full-length debut Odyssey a couple of months ago. Years of constant nationwide touring, including a few SXSW stints, helped refine the trio’s live act and added to a seemingly endless bank of emotions…
Several years ago, Eryn Murman and Jason Hite met as working actors in Northern California. They hit it off with Jason later moving to New York City where Eryn was already residing. Eryn and Jason started writing and performing together…
At its heart, Americana is a celebration of all of the music that establishes itself as an American foundation. That may be why the genre has since moved on past its “alt. country” etymological roots, given that that description wouldn’t…
Every so often, a composer comes along who couldn’t be described any better than “weird and wonderful.” Tucked somewhere between the aural headspace of Led Zeppelin, the Saito Kinen Orchestra and Sonic the Hedgehog is the musical genius of Patrick…
A couple of months ago, we here at FFS were thrilled to premiere CHUCK’s “Dogs”. On it, Charles Griffin Gibson, the man behind the moniker, eclecticized folk and psychedelic influences to hit one of the world’s most popular subjects right…