Author: Joe Sweeting

Album | Ciaran Lavery – A King at Night EP

Ciaran Lavery is not a musician to sit on his laurels. Just a mere few months after the release of Live at the Mac, a record preserving his concert at the venue in December 2015, Lavery has returned with a…

Album | Fionn Regan – The Meetings of the Waters

It is difficult to believe that we are already through a quarter of 2017. Already, in the opening four months of the year, there has been a gluttony of outstanding musical releases, and it seems likely that we can add…

News | The Unthanks return with Volume 4 of their Diversions & tour dates for Spring 2017

For Folks Sake favourites The Unthanks have announced their latest release, Diversions Volume 4: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake, set for release on May 26th 2017. Ostensibly a continuation of their exploitative work into the folk traditions, Songs of……

Album | San Fermin – Belong

It is a rare moment where a band presents themselves as being an ensemble performing expansive chamber-pop, yet, back with their third LP of such music, San Fermin return with Belong. Primarily a construct by Ellis Ludwig-Leone, who has previously…

SOTD | Charlie Fink – Firecracker

The voice of Charlie Fink is a joy to hear, especially so in the current climate of political and social upheaval and troubles. Noah & The Whale were unfairly typecast after the success of ‘5 Years Time’, a shame, as…

First Play | Allred and Broderick – Find The Ways

We like spoiling you here at For Folks Sake. Not just content with providing you with reviews of the latest releases, from time to time, we provide a new soundtrack to your day, and the album stream below from Allred…

SOTD | Ciaran Lavery – New Partner

Ostensibly a release for the forthcoming 10th anniversary Record Store Day (22nd April), Northern Irish musician Ciaran Lavery, fresh from releasing a well-received live album at the tail end of 2016, has dipped his toe into the cavernous back catalogue…

Album | Tennis – Yours Conditionally

Beginning life as a chronicle of a summer on board a yacht way back in 2011, Tennis, comprising husband-and-wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, return with their forth LP of sun soaked songs tinged with sadness, Yours Conditionally. The…