Swedish teenagers Klara and Johanna Soderberg are First Aid Kit; a precociously talented pair who sing close harmonies like veterans and at 15 and 17 respectively make Laura Marling look positively ancient! They Say “We aim for the hearts, not…
Author: Lynn Roberts
Lynn founded For Folk's Sake in 2008. Her favourite artists are Joni Mitchell, The Leisure Society and The Mountain Goats. She plays keyboards in Joe Innes & the Cavalcade.
Peggy Sue release latest set of monthly demos
Limited 100-copy run of September demo CD released, plus the band tour the UK with singer-songwriter Jeremy Warmsley.
Jayhawks Founder Members return with new album and brief UK soujorn
Americana Heavyweights Mark Olson and Gary Louris have put their differences aside and returned with their first collaborative set since The Jayhawks’ essential 1995 LP Tomorrow the Green Grass.
Joan Baez joins Amnesty International tour
Legendary folk singer Joan Baez has joined human rights organisation Amnesty International’s Small Places tour.
Giant Cardiff music festival back for triumphant second year
Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens brings his South by Southwest mimicking bandfest to the Welsh capital for a triumphant second year.
Emmy the Great announces single, album news
The aptly monikered Emmy the Great will release the first single from her hotly anticipated debut album in November.
The track ‘We Almost Had a Baby’ will be available on limited edition 7″ vinyl as well as to download.
The release will follow a three-date mini tour, comprised thusly:
Saturday November 8th – Glasgow Twisted Wheel,
Sunday November 9th – Manchester Deaf Institute
Monday November 10th – London ICA
Dylan’s new album available online
Bob Dylan’s new album Tell Tale Signs, a two-disc collection of rarities from the past two decades, will be available to stream in its entirety from tomorrow (30th September).
Martha Wainwright and NATW play Liverpool Music Week
Martha Wainwright, Noah and the Whale and Gideon Conn will play shows as part of Liverpool Music Week.
Babel
They Say: \\”Babel started out all kind of small, folky and a bit shy but then fell in dirty love with pounding tambourines and volume knobs\\”. Band Members: Ben Bird – BassDaisy Palmer – DrumsDaniel Coughlan – Vocals and GuitarMartin…
Break from gigs + new songs = Theoretical Girl album
Electro-tinged folk-popper signs to Memphis Indistries to produce her first studio album.