Mumford and Sons are a folk/bluegrass group formed in 2007. Key players in the burgeoning London folk scene (if you see these fellahs, Laura Marling is rarely far away), the Guardian has called them \\”Coldplay reincarnated as hillbillies\\”. Band Members:…
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.
Tindersticks
Tindersticks hail from shiny Nottingham, and they have been distributing melancholia to the masses since their formation in 1991. Their eclectic sound draws on elements of lounge jazz, soul and folk, but they remain resolutely genreless. Band Members: Stuart Ashton…
Jay Jay Pistolet
Jay Jay Pistolet: has journeyed from the green and pleasant New Forest to London in order to peddle his wares on the city’s burgeoning folk scene. His backing band features Marcus Mumford of Mumford and Sons. Influences: The Beach Boys,…
Vincent Vincent and the Villains
Vincent Vincent and the Villains are Alex Cox (drums), Vincent Vincent (gutar/vocals) Will Church (bass) and Tom Bailey (lead guitar)
Single Review: Johnny Flynn – Brown Trout Blues
Brown Trout Blues, taken from Flynn’s debut album A Larum, is three minutes of delicate perfection. ‘I could be someone else but you wouldn’t know me if I was’ sings Johnny on his bittersweet ode to complicated love.
For Folk’s Sake Interview: Johnny Flynn
New single Brown Trout Blues came out on 1st September. For Folk’s Sake spoke to the lovely Johnny Flynn only to find out he didn’t know a thing about its release.
Johnny Flynn interview
Brown Trout Blues came out on 1st September. For Folk’s Sake caught up with the lovely Johnny Flynn only to find out he didn’t know a thing about its release. FFS: Tell us a bit about Brown Trout Blues, where…
Slow Club
They say: “Charles And Rebecca Are Slow Club. They hail from Sheffield and are a sort of one man band. Only with two people. He strums guitar and sings and she plays drums and all sorts of weird instruments, like…
For Folk’s Sake interview: Slow Club
For Folk’s Sake met up with Slow Club in the leafy gardens of The Windmill pub in Brixton ahead of their storming set in support of Peggy Sue and the Pictures.
For Folk’s Sake Interview | Noah and the Whale
FFS caught up with Charlie Fink and Urby Whale ahead of their instore at Rough Trade East to talk about their exponential rise to fame