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.

#122 Dead Man’s Bones – My Body’s a Zombie for You

You could be forgiven for thinking we only like Dead Man’s Bones cos it’s Ryan Gosling’s musical project with Zach Shields, but you’d be wrong. Their 2009 self-titled album features an unnerving children’s choir accompanying Gosling and Shields on 12…

#109 The Beach Boys – I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times

Happy Birthday Brian Wilson. The leader of the Beach Boys and the oldest Wilson brother is 71 today. The reflective and gentle ‘I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times’ appears on Pet Sounds. Brian said of the track: “It’s about…

News | No wheelbarrows full of booze for Glastonbury-goers

Glastonbury Festival have sent 2013 ticket holders a revised alcohol policy. The traditionally easy-going festival has got a new rule that means you might NOT be able to drink your own weight in supermarket-bought booze, unless you are unusually strong.…

#102 Johnny Flynn – Bottom of the Sea Blues

After a two year break (when he’s been off being an extremely successful actor), Johnny Flynn released this little ditty onto the internet. Along with news of his plans for a new record and a handful of dates in the…

#96 Joni Mitchell – Night in the City

– – Before Clouds, Blue, or Ladies of the Canyon Joni Mitchell released her David Crosby-produced first album Song to a Seagull. Joni recorded the album in 1967 when she was 24 and released in ’68. It might have been…

#92 Peggy Sue – Lover Gone

“I gave to you four years I couldn’t bring myself to give you more…” Brilliant London-based trio Peggy Sue released the Lover Gone EP back in 2009. Since then they’ve released three studio albums: Fossils & Other Phantoms, Acrobats and…