Long-time favourite here at FFS, Nancy Elizabeth has announced that she’s releasing her third album after a Hiatus. The Manchester-based artist is giving away a free track ‘The Last Battle’. Listen and download it here. The Last Battle by Nancy…
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.
News | Johnny Flynn to star in film with Anne Hathaway
BIG NEWS: Johnny Flynn is to star in US film ‘Song One’ with Anne Hathaway. Johnny will play a rock star who Anne’s character falls in love with. The film was written and will be directed by Kate Barker-Froyland. He…
News | Leisure Society playlists and single news
The Leisure Society’s third album Alone Aboard the Ark is due for release on April 1st on the excellent Full Time Hobby. The first single to be taken from it is ‘Fight For Everyone’, which will be hitting the shops on 25 March.
Premiere | Megan Wyler Feat. Adem Ilhan – The Fraying
We’re very excited to be able to exclusively bring you the first listen of Megan Wyler’s new single ‘The Fraying’, featuring Adem, who produced her debut album Through the Noise. The pretty, acoustic guitar-led duet combines the pair’s gentle vocals in…
News | Gerard & the Watchmen UK Tour and free MP3
Good news for fans of good music, FFS favourites Gerard & the Watchmen are heading out on tour this week. To celebrate the band are giving away a free MP3 download ‘Sophia’ to FFS readers. The track’s taken from their…
News | HMV employee live-tweets mass firing
An HMV employee took to the company’s official twitter account today to live-tweet the HR process that s/he claimed resulted in 60 people being ‘fired’.
See the story unfold here.
News | Och that’s nice! Glasgow hosts R2 Folk Awards
Lots of FFS’s favourites were honoured in Radio Two’s annual Folk Awards in Glasgow last night. Among the winners were Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman who won Best Duo, Lau were named best group and Roy Harper was given a…
News | The Leisure Society: new album, free track and tour dates
FFS favourite The Leisure Society have announced the release of their third album Alone Aboard the Ark on 1st April. The band have been holed up at Ray Davies Konk studios in North London in 2012 working on the record,…
Vinyl | Our top albums for analog.am
When sister site of the Yellow Bird Project, analog.am approached us and asked us if we’d like to pick our favourite albums for an FFS-themed vinyl shelf, it was a foregone conclusion. There is nothing Team FFS likes more than…
News | How Does It Feel to be Loved releases Haiku Salut’s Los Elefantes
Our esteemed friends at How Does It Feel to be Loved recently announced their latest signing Haiku Salut. The three-piece are planning to release their debut album Tricolore this year (you can pre-order it now). We had a sneak preview of…