We know all about Laura Marling’s love for Ryan Adams from her early, more candid songwriting days, so we can imagine how excited she must’ve been to record this version of his song Oh My Sweet Carolina. Ryan says when…
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.
Video exclusive | Darren Hayman – Lost in the Snow
Hefner frontman Darren Hayman is a man of many projects. In January it was writing, recording and releasing a song a day, this summer an EP and art exhibition about dogs and people in space, and now he has teamed…
News | For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2011 – available now!
Please forgive us for adding to the bit-too-early Christmas chat, but we’re SO excited to announce the release of our second Christmas compilation For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2011, which is out on 28th November 2011 and available to pre-order…
Win! | 2 tickets to see The Low Anthem at London’s Roundhouse tomorrow
Remember when the Low Anthem said they were calling it a day? Well they’re not! They’ve decided that it would be much better to release a beautiful limitied edition 10″ of Smart Flesh (Extras) and play a show at the…
News | We announce For Folk’s Sake it’s Christmas, 2011
We are terribly excited to reveal that For Folk’s Sake will be releasing a second charity Christmas compilation on 28th November. It follows last year’s album, For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas (Vol 1) which featured songs from Laura Hocking, Emily…
Exclusive | Seth Lakeman on new track More than Money
Virtuoso fiddle player Seth Lakeman’s new album ‘Tales from the Barrel House” is an experimental collection of songs inspired by dying trades. Seth said: “I want listeners to feel they are down that mine, or in the barrel house, immersed…
Exclusive | Alela Diane reveals video for ‘The Wind’
We’re very excited to be able to bring you the beautiful new video for Alela Diane’s song ‘The Wind’. The song, which Alela wrote after a friend of hers was tragically murdered, has an inevitable darkness that is reflected in…
News | Lulu & the Lampshades and Steailng Sheep play benefit gig
Here’s some musical philanthropy for you: Stealing Sheep and Lulu & the Lampshades have announced they’re playing a benefit for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, a charity that has recently lost a lot of funding. The show will take place at…
Blog | The Lesiure Society, Peggy Sue, Tasseomancy celebrate Halloween
Hello, the internet! And a very Happy Halloween to you. I hope you haven’t been coercered into watchingn – then subsequently jolly freaked out by – a very scary film, like us here at FFS HQ.* On this, the spookiest…
News | Trash Aesthetics to release My Sad Captains/H.Hawkline split single + launch show
Awesome label and lovely chaps Trash Aesthetics have announced a split single release between Cardiff’s H.Hawkline and Londonites My Sad Captains. The 7″ features ‘You Say You Love Me’ by H. Hawkline and ‘Little Joanne’ by My Sad Captains. Each copy…