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.
by Lynn Roberts • • Comments Off on News | The Leisure Society announce new record The Fine Art of Hanging on
FFS favourites The Leisure Society have announced the release of their fourth studio album. The Fine Art of Hanging On is the follow up to 2013’s Alone Aboard the Ark. It will be released on 13th April 2015 on Full Time…
by Lynn Roberts • • Comments Off on News | Daniel & the Lion’s Dan Duke is tipped to win BBC 1’s The Voice
Daniel Duke, the frontman of Daniel & the Lion was featured on BBC1’s The Voice this weekend. Daniel performed a new arrangement of the Proclaimers 500 Miles and three of the judges – will.i.am, Rita Ora and Sir Tom Jones…
by Lynn Roberts • • Comments Off on News | New Sufjan Stevens album sees ‘return to folk roots’
Sufjan Stevens has announced a new album ‘Carrie & Lowell’ and says the record will be a ‘return to his folk roots’. The album, which will be released on Asthmatic Kitty on March 30th, is named after Sufjan’s mum and…
by Lynn Roberts • • Comments Off on News | New Decemberists album, single, UK tour
Today is double auspicious, it turns out. There’s a new Decemberists album on the way and you can listen to the first song ‘Make You Better’ right now. The band’s seventh album, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, will be…
by Lynn Roberts • • Comments Off on News | Emmy the Great unveils new song ‘Swimming Pool’
Rejoice! For this is an auspicious day. Our fave Emmy the Great has released a new song onto the great wide internet. ‘Swimming Pool’ has twinkles and atmospheric guitars. Lyrics include: ‘Hey rich kid, I want it, the sunshine, your…
by Lynn Roberts • • Comments Off on #564 Lewis & Leigh – What is There to Do?
Lewis & Leigh is Al Lewis (of Al Lewis & Sarah Howells and solo fame) and Mississipi’s Alva Leigh. The pair bonded over their love of Gram & Emmylou and Jackson Browne and will be releasing an EP called Night Drives.…
by Lynn Roberts • • Comments Off on #563 Dubarrys – Undress Your Soul
Brighton four-piece, the Dubarrys, have a mysterious silent member who doesn’t want to be involved in any publicity which makes FFS desperate to know everything about him. Undress Your Soul is the title track from their debut EP. Why don’t…
by Lynn Roberts • • Comments Off on #548 Patch & the Giant – For Gabriel
‘For Gabriel’ was written by Patch & the Giant’s Angie and Luke after a sorry set of circumstances culminating in a lost fiddle. All proceeds from the sale of the song go to buying a replacement for Patch violinist Gabe’s.…
by Lynn Roberts • • Comments Off on Playlist | You Are Wolf’s inspiration
Kerry Andrew is You Are Wolf, an experimental folk artist released her debut album Hawk to the Hunting gone. We were so intrigued by her sound, that we asked her to put together a playlist of influences. Over to Kerry:…
by Lynn Roberts • • Comments Off on Blog | Patch & the Giant’s requiem for a lost fiddle
It was May 2013. Rosie & Zoe from Worry Dolls had asked me to record a bit of piano for their (recently finished) EP. We headed out to Dave Gerard’s studio in Bishop Stortford to join RoZoe. Angie and Gabe…