In a dreamy turn of events, the Leisure Society have announced they will be supporting Laura Marling on her sold out Cathedral tour this autumn. The band have postponed their own headline tour, which was scheduled for October, until February. London-based fans…
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 | Vostok 5: Darren Hayman contributes to space exhibition
FFS favourite Darren Hayman has contributed songs and drawings to a London exhibition Vostok 5, on People and Animals in Space. Hefner frontman Hayman has teamed up with Duncan Barrett of Tigercats, Robert Rotifer, Sarah Lippett and Paul Raines from…
News | Laura Marling seranades music lovers in awkwardness experiment
First at Glastonbury, then Camp Bestival and now at Wilderness Festival, Laura Marling has been serenading festival-goers in a series of ‘Experiments in Awkwardness’. At each festival, pairs of strangers were invited to a secret show. Steve Murphy, who was…
Live | Rufus and Loudon Wainwright at the Royal Opera House
Central to the Royal Opera House’s opulent setting, three words oversee the gilded balconies and small red aisles. HOUSE OF RUFUS. They refer only in part to the similarly-titled nineteen-disc boxset Rufus Wainwright released earlier this month, but more than…
News | Tasseomancy release album in form of candle
Otherworldly Canadians Tasseomancy have announced that their debut album, Ulalume will be released as a unique candle with a vintage matchbox. The album/candle will be released on Turf Records on 29th August and each limited edition set will contain: a…
Album | Cocos Lovers – Elephant Lands
Recorded in a converted caravan in Kent, music has never sounded so wholesome. Made up of families and friends, the band’s camaraderie is woven through each song. And listening to Elephant Lands you feel like you’re being let into the club.
Album | Musikanto – Sky of Dresses
Chicago’s Mike ‘Musikanto’ is creating something of a ripple. Music writers are drawing similarities between his intimate, delicate, songs and the work of such greats as Ryan Adams, Van Morrison and the deity that is Bob Dylan. Well, in the…
FFS Recommends | 10 releases from fire-hit labels
You’ve probably heard about the fire at distributors PIAS‘s London warehouse that destroyed the stock of many independent labels. Below is a list of releases from some of the labels affected. Each one comes extremely highly recommended from us here at FFS. If any…
News | Video for Laura Marling’s Sophia revealed
Laura Marling has unveiled the video for new single Sophia. The first track to be released from her third album A Creature I Don’t Know. Both the album and the single will be released on September 12th. And Laura will…
News | Jens Lekman gives away new song, EP, EU dates
Not so silent anymore, Jens Lekman has announced he will be touring Europe in November with UK dates in London and Manchester. A new 5-track EP An Argument With Myself will be released in the UK on September 19th via…