The wonderful Peggy Sue have announced the release of their second album Acrobats on 12 September. You know what that means? It’s the SAME DAY as Laura Marling’s new record AND FFS’s 3rd birthday. All we need is Joni Mitchell…
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.
New Communion sessions with Andrew Davie’s Bear’s Den and Kyla La Grange
The first Communion compilation Communion Records – the label run by ex-Cherbourg man Kev Jones and Mumford and Sons’ Ben Lovett – have knocked brains with new session operation Bands in Transit, which films artists playing in the back of…
The Leisure Society, Jesca Hoop & Cut Copy to give free London performance
London session hosts Bandstand Busking have announced free their monthly show will be at Arnold Circus in Shoreditch this Sunday. It’s a corker of a line-up with performances from FFS favourites The Leisure Society, Tom Waits’ ex-babysitter Jesca Hoop and…
News | Richmond Fontaine singles, shows and free download
Portland Oragon’s literary rockers Richmond Fontaine are to release new single ‘Lost In Trees’, taken from their forthcoming album The High Country. The single, and b-side ‘The Eagles Lodge’, tell parts of a violent love story between a mechanic and…
Editor’s picks… Johnny Flynn, Broadcast 2000, Anni Rossi, Alela Diane, Caitlin Rose, Mara Carlyle
Johnny Flynn free EP & Amazon session, Broadcast 2000’s Regina Spektor cover, How Caitlin Rose wrote Own Side Now, Free Anni Rossi download, Nick Hemming’s hit-making guitar, We <3 Mara Carlyle, Snoop round Alela Diane’s pad.
WIN! Eastleigh Festival of Music tickets and CDs
Win tickets & albums by the Leisure Society, Stornoway, Ellen and the Escapades, The Travelling Band and Eliza Carthy
News | Laura Marling announces third album
Great news! Laura Marling has announced details of her third album. A Creature I Don’t Know was produced by Ethan Johns, who also worked on I Speak Because I Can. It will be released on Virgin Records on 12 September.…
FFS interview | Mechanical Bride
FFS met Lauren Doss, the creative force behind Mechanical Bride in the Transgressive Records offices in Islington. Her first album Colour of Ants was released on Monday. FFS: Your album is finally being released after a really long wait, how…
Blog: Kimya Dawson’s hidden talent
So you probably already knew Kimya Dawson was an awesome songwriter and lyricist, ex-Moldy Peach, soundtrack composer, Bundles member, mother to Panda and entertainer of children via Alphabutt. But you’re likely to be unaware of her talent for bashing out…
News | Slow Club announce new music and free show in London 1pm today
New album, watch music video, September tour, and free shows – including Soho Square at 1pm today – from the Sheffied duo