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.

12 Questions with… Hannah Peel

Hannah Peel describes her music as wonky folk pop with hints of traditional irish, Yorkshire brass band sounds and a cloaked throbbing sadness.

“Making the record has just been an amazing experience. I’ve never worked with a producer before so it was very exciting to have my songs taken and expanded in a studio. A very magical experience which I hope comes across in the record. Mike was very quick to understand where I was coming from. Nitin Sawhney’s string arrangements are very sensitive but also beautifully rich. He is very controlled and experienced in the studio and a real inspiration to watch.

EP: Laura Hocking & the Long Goodbye

In this, the first official release through Laura Hocking‘s own label Chrome Yellow, four of her songs are given the full band treatment at the hands of The Long Goodbye. The EP comes in the form of a double A-Side…

Three Blind Wolves: Tour Video

We’ve got some exclusive footage from Glaswegian fourpiece on their US tour. The band are set to release their mini album ‘Sound of the Storm’ through Communion on 20th March. The lovely noise your can hear playing in the background…

10 Questions with… Thousands

“Thousands is Kristian Garrard and Luke Bergman. We live in Seattle, Wa, USA. We play acoustic guitars and sing. We recorded an album called “the sound of everything” in a variety of natural settings; a barn, a silo, a graveyard, the forest. The idea was to present our songs live and acoustic, the way we play them, in the real world, without any studio trickery or fancy overdubs.”

End of the Road line-up: Marling, Mogwai, Midlake, Mangan

End of the Road, FFS’s favourite festival, has added another slew of bands to its aleady brilliant line-up. Mogwai will be joining headliners Midlake, Beirut and Laura Marling. Also confirmed are The Leisure Society, Dry The River, Joan as a…

Caitlin Rose on tour next week, spawns mini-me

The brilliant Caitlin Rose is over in the UK next week for a string of tourdates kicking off with a sold out show at London’s Borderline. Tickets are still available for the rest of the dates in Oxford, Exeter, Glasgow,…