Hurraaaaaaaaaaaay! Alessi and her Ark, whom FFS has loved for many years, has announced the release of her second album Time Travel. Since the release of her debut album Notes from the Treehouse, Alessi has shared the stage with the…
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.
Mumford & Sons headline NME/Communion show
Communion – run by Mumford & Sons’ Ben Lovett and Cherbourg alum Kev Jones – have teamed up with the NME to promote a special folk show at London’s Dingwalls. Headliners Mumford & Sons will be joined by Anna Calvi…
Live: Anais Mitchell’s Hadestown at the Union Chapel, London
First things first: Hadestown is wonderful. Despite being released just a year ago, it’s safely in my all time favourite albums list and there it shall stay. It’s an incredible record, a sad and affecting story told through smartly-observed characters…
Spark fm’s Poison Oak: The Holy Modal Rounders, Sharon Van Etten, Sea of Bees
It’s radio a go-go round these parts. On Sunday I did my third set of recommendations for the marvellous Poison Oak show on Spark fm. Here’s what I suggested the good folk of Sunderland might like to take a listen…
Editor’s picks… Sibylle Baier, Sharon Van Etten, The Extra Lens, Nancy Elizabeth, Laura Veirs
1. My friend Anika reminded me of the fascinating story of Sibylle Baier recently. Sibylle lived in Germany in the 1970s and wrote and recorded simple, beautifully melodic songs tinged with darkness. But she didn’t release anything – deciding not to…
Alela Diane & Wild Divine – 3rd album due in April
It’s all go on the albums-to-look-forward-to front today, as Rough Trade announces the release of Alela Diane’s 3rd album, intruguingly named ‘Alela Diane & Wild Divine’, on 4th April. Alela wrote the album on the road in 2009 and finished…
Fleet Foxes release second album, free download, announce London date
Exciting news Folkers! Fleet Foxes have announced the release of their second album ‘Helplessness Blues’ on 2nd May on the superlatively wonderful Bella Union. The title track of the album is free to download from their website. The release will be followed by a string of US and European tour dates. With ONE show in the UK at Hammersmith Apollo on 31 May.
Blog: FFS on Spark FM’s Poison Oak show
Last Sunday FFS appeared on 107 Spark FM’s Poison Oak show. I called in to talk to the very nice and excellently named Rachael Devine and recommend some artists old and new. I’ll be back on tonight between 7 and…
Portland’s Dolorean give away free track ahead of UK tour
Harmonic swoonsters Dolorean are giving away a free song from the Anticipation Blues EP ahead of the release of their 4th record ‘The Unfazed’. The record has been four years in the making, scrapped and restarted and will finally be released on 31 January.
10 questions with… Dry the River
Hello there. We’re a rag-tag band of waifs and strays based in Stratford, East London. The music question is a difficult one to answer, a reviewer in the Netherlands recently described it as “folk with balls” and “beautiful hardcore” which I suppose sounds a bit schizophrenic but maybe sums it up.