Brooklyn brilliants The National have invited their fellow New Yorkers Phosphorescent on their 17-date European tour. It’s not the first times the bands have teamed up. To promote their latest (and excellent) album, The National took over an empty shop…
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.
Cocos Lovers win Schmercury Poll 2010
We’re delighted to announce that the wonderful Cocos Lovers are your choice for our Schmercury Best Album Poll. The Lovers’ debut LP Johannes was shortlisted alongside 11 other albums from the past year, and thanks to a groundswell of internet…
Schmercuries: vote now for your album of the year.
It’s the last day of voting for our Mercury spoof the Schmercury poll… Don’t miss the chance to vote for your favourite. [polldaddy poll=3586532]
Schmercuries interview series: Cocos Lovers
Cocos Lovers are nominated for our best album poll for their magnificent debut Johannes. Will Greenham from the band answered our questions. FFS: Congratulations, you’ve been nominated for a Schmercury. How do you feel? Will Greenham: We were surprised and…
WIN: Tickets to 3-day Americana festival in London featuring The Felice Brothers, Wild Beasts and Old Crow Medicine Show
New indie and Americana festival Campfire Trails will take place in London this month with a line-up including The Felice Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, Mountain Man and Wild Beasts. The three-day festival, held in the Troxy in East London,…
Schmercuries interview series: Broadcast 2000?s Joe Steer
Congratulations, you’ve been nominated for a Schmercury. How do you feel? Elated! It’s my first ever award nomination! What did you think of the Mercury nominations this year? As ever with the Mercurys there’s a good spread. It’s the only…
Schmercuries interview series: Field Music
Field Music’s incredibly varied album Measure is, in FFS’s humble opinion, the best of their career. So we nominated it for our annual best album prize, the Schmercuries. (There’s still time to vote for your favourite album below.) David Brewis from the band took some time out to answer our questions…
Schmercuries interview series: Sea of Bees
We first came across Sea of Bees when our writer Alice Knapp saw her supporting Breath Owl Breathe in the US earlier this year. Loving what we heard on her myspace we couldn’t wait to hear her album Songs for…
Feature: Laura Veirs – the Experimental Baby Tour
Laura Veirs entourage for this 8-date European tour includes her four-month old baby Tenessee, his dad Tucker (who she endearingly calls her “sweetheart”) and her parents. Perhaps it’s the presence of the babysitters, but Laura looks like she’s finding motherhood…
Schmercury Poll interview series: Anais Mitchell
Anais Mitchell’s Hadestown absolutely blew us away when it was released this year. It’s a folk opera based on the story of Eurydice and Orpheus feauring performances by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver as Orpheus, Greg Brown as Hades, Ani…