The lovely chaps over at Moseley Folk Festival have announced a corker of a line up for their three-day Birmingham-based festival planned for the 3rd-5th September. As well as folk legend Donovan, who counts Bob Dylan among his fans, revellers…
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.
Eliza Doolittle live and Mumford & Sons DJ at River Rat Pack gig: FREE guestlist for FFS readers
The River Rat Pack – who take barge-fulls of musicians on canal-based tours playing free gigs along the way – are offering FFS readers free guestlist to their Easter Sunday all-day gig at The Paradise in Kensal Green in London.…
Belfast’s Open House Festival announces star-studded line-up: Seasick Steve, Old Crow Medicine Show, Wilco
Belfast’s Open House Festival has made its first line-up announcements with Seasick Steve, Wilco, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Felice Brothers The Low Anthem and AA Bondy all set for shows. Seasick Steve will make a return to Belfast after…
Save 6 Music: Protest report and gallery
Listeners, DJs and musicians braved the soggy weather today to protest against the proposed closure of 6music outside Broadcasting House in London’s Portland Place. DJs Lauren Laverne, Tom Robinson, Liz Kershaw, Andy Kershaw, Gideon Coe, Andrew Collins and Adam Buxton…
Hop Farm Festival: Bob Dylan, Laura Marling, Seasick Steve and Mumford & Sons
Hop Farm in Kent has just announed a super-exciting line-up for it’s one-day festival on 3rd July. Amazingly, “the old Bob Dylan”, Bob Dylan, will be headlining. He’s going to be joined by FFS favourites Laura Marling and Mumford &…
Save 6 Music: Saturday protest at Broadcasting House
Fans of 6music have rallied together and organised a protest against the proposed closure of the station. The demonstration, being organised through the 6 Music Protest facebook group, is planned for 12 noon this Saturday 27th March at Broadcasting House,…
Profile: Sophie Milner, artist for Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling
The striking portrait used as the artwork for Laura Marling’s recently-released album I Speak Because I Can was painted by Sophie Milner. A post-graduate student in Fine Art, who has also provided artwork for Mumford and Sons. We fired some…
Brian’s Mixtape #28: Talkin’ ‘Bout A Revolution
Our regular readers will be pleased to hear that Brian’s got himself together now. He’s decided to stop all this wallowing and introversion and turn his thoughts to more important matters. Brian’s as concerned as any of us about the…
Album: Laura Marling — I Speak Because I Can
Laura Marling’s new album makes me come over all Jo Wiley. I could very happily voice an advert calling it “breathtaking”, “astonishing” or “sublime”. Because unlike Keane or U2 or Coldplay’s more recent offerings, it is all of those things.…
FFS interview: Laura Marling
We were already big fans of Laura Marling’s work here at FFS, but her soon-to-be-released second album I Speak Because I Can has propelled our fandom further skyward. And as if her increasingly-great songwriting wasn’t enough, we also hugely admire…