Returning to these shores after a soujourn at SXSW, Fanfarlo have announced a string of UK shows for May and June to promote their debut album, Reservoir.
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.
Slow Club and Theoretical Girl to play free gig on Sunday
The folks at bandstand busking have announced the first busk of the spring. FFS’s favourite boy-girl shout-folk duo Slow Club will play alongside Theoretical Girl this Sunday 5th April at the Northampton Square bandstand in Islington, North London.
Broadcast 2000
Broadcast 2000 is the stage name of Joe Steer, a Devon-born London-based classical music graduate with a unique take on folk using computer-generated looping of acoustic instruments. His music has appeared on adverts including E.ON in the UK and apple…
For Folk’s Sake interview: Broadcast 2000
Broadcast 2000 is the stage name of Joe Steer, a Devon-born London-based classical music graduate with a unique take on folk using computer-generated looping of acoustic instruments. His music has appeared on adverts including E.ON in the UK and apple mac in America. His first mini-album Building Blocks was released last year. FFS caught up with him last month at a the Carling Academy in Islington.
Left With Pictures
Left With Pictures are a London-based trio specialising in delightfully crafted, sweet folk pop with influences including Belle & Sebastian and Sufjan Stevens. They Say: “They’ll have you nodding your head, tapping your toes and humming along contentedly until they…
Left With Pictures host free mini festival this Sunday
London folkies – and sometime Peggy Sue collaborators – Left With Pictures are hosting the fourth installment of their mini festival ‘Fleeting Fanfares’ on Sunday 29th March.
The event will be held at The Cross Kings in Kings Cross and will feature Liz Green, Esiotrot, Stars of Sunday League, SJ Esau, Frances Thorburn and Duncan Brown’s Boiling Oil. And for the talented (or shameless) among you, there will be an hour of open mic from 5pm-6pm
Live Review: UK Folksters storm SXSW
SXSW (said South by Southwest) is a yearly Texan industry music festival. This year, a host of UK folksters took the festival by storm with music journos from across the pond giving rave reviews to Mumford and Sons in particular. FFS’s Matt Hardy takes us through his SXSW experience.
Album review: Iain Archer – To The Pine Roots
Iain Archer is not hugely known by name, but his material has graced thousands of indie kids’ ears thanks to his former life as a member of Snow Patrol. His main role was as a lyricist with mate and cohort Gary Lightbody and although his own vocals are sweet, airy and soft, the similarities pretty much end there.
Sons of Noel and Adrian announce UK tour
Sons of Noel and Adrian have announced a UK tour for April and May. The Brighton-based folkies will play 10 dates across England and Scotland, following their hugely successful sell-out tour supporting Mumford and Sons.
Sons of Noel and Adrian
The Brighton-based Sons are one of Wilkommen Records’ many awesome folk acts, alongside The Leisure Society, The Miserable Rich and Shoreline