Play. A strange voice: “I love the accordion. It is a beautiful instrument.”
Aaaaaaaaaagggggggghhhhh. Stop the horrid accordion. Please I beg of you, no more. Please sto – oh you have. And now there are some lovely guitars. And a lush bass line. And suddenly the accordion is the beautiful instrument you promised us Mr Green (Machine).
Bluesey folksters Mumford & Sons have revealed details of their new single as well as a five-date UK tour.
Noah and the Whale are to play a free instore at the newly opened Good Stuff store in Covent Garden.
FFS loves festival line-up announcement time, and today is the turn of the spectacular Green Man, who have confirmed folkies Bon Iver, Beach House and Peggy Sue for their August festivities.
Let me introduce you to M. Ward (unless of course you’ve already come across any one of his numerous previously released solo records, in which case feel free to tell me to shut up). Ward is from Portland, Oregon, and…
Folk god Johnny Flynn has recorded three tracks for French website La Blogotheque.
Cherbourg’s EP launch party packed Borderline to the brim with friends, family and fans. FFS turned up on its tod and ended up chatting to fellow gig-goers, all of whom were connected to the band in some way: Chris Maas’s schoolfriend, Cherbourg’s manager’s housemates and Cherbourg frontman Andrew Davie’s mum, leaving us wondering whether any of the revellers had paid to attend.
FFS met up with Jeremy Warmsley to talk ukeleles, rock operas and okonomiyakis. Intrigued? We certainly were.
Ethereal West-Londoner Alessi will be performing a short outdoor gig as part of the Bandstand Busking series this Sunday half an hour earlier than previously advertised.
US songstress and multi-instrumentalist St Vincent has announced the release of her new album Actor on 4th May.