Late last year, FFS met up with Adam Ficek in a rammed pub off Trafalgar Square to discuss the finer points of the music industry, twee-ness, and evading the Babyshambles brand long enough to become part of the burgeoning folk scene.
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.
Release date and tracklisting for new Decemberists LP
The Decemberists have revealed the tracklisting and release date for their new album The Hazards of Love.
The Decemberists
Hailing from Portland, Oregon, The Decemberists have been spinning stories about pirates, ghosts, lovers and vagabonds since their debut album Castaways and Cutouts in 2002. Their folk rock and pop stylings combine with witty, tightly-spun and highly literate narratives to…
Angus and Julia Stone
Angus and Julia Stone finish new album
Angus and Julia Stone have revealed that their new album is almost complete. Speaking in a radio interview with BBC 6Music the brother and sister duo said they had nearly finished working on the album, which they had been recording at Sawmills studio in Cornwall.
Cherbourg to headline new folk night at Ronnie Scott’s this Thursday
For Folk’s Sake favourites Cherbourg will play their first London headline show at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in Soho this Thursday (8th January).
Live Review: Alessi’s Ark at The Indoor Picnic
For Folk’s Sake is seriously considering changing our name to welovealessi.com. From the moment her EP The Horse got its first rotation on the stereo at FFS HQ, we have been desperate to hear her play
EP Review: Thos Henley – Mosaic Bone Norse Flute
21 year old Thos Henley offers heartfelt guitar driven folk-pop on his debut EP Mosaic Bone Norse Flute.
Communion January line-up revealed
Folk club night Communion has announced the line-up for the first show of 2009. The gig on 4th January, organised by Kevin Jones of Cherbourg and Ben Lovett of Mumford and Sons, will feature FFS darlings Peggy Sue alongside Ark People, Sam MacCarthy, Sons of Noel and Adrian and Thomas J Speight. Headlining will be Exlovers.
Hello Saferide
Hello Saferide are a seven-piece Swedish outfit, led by former music journalist and DJ Annika Norlin, known for their infectiously quirky, hook-filled indie-pop. They Say: \\”While writing and recording, we listened to records by: Randy Newman, Carole King, Heavenly, Wilco,…