Folk aficionados will certainly have heard of Cara Dillon, one of Ireland’s foremost traditional folk singers. Now re-emerging from a domestic haitus is sister Mary Dillon, once a member of acclaimed 90’s band Deanta and more recently, sometime vocalist on…
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Interview | Jessica Sligter wants YOU!
At FFS we like to take a walk on the wild side once in a while and expand our horizons. For that, we’re increasingly looking across the channel to established and emerging European artists who are experimenting with technology and…
Interview | Taking responsibility with Fionn Regan
It seems that folk artists are increasingly rejecting big studio production and opting for a more honest, simple sound. Last year saw Seth Lakeman taking his violin down a mine to record the critically acclaimed Tales From The Barrel House,…
Interview | Serafina Steer speaks her language
Until now, Serafina Steer has not had the acclaim she deserves. 2007’s Cheap Demo Bad Science and the more electronic Change Is Good, Change Is Good in 2010 were albums of left-field folksy joy and intrigue, their wilfully scattered themes…
Live | Norma Jean Martine, Sophie Ramsay and Gibson Bull @ The Society of The Golden Slippers
One of the things we love most about The Society of the Golden Slippers events is that we get to see amazing emerging artists in a small, intimate venue that looks like Oscar Wilde’s living room (we saw Jake Bugg…
Interview | Katy Carr – woman on a mission
Katy Carr is on a mission. The daughter of a British father and Polish mother, her fourth album, Paszport, is a tribute to lost and forgotten Polish war stories that is both moving and a darn good listen. Carr’s first…
‘G’n’R had the look, the riffs, the lyrics your parents didn’t want you to hear” – Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show play good ol’, rootin’ tootin’ American and blue grass and can name fans as illustrious as Marcus Mumford, Norah Jones and Gillian Welch. In fact, they supported our own Mumford and Sons back in 2011 on…
Interview | FFS talk to Seth Lakeman (and George)
When we caught up with folk superstar, Seth Lakeman, just before Christmas he was on a bracing walk around Dartmoor with George, his spaniel. After making soppy noises over the dog, FFS calmed down enough to ask Lakeman about his…
Interview |Martha Tilston – ‘If folk music doesn’t ask questions folk are asking, who will?’
It’s hard to imagine that Martha Tilston could have become anything other than a folk artist. When your dad is folk legend Steve Tilston, your parents run a folk night in Bristol, and Bert Jansch and John Renbourn frequently pop round…
Interview | Lucy Rose on an amazing year – and tea
It’s hard to introduce Lucy Rose without saying she did backing vocals for Bombay Bicycle Club. Now we’ve got that out of the way, we can talk about the really interesting stuff, like how she’s gone from recording her debut…