Canadian-born Lindi Ortega knows what it’s like to be a struggling musician. After ten years cutting her teeth as an indie artist on the Toronto music scene, she now has three successful albums on Last Gang Records under her belt…
Rarely has there been so much industry interest in the solo project of a former hang player – even one that belonged to such a group as the Mercury-nominated Portico Quartet. But since embarking on his solo career, Nick Mulvey’s…
We love a bit of quirky folk here at FFS, and Lisa Knapp is at the vanguard of those fusing traditional sounds, structures and songs with new technologies. On new record, Hidden Seam, this combines to deliver something fresh yet…
Your new album Hirta Songs – a collaboration with the poet Robin Robertson – is out on November 11th. Can you tell FFS a little bit about it? The most recent release is going to come out on Stone Tape Records next…
The first thing that usually springs to mind when we think of Brazilian music is the hedonistic party vibe of the Samba tunes which soundtrack Rio’s Carnival. But evincing an altogether gentler, sweeter, more introspective side of the country’s musical…
Ellie from Team FFS met up with Nathan Ball and his band to record a song of his, prior to his headline gig at The Star of King’s last week in London. The song, ‘Gunner’, is a beautiful mix of…
The soft-spoken folk artist and his band, Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit, are touring the UK this October with new album Country Mile – the fruit of two years of work squeezed into free moments between Johnny’s burgeoning acting…
Folk musician and doctor Sukh was one of our first ever Songs of the Day earlier this year with his track Kings. With his debut album out next month, we thought it was about time we found out a…
Story telling has always been at the heart of folk music, and this year has seen a surge of up-and-coming artists combining a great yarn with excellent musicianship. Joining the ranks of fellow rising stars such as Nick Mulvey and…
When we heard the stonking ‘Forty-Rod Of Lightnin’‘, we knew we had to find out more about wife-and-husband duo The August List. And now that they’ve been kind enough to give us an exclusive first look at their new single…