Hello, please introduce yourself and your music to the uninitiated. We’re a 6-piece folk-reggae band from Oxford. We try to make our songs so memorable that everyone joins in for the chorus. Tell us a bit about your latest release?…
Category: Interviews
Interview | The Story Of Jon Byrne
This year has been a busy one for Jon Byrne. Following the UK release of his second album, Built by Angels, he has been gigging across the country and is currently kicking off promotion in the US for his first…
Interview | Introducing…The Drowning Men
Formed in 2006 by long term friends Nathan ‘Nato’ Bardeen (vocals, keyboard, guitar, mandolin), James Smith (guitar, vocals) and Rory Dolan (drums), the original ‘Drowning Dudes’ – as they call themselves – were soon joined by Todd Eisenkerch (bass, vocals)…
Interview | Introducing… Lily & Madeleine
We’ve been banging on about Lily & Madeleine for months now, so we thought, with their self-titled debut album due out next month, it was time we heard from the Jurkiewicz sisters themselves. Hello, please introduce yourself and your music to…
Interview | Introducing…Ryan Keen
Ryan Keen releases debut album Room For Light this week, so FFS caught up with the South Devon singer to find out more. Hello, please introduce yourself and your music to the uninitiated. I’m a singer/songwriter from Devon, currently living…
Interview | Singer-songwriter, novelist and free spirit Will Varley chews the fat with FFS
Will Varley has carved out a successful career as a musician and writer through being hard working and personable, roaming the country playing shows to build a following and setting up Smugglers Records, a collective rooted in the ideals of…
Interview | Introducing…Padraig Whelan
Born and bred in a Yorkshire mining village, Padraig Whelan makes music as honest, fresh and beautiful as the surroundings he grew up in (we’re guessing – writing this from South London, everything north of Watford sounds idyllic). Elegiac, dreamy…
Interview | Introducing…Helene Greenwood
Hello, please introduce yourself and your music to the uninitiated. I’m Helene Greenwood and am a singer-songwriter from London. My songs defy easy categorisation with influences from folk, pop, jazz and contemporary sounds. I have recently recorded an album Collectable…
Interview | Introducing…Anton Opic
‘I don’t feel “home” anywhere,’ says Antun Opic, the half German, half Croation author of No Offense, a glorious amalgamation of its creator’s diverse musical influences. Despite Opic’s declaration that the album ‘has nothing to do with Balkan music’, it’s…
Interview | Introducing… Texas Cannonballs
Texas Cannonballs officially came together in 2011 via the notorious blues spot in the SouthWest of France, Bar Chez Dan. Consisting of Hector, Chris, Preston and Jim, these guys are musical legends in their own right. Having all played along…