With first two albums, Matchbox Man and Map or Direction, John Smith (no more comments on the name, please god) built up a quiet but devoted following. With third full-length release, Great Lakes, the time has come for Smith to…
Category: Interviews
Interview | Good Vibrations: How a record shop eased Belfast’s Troubles
Record Store Day is a celebration of all record stores are, and all they can be. A good record store plays a huge role in the local community – and exceptional ones do even more. Last month, the film Good…
Interview | Introducing…Megan Wyler
It’s a strong time for no-frills, ‘stripped-down’ folk, with exquisite releases this year and last from Fionn Regan, Al Lewis and Keaton Henson. Joining their ranks is Megan Wyler with her recently released second single, ‘The Fraying’, a fragile, delicate…
Interview | Folk’s new wonder kid, Marika Hackman, talks literary heroes, anxiety and unexpected music production
A grey and windy day in London’s Southbank is briefly put on hold by the glowing presence of folk’s newest rising star, Marika Hackman. She’s just taken all her equipment through the Purcell Rooms artists’ entrance and quickly bounds up…
Interview | Introducing…Fletcher
Fletcher or, as his high school friends used to know him, ‘The Only Ginger Goth in Bondi’ has certainly done his time at the Music School of Credibility. Having released a fair few records with bands Bluebottle Kiss, The Devoted…
Interview | Snow Mantled Love
Snow Mantled Love are a new three-piece from London, Ontario. They make dreamy, ‘bedroom’ pop that puts us in mind of Sea of Bees, Daughter and Meursault and we think they’re lovely. FFS connected with them across the ocean to…
Interview | folk rock legend Richard Thompson talks to FFS
An original member of folk-rock super-group, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson has since garnered more awards than you can shake a stick at, including an OBE, Ivor Novello Award, BBC Life Achievement Award and a Grammy. That’s one heaving mantelpiece. We…
Interview | Introducing…Sasha Siem
For an artist who has only just released her debut EP – the brilliantly off-kilter So Polite – Sasha Siem has already racked up an impressive CV. Since graduating in Music from both Cambridge and Harvard, she has gone on…
Interview | Rising star Sophie Jamieson talks to FFS
Sophie Jamieson has been lighting up venues across London with her pure and powerful music. When FFS saw her she was supporting Emily and The Woods, but it was clear from the decent-sized crowd that had got in early to…
Interview | Leo Abrahams
Leo Abrahams’s atmospheric, layered songs and fantastic guitar work make this talented singer-writer-composer-producer-multi-instrumentalist one to look out for. He’s collaborated with the likes of Brian Eno, Jarvis Cocker and Paul Simon and worked on film scores for high-profile productions ‘The…