Ned Younger, aka Monument Valley, is busy telling stories. A slow burn telecaster weaver of words, a lo-fi talker, a tender heart exposed. He’s been playing for a couple of years, making EP’s, taking photographs, all of which can be…
Category: Interviews
Interview | Strong, confident woman – Laura Gibson finds her voice
We first became enamoured by Laura Gibson with debut album If You Come To Greet Me, and again with 2009 follow-up, Beasts of Seasons. Elegiac and gentle, both showcased a remarkable voice that seemed to echo from a 1930’s gramophone.…
Interview | Introducing…Ana Silvera
Ana Silvera writes opulent, heartfelt songs full of flights of birds, femme fatales, harlequins and carousels, with strong undercurrents of love and loss. If you like Regina Spektor, Kate Bush, Anna Calvi, old books, poetry, opera, or Hans Christian Andersen, you might…
Interview | ‘Taking things as they come’ – FFS speaks to Loudon Wainwright III
IT’S FAIR TO SAY that Loudon Wainwright has had an Interesting Life. Born in North Carolina in 1946, he’s released 22 studio albums, played a singing surgeon in M*A*S*H, been nominated for 3 Grammys, recorded iconic sessions with the late,…
Introducing | Balthrop, Alabama
Balthrop, Alabama are from Brooklyn. No, really. Well, okay, not quite. But when siblings Pascal and Lauren Balthrop left the Yellowhammer State for BK they decided to make their new band a home away from home. The town of Balthrop,…
Interview | Introducing….Anja McCloskey
We were very pleased to discover Anja McCloskey, the girl with the big voice and even bigger accordion. Combining a traditional aesthetic with a quirky, alt sound, McCloskey brings an old-world gypsy romanticism to the 21st century. Last year’s…
Interview | Smoke Fairies introduce new album Blood Speaks
As they prepare to release new album Blood Speaks next month, FFS spoke to Smoke Fairies Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies about the new album and the role of tea in the songwriting process. FFS: The new record sounds punchier,…
Interview | James Yorkston Looks Back
TEN YEARS AFTER James Yorkston’s beautiful album Moving Up Country hit our ears it’s been reissued with a bonus disc of demos and Peel sessions. FFS caught up with James to talk about listening back to an album, what it…
Interview | Celebrating 10 years of How Does It Feel To Be Loved
How Does It Feel To Be Loved, a club night described by Laura Barton of the Guardian as “Absolutely the best night in the whole of the world!”, is ten years old this weekend. With a tag-line of ‘From the…
Interview | Introducing…Emma Gatrill
If you like your folk dreamy, stripped-down and devoid of gimmicks, we suggest you check out Emma Gatrill. Falling somewhere between Hannah Peel, Alessi’s Ark and Serafina Steer, harpist Gatrill weaves vocals and melodies together in understated, beautifully-crafted patterns. Whether…