by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage – Hidden Things
After excelling themselves with 2018’s Awake, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage are returning with a trilogy of singles written on the road and inspired by their relationship to the spirit of place. Here we bring you the premiere of the…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video premiere | Mara Simpson – Keep You In Light
Darkness and light is a theme on Mara Simpson’s excellent new album 285 Days, and the themes are to the fore on the shimmering ‘Keep You In Light’. As she heads out on tour in Germany this week, Mara has…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Interview | FFS 5 with Roses & Cigarettes’ Angela Petrilli
Roses & Cigarettes released their debut album in May of 2015 with a promotional tour slated for the Fall of that year. Unfortunately, those plans were interrupted when singer Pagliaro was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer, and immediately began a…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | The Cactus Blossoms – Easy Way
For The Cactus Blossoms comparisons to the Everly Brothers are something to be expected. They tread much of the same ground as the Everlys, it’s just that they’re sixty years down the road. The tight harmonies on Easy Way bring…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video premiere | She Owl – War Within
Italian duo She Owl have had the camera out again and return this week with a new video for ‘War Within’, taken from their engrossing Drifters EP. Feeding off the pulsing rhythms of the song, the video – directed by…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video premiere | Astralingua – The Fallen
Denver’s Astralingua are here to explore some pretty deep questions. “The journey to the afterlife does not begin at death but rather at birth,” songwriter Joseph Thompson said when outlining the ideas behind their new album Safe Passage. “Death is…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Jess Klein – Back To My Green
In the four years since her last album Jess Klein has gotten married; moved from Austin, Texas to Hillsborough, North Carolina; suffered from Repetitive Strain Injury and crushing insecurity based on the 2016 election and moving into an environment where…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video premiere | The Rad Trads – ‘Thumbtack’ (Acoustic)
Just a few days prior, Brooklyn’s Rad Trads reveled in the release of an official music video for their latest single, ‘Thumbtack’. Now, the rising quintet shares an acoustic rendition of the tune with For Folk’s Sake, who proudly premieres…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video premiere | Eric Long – Hey Now Baby
In the newly-released music video for Eric Long’s ‘Hey Now Baby’, the Americana tune’s gently infectious sway is captured with beautiful ease by San Francisco Director of Photography Chad Leto. Featuring Long in a gorgeous natural environment as he performs…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video premiere | Serious Sam Barrett – Last of the Yorkshire Outlaws
Yorkshire’s own traditionalist troubadour Serious Sam Barrett releases his latest record Where The Wild Roses Grow this week (you can check out our review here). While the album sees Barrett break out the banjo, there are still plenty of guitar…