Category: News

Premiere | Joe Innes & The Cavalcade – Little Rabbit

You might know we’re pretty fond of Joe Innes and his Cavalcade here at FFS. What we’re chuffed about, if not remotely surprised, is how fond everyone else is becoming. As he prepares to his release his new album Foreign…

Live | Upcoming Events

Some going out ideas for the next 4 weeks. Michael Baker Thu 18 May    The Plenty    Brighton, England Sat 20 May    Jubilee Gardens    Brighton, England Pokey LaFarge Fri 5 May    The Courtyard Theatre    London…

Premiere | Matthew O’Neill – Trophic Cascade

Blessed are the genre-benders. One might think that there are only so many chord progressions to take into account before music becomes stale, but breaking into the modern era are new sets of singer-songwriters willing to innovate in ways never…

Session | The Amazing Devil – Not Yet / Love Run

We present the second installment of our session with The Amazing Devil, recorded at Gerry’s Club in London. ‘Not Yet / Love Run’ is the closing track from last year’s debut album. While nominally a song in two parts it…

Session | The Amazing Devil – Pray

The debut album from The Amazing Devil, Love Run, was one of last year’s highlights. A dramatic, original, varied and exciting piece of work, it comes strongly recommended. The band are no slouch live either, earning themselves a growing cult…

News | The Unthanks return with Volume 4 of their Diversions & tour dates for Spring 2017

For Folks Sake favourites The Unthanks have announced their latest release, Diversions Volume 4: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake, set for release on May 26th 2017. Ostensibly a continuation of their exploitative work into the folk traditions, Songs of……

Video Premiere | Alexander Wolfe – I Can’t Get To Sleep

Alexander Wolfe is getting ready to release his fourth album later this year, and if the first single is anything to go by, this should be his breakthrough. Wolfe’s music has always come with plenty of real emotion, but ‘I…

Premiere | Songs For Walter – Earwigging

When we first came across Songs for Walter, he was singing songs inspired by his grandfather. His beautiful debut album unfolded like a family photo album and touched emotional nerve endings throughout. But as Laurie Hulme prepares his second record,…

Session | Michael Baker

Michael Baker released his debut album Dust and Bone late last year. The album is a product of two years of full-on commitment to music, busking around Europe while living in his van and taking odd jobs to survive. The…