John Smith doesn’t like to sit still for long. His fifth album, due out in May, will be called Headlong – a fitting title for a record written during touring stints with Lianne La Havas, Lisa Hannigan and others, not…
For Folk’s Sake is thrilled to share the latest music video release from Oklahoman singer-songwriter Roger Jaeger. The video acts as an accompaniment to the musician’s latest single, “Elevator”, and perfectly encapsulates the ethereal hopefulness emanating from the song’s soaring…
Roxanne de Bastion is really spoiling us right now. Just a couple of days on from her delightful session for us, she’s now handed us a first look at the video for her new single ‘Heart of Stone’, taken from…
Following on from recent our premiere of Roxanne de Bastion’s recent single, ‘Run’, we are extremely pleased to present Roxanne in session, with three songs from her forthcoming album Heirlooms and Hearsay. The main inspiration behind the album, which was…
Matthew Edwards is back in Birmingham. After two decades living in the United States Edwards, formerly of The Music Lovers, has moved back to his hometown. Along the way, he gathered enough material for Folklore, his second album with the…
One of, if not the, most beautiful folk projects of last year was volume one of Darren Hayman’s Thankful Villages – a journey around the UK’s 54 villages where all of their First World War soldiers returned from battle alive.…
Loudon Wainwright III, the precociously talented songwriter and exemplary troubadour, is performing dates this weekend at London’s Leicester Square Theatre. Father of the prodigious songwriters Rufus, Martha and Lucy Wainwright, Loudon is known for wildly entertaining narrative songs with an…
Swiss folksters Serafyn released their lush debut album Foam last month. Its warm tones and majestic harmonies are perfect to get you through the remaining days of winter – and at this rate may well be needed well into spring.…
Whether we’re talking the incredible multi-instrumental and production capabilities of a Paul McCartney or Patrick Stump in-studio, live-loopers like Ed Sheeran and Keller Williams, or those who really do take on multiple roles at once this side of Joe Hill…
One great thing that has come out of folk music in the modern age is that it’s become more of an attitude. We live in a world where, arguably, an artist like RiverChild is just as “folk” as, say Angel…