Category: News

Exclusive | Stream Winter’s debut album In The Dark

When we first heard brothers Matt and Joe Winter, we described their music as “a fine slab of Crosby, Still, Nash & Young-esque loveliness”. Forgive us, then, for being a little excited to be able to bring you an exclusive…

News | Radio 2 Folk Awards CD Release

The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards have just released a double CD, featuring 27 of the artists nominated for this year’s award. Artists on the album include the likes of Cara Dillon, The Will Pond Band, and Maz O’Connor. It was…

News | Mumford and Sons unveil new single & video

Mumford & Sons have revealed another track from their latest album, along with an accompanying music video. ‘The Wolf’ is the not first taste we have had from the band’s upcoming third album, Wilder Mind, as they released an official single, Believe,…

Feature | Is Record Store Day still working?

Somewhere the queues will already be starting to form. This Saturday will be, for the eighth year running, a celebration of all things independent record store. Record collectors will be out in force to get their hands on the wealth…

Record Store Day | Shopping Guide M-Z

And on it goes. Following swiftly on from the first part of our buying guide, here is more tasty goodness from the RSD list. Martin Carthy – Martin Carthy. LP – £18.99. Limited to 750. Martin Carthy’s groundbreaking debut LP…

Record Store Day | Shopping Guide A-L

Record Store Day is here again! After last year’s mammoth list of 643 exclusive releases, organisers have taken concerns on board and produced a much leaner list of, uhm, 592. Still need help picking through it? FFS picks out the…

News | Waxahatchee unveil video for ‘Under a Rock’

    A new video for Waxahatchee’s single Under a Rock has just been released. Originally the brainchild and solo project of Katie Crutchfield, Waxahatchee’s new video features a five-strong full band line up. The single will be released on May 10th, and…

News | Jenny Lysander announces album release

Folk prodigy Jenny Lysander is set to release her debut Album, Northern Folk, on April 27th. Lysander has previously released an EP, entitled Lighthouse, from which a single, ‘Dancing on the Edge’, was released to a good reception. The Sweden native’s gentle…

News | Bellowhead release new video for single ‘Roll Alabama’

Legendary folk group, Bellowhead, have released a video for their new single Roll Alabama. The single will be the third from the band’s current album, Revival, and will be released officially on April 20th. April is set to be a very busy month indeed…

Album | Paper Aeroplanes – Joy

Rarely has a record been more appropriately named than Joy, the third album from welsh duo Paper Aeroplanes. From opening track ‘Good Love Lives On’ to the concluding ‘Goldrush’, Sarah Howells and Richard Llewellyn lead the listener through an album of bright optimism,…