Cate Le Bon has announced that she will be touring again this September despite having already played a string of gigs in 2014 . The Welsh musician has been playing a number of shows across the UK and Europe throughout February,…
FFS favourite folk-rocker Johnny Flynn has been cast as legendary Queen drummer Roger Taylor in an upcoming biopic about the band, according to a report by the Daily Mail. The film, called ‘Mercury’, is about the original line up of…
Since the release of his well received debut album ‘Home Again’, which sold over 70,000 copies, Michael Kiwanuka has spent his time travelling and performing all across the globe. On his travels, he stopped in Nashville, Tennessee and teamed up…
Matthew and the Atlas, also known as Matthew Hegarty, has announced his debut album ‘Other Rivers’ is to be released on 14 April this year. Here’s ‘Pale Sun Rose’ to give you a taste of what to expect from the…
We’ve already brought you the juice – now here’s the gin. We loved ‘Orange Juice‘, the recent single from Stanley Brinks and the Wave Pictures, so we couldn’t be happier to be premiering their new album Gin. So rich is…
The Hop Farm Festival, which takes place in Kent, has announced some rather large names for its 2014 headliners. Perhaps the most impressive is former Beach Boy Brian Wilson. Wilson has been confirmed to be headlining the Saturday night of…
We would struggle to be any more thrilled to tell you that the new Tiny Ruins album Brightly Painted One will be released later this year. Since the release of debut effort Some Were Meant For Sea, New Zealander Holly…
Taylor Swift will play folk legend Joni Mitchell in an upcoming feature film according to a Marie Claire article reposted on jonimitchell.com. The adaptation of the book ‘Girls Like Us’ by Sheila Weller, covers the lives and careers of music icons…
FFS’s favourite alt-folkers Sophie Jamieson are on a European Tour taking in much of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Hotly tipped left right and centre as ‘ones to watch’ in 2014, Sophie, Liam and Alex have recently been joined by ex-Fanfarlo drummer…
Regular FFS readers will already be familiar with Brighton quartet House of Hats, whose EP Rivers Will Run we loved back in 2012. Then we described their music as soft and soothing, and the same is definitely true here with…