Helen True: Isobel Anderson and Ruby Colley met when each was playing as part of separate acts on the Acoustic Stage at Glastonbury in 2011. Two years on, they’ve released their first EP, which collects together three reinterpretations of well-loved folk…
The wonderful Nathaniel Rateliff is set to bring his recent album ‘Falling Faster Than You Can Run‘ to London, to play two intimate headline shows this December. The Shackwell arms will host Rateliff on December 5th, as will The Islington…
FFS are pleased to hear that Boy & Bear have recently announced the UK release of their second album, Harlequin Dream, 13th January 2014. Having already been placed straight at number one with Harlequin Dream in Australia, the album conveys both colour…
To celebrate Halloween Joe Innes is offering a free download of his zombie-filled track The Frighteners. He calls it his “lo-fi indie version of Michael Jackson’s thriller” and when it’s played live the crowd provide a backdrop of growls, werewolf…
For Folk’s Sake favourites Peggy Sue have announced a UK tour in April. The London three-piece release their new album Choir Of Echoes on January 27 with a sold-out launch gig in London on the same day. For anyone who…
Ellie from Team FFS met up with Nathan Ball and his band to record a song of his, prior to his headline gig at The Star of King’s last week in London. The song, ‘Gunner’, is a beautiful mix of…
Folk behemoth Bellowhead are to release a Christmas single this year. Billed as “a proper old-fashioned sort of Christmas single but with a customary Bellowhead sort of a twist”, ‘Christmas Bells/Jingle Bells’ will be released on December 1. As regular readers…
Jesca Hoop has announced a new album, Undress – an acoustic reworking of her 2009 release Hunting My Dress. The Manchester-based Californian produced The Complete Kismet Acoustic, a stripped-down re-imagining of her Kismet album, earlier this year, and now Hunting…
We’re delighted to announce our 5th birthday party on 9th November in London. We’re looking forward to performances from our favourite folkies Worry Dolls and Gerard & the Watchmen and we’ll dance the night away with Hey DJs! And, as…
We’ve all had those fantasies, right? You turn up to see your favourite band play live but the bassist/drummer/singer/tambourine player is taken ill and you’re somehow called up on stage to take their place… Well, if Emily Barker & The…