We’re very excited to be able to exclusively bring you the first listen of Megan Wyler’s new single ‘The Fraying’, featuring Adem, who produced her debut album Through the Noise. The pretty, acoustic guitar-led duet combines the pair’s gentle vocals in…
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News | Hannigan, Bunyan perform on Nick Drake tribute album
Vashti Bunyan, Lisa Hannigan and Teddy Thompson are among the artists performing on an upcoming Nick Drake tribute album. Way To Blue has been put together by Drake’s original producer, Joe Boyd, who took an unconventional approach to the project. Feeling…
News | Lucy Rose to play Cambridge Folk Festival
Lucy Rose and Willy Mason are among the first acts to be announced for this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival. The pair will both play Stage 2 on the opening night of the festival – Thursday, July 25 – along with…
News | Gerard & the Watchmen UK Tour and free MP3
Good news for fans of good music, FFS favourites Gerard & the Watchmen are heading out on tour this week. To celebrate the band are giving away a free MP3 download ‘Sophia’ to FFS readers. The track’s taken from their…
News | The return of Nancy Elizabeth
Nancy Elizabeth is back – and For Folk’s Sake could not be more excited. Her third album – the first since the blissful Wrought Iron in 2009 – is due out in the summer, a single will be appearing in…
News | HMV employee live-tweets mass firing
An HMV employee took to the company’s official twitter account today to live-tweet the HR process that s/he claimed resulted in 60 people being ‘fired’.
See the story unfold here.
News | Och that’s nice! Glasgow hosts R2 Folk Awards
Lots of FFS’s favourites were honoured in Radio Two’s annual Folk Awards in Glasgow last night. Among the winners were Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman who won Best Duo, Lau were named best group and Roy Harper was given a…
News | Staves to tour UK and Europe
The Staves have announced a full-scale UK tour in April and May. The band already had two shows at London’s Scala planned, but they have now added dates in Ashford, Oxford, Norwich, Bath, Cardiff, Sheffield and Manchester, as well as…
News | Heidi Talbot unveils album teaser
What better way to get people excited about your new album than by letting them hear four perfectly-crafted folk-pop songs from it? That’s exactly what Heidi Talbot has done for her new release Angels Without Wings and you can hear…
Video | The Staves – Winter Trees
You like awesome animation, right? And we know you like The Staves because, you know, who doesn’t? So you are seriously going to swoon over the video for their new single, Winter Trees. It’s produced by Bafta-nominated filmmakers Karni and…