The Dreaming Spires release their debut album Brothers in Brooklyn on Monday and they’ve given For Folk’s Sake an exclusive guide to accompany a stream of the record. The Oxford band were formed by Robin & Joe Bennett, who have…
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Album | Anthony D’Amato – Paper Back Bones
A year on from the wonderful Down Wires, Anthony D’Amato returns with a new collection Paper Back Bones. Much like its predecessor, the record is filled with images of America and you find yourself channelling your inner Bob Dylan as…
Album | Mina Tindle – Taranta
Having recently supported French superstar Camille on her sell-out tour, and with early favourable reviews of debut album Taranta, things are looking good for Parisian-born Mina Tindle. This accomplished, well-paced first offering starts with ‘Bells’, and a beautifully crafted (and…
Singles Round-up | Angus Stone, Melodica, Melody & Me, Moulettes, Jennifer Left & Stealing Sheep
Angus Stone – Bird on the Buffalo ‘Bird on the Buffalo’ is a happy rambler, a head-nodder, a toe-tapper – ideal for that hazy summer we’re all hoping will still emerge. Simple drums and guitars in the intro blend easily…
Celebrating 25 years of Paul Simon’s Graceland
by the Leisure Society, Dark Dark Dark, Sean Keavney, Tom Robinson, Emmy the Great, Ellen & the Escapades, Michele Stodart, Tom McRae, Broadcast 2000, Anika Mottershaw, Georgia Ruth, Natalie Roberts
Album | Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart – Dedication
Dedication seems a fitting title for a Stacey Earle album. Steve Earle’s sister has been writing and recording with her husband Mark Stuart for two decades now, playing up to 170 gigs a year and putting out albums on their…
Album | Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Here
It’s three years since the former front man of dance-punkers Ima Robot Alex Ebert rebranded himself as Edward Sharpe and joined up with the sprawling Magnetic Zeros to deliver an eccentric, magical ride of west coast psychedelia. Since then, in…
Album | Sansa – Savior
Finnish songstress Sansa, along with regular collaborator Janne Oinas, returns with a varied third album blending folk and pop and even the occasional dash of electronica. The album starts enticingly with the rocky ‘Waiting For The Sky’ followed by the…
Album | The Chieftains – Voice of Ages
When marriages have lasted 50 years, it is traditional to receive presents of gold. For Irish trad-folkies the Chieftains, that particularly anniversary has brought a variety of even more glittering gifts. Keep your Rolex watches and charming carriage clocks. Bin…
Album | Cold Specks – I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
Etobicoke, Canada is a long way from the Deep South but it is clear that is where native Al Spx, now a resident of the even more distant London, finds her inspiration. Her homespun blues are built on the old…