by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Horace Holloway – Paper Heroes (feat. Brett Williams) + FFS 5
Horace Holloway is a classic folk troubadour in contemporary wrapping. The moniker of Jeffery Morrison, the music that he makes under the moniker is as frank and personable as the real deal. Throughout his latest, he invokes a raw liveliness…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Single | Resurrection Fern – Savanna
Over the years, Twitch has become much more than just the hottest commodity for video game streaming on the web. Resurrection Fern would attest to that. Over the past three years that she’s been a part of the Twitch streaming…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | Rachael Dadd – Beacon
Anticipation is building here at FFS towers because one of our favourite artists Rachael Dadd has a new album on the way. FLUX is due in a couple of months and, treat of treats, we can now bring you the…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Joan Shelley – Like The River Loves The Sea
Joan Shelley tends to do things a little differently. Like The River Loves The Sea was recorded in Reykjavik, Iceland; a world away from her home near Louisville, Kentucky. Despite being thousands of miles from the world she knows, being…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | I See Hawks In L.A. & The Good Intentions – Hawks With Good Intentions
Cross-pollination creates new hybrids. In the case of I See Hawks In L.A., meeting up with Liverpool’s The Good Intentions at a house party in the Sierra Madre foothills was an auspicious beginning. Charming English accents captivated the Hawks as…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Angela Perley – 4:30
Angela Perley is a night owl, “4:30 is when my body’s natural sleep cycle begins … My creative time begins as soon as the sun goes down. I don’t know what it is… but there’s something special about it. It’s dark…
by Pete Bate • • Comments Off on Album | Bon Iver – i,i
“I like you, I like you,” intones Justin Vernon on ‘iMI’, the opening salvo of his group’s fourth album. In the three years since the shadowy 22, A Million, Bon Iver’s convener has achieved a hard-earned contentment – even if…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Single | CommonUnion59 – Borrowed Time
Lauren Malasig and Steve McKenzie are CommonUnion59. Hailing from San Francisco, the pianist and guitarist mesh their vocals to develop straight-shooting folk music. Redolent of the American folk movements of the 60s and 70s, their lyrical focus waxes philosophy on…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | Emma Frank – Before You Go Away (Living Room Songs version)
Emma Frank will return with her second album on next month. Expanding on her distinctive mix of folk, R&B and jazz, Come Back is the follow-up to 2018’s Ocean Av. As a teaser before it’s release, here we bring you…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Shannon Lay – August
In August of 2017 Shannon Lay’s life changed completely. She went from being a sometime musician to creating music full time when Kevin Morby asked her to open for him on an American tour. That life changing moment became the…