by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Mitch Bradford – ‘Everybody Got Someone to Love (‘Cept You and Me)’
Mitch Bradford is a contemporary artist who appreciates the warm minimalism of vintage folks and roots rock. Taking a page from the likes of Jackson Browne and Neil Young, his style is unvarnished, conversational, and from the heart. Ergo, it…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | Listen to Ben Somers’ new album Poor Stuart in full
Those of you who follow the For Folk’s Sake sessions will already be excited about Ben Somers’ new record Poor Stuart after he popped by to perform ‘Life On The Road. Now we can offer up the premiere of the…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | Katie Barbato – The Art of Falling
With a vinyl release in just four days and a digital one soon to follow on 21 Sept., Katie Barbato is sharing the title track of her forthcoming EP with For Folk’s Sake today. Accompanying it is a gorgeous video…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Norm Brunet – It Don’t Get Better Than This
Quebec-born and Ottawa-raised, Norm Brunet was struck with an ironic revelation when he performed to a Nashville crowd for the first time last year. Being labeled by the audience as an Americana artist, Brunet was perplexed and humored, once saying…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Watch | Ben Delaurentis – Fill in the Blanks (Acoustic)
You’ve heard of Jam in the Van, but how about Jam in the Bus Conversion? That’s exactly what Ben Delaurentis did with this sweet acoustic rendition of his song, ‘Fill in the Blanks’. His songwriting verges on the contemporary neo-folk…
by Lorenzo Righetto • • Comments Off on Album Premiere | Robin Bacior – Light It Moved Me
Although you may not have heard of Robin Bacior, she is no newcomer. In fact, it is hard to think of a more accomplished songwriter and artist, and Light It Moved Me is further proof of it. Moving seamlessly between…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | The Jellyman’s Daughter – Dead Reckoning
Comprised of Emily Kelly and Graham Coe, Edinburgh duo The Jellyman’s Daughter produce full-bodied folk music replete with vocals, guitars, mandolin, and cello. It’s in their masterful craft that they’re able to resonate with such a richness between just two…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Rubblebucket – Sun Machine
There have been some dark days for Rubblebucket. Kalmia Traver has survived first-stage clear cell ovarian cancer, while Alex Toth battled alcoholism. Then, of course there was also their divorce. Yet Sun Machine is a tribute to the positivity and…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | We Are The Northern Lights – Where Your Heart Is
Comprised of Hadar Orshalimy and Sheldon Low, We Are the Northern Lights describe themselves as indie folk-pop with a soul. A bit of a mouthful at first as it may be, it’s also perfectly indicative of the cross-section that the…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Bob Marley & the Wailers – Kaya 40
How do you improve a masterpiece? For Stephen “Ragga” Marley the idea was simple, To improve Bob Marley’s Kaya for the 40th anniversary of its release it needed a new mix, one that captured both the vibrance and urgency of the…