by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | DocFell & Co. – ‘Tough’
Opening with one heck of a fiddle flourish, DocFell & Co. define their homegrown roots sound right out of the gate on ‘Tough’. The tune, which is featured on their forthcoming album, encapsulates all of the inner makings of a…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Aya Maguire – The Sandcastle King
From its opening moments, Aya Maguire’s The Sandcastle King is instantly entrancing. It hasn’t been all that long since the Boulder singer-songwriter began turning out music, with her first EP (Fireflies) debuting last July. Yet, her newest output already feels leagues…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Ajay Mathur – Little Boat
Ajay Mathur may not be a household name, but he sure knows how to roll with the best of them. Born in India, Mathur began putting in his dues around the 70s in popular venues throughout his home country. It…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Okkervil River – In the Rainbow Rain
Will Sheff is a happy man. He’s rebuilt Okkervil River, finally moved out of New York, and following a successful 2016 tour he and the new band went back into the studio and recorded In The Rainbow Rain. On this…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | Sam Levin – ‘First World Problems’
With charming lyricism and an irreverent delivery, rising indie rocker Sam Levin’s ‘First World Problems’ feels like a recipe for success. Coming from off of his upcoming sophomore album, I Am, Levin’s single recalls a time where poppy hooks met world-conscious…
by Lorenzo Righetto • • Comments Off on Album | The Amazing – In Transit
Within the multitude of musical releases happening nowadays, it has become hard to run into one of those records that, over time, have the power to shape memories. In Transit is one of those records. The Amazing are a Swedish…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album Premiere | Brie Capone – If I Let You In
Asheville Americana artist Brie Capone is a multifaceted singer-songwriter whose tunes are tailor-made to fit any mood. Such is the case with her highly anticipated new EP, If I Let You In, which For Folk’s Sake is proud to premiere today.…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video premiere | Ralegh Long – Super Blue Moon
Having approached his second album Upwards of Summer as though it would be his last, Ralegh Long has found a new lease of life. He is currently embarked on a series of standalone singles, and the latest instalment is the…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Ryan Hutchens – The Last Ten Years
Over the last ten years, Americana has grown immensely in the public eye. Ironically enough, we may have the more formulaic, anthemic folk-rock of Mumford & Sons to thank for that initial jump. Therein, most of what fills the Americana…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Jason Vitelli – Head Above Tide
Jason Vitelli is the sort of artist that most will either “get” straightaway or turn their heads away from in confusion before they can really let the music culminate. Either party has an understandable basis for their actions, given that…