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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
There are, sometimes, artists and bands you are lucky enough to grow with. Laish has been one of those, to me, and I am grateful for it. Daniel Green was born, musically, in the Brighton scene that sprouted the Wilkommen…
Venice-born and London-based, IAKO has a deep appreciation of quiet and loud. On his debut EP he uses a rich blend of folk and ambient sounds to explore the contrasts between the bustling life of the British capital and the…
Ska has seen quite a revival as of late, though not in the sort of way that one might imagine aficionados of the genre would be warm towards. In the world of ‘any press is good press’, though, bands professing…