by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Single | Sarah Cripps – Leave Behind
If her debut single is anything to go by, Sarah Cripps is set to be our next big beloved genre-bender. When the Toronto artist premiered ‘Leave Behind’ over at Atwood Magazine, they called it “full of warmth, deep musicality, and…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile aren’t exactly media darlings yet, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be soon. Lotta Sea Lice, their joint venture seems to defy expectations, creating one of the most surprising discs of the year. It doesn’t…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Single | Olivia Mainville & the Aquatic Troupe – Danger Death Ray
Just in time for Halloween, Olivia Mainville & the Aquatic Troupe return with a spooky new single from off of their forthcoming record. While fans of the grimly folk quartet will have to wait until next year for the entire…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Lindsay White – Lights Out
Not everything in life is sunshine and rainbows. We have our highs, and we sure do have our lows. San Diegan contemporary folk artist Lindsay White understands this as well as anyone, but rarely do such accessible songs lean into…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Single | Ben Brookes – Stories in the Rain
If Ben Brookes’ latest single, “Stories in the Rain”, is anything to go by, then we are in for one heck of a record once his full-length record drops in the near future. In the meantime, though, listeners can regale…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | Rachel Mousie – Talk to Your Babies
God bless the incorporation of looping in modern music. Though we can go as far back as Bing Crosby in regards to contemporary usage of ostinato, the refinement of electroacoustic music in more recent times has brought us some real…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Single | Watching for Foxes – “Breaking Down”
Fronted by For Folk’s Sake’s very own Joey Frendo, Michigan-based “sweater rock” band Watching for Foxes have caught the eye of Americana fans around the U.S. following their first nationwide tour with Folk Family Revival earlier this year. What began…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | The Deportees – I Lost Her To The Sea
The Deportees have been working on their debut album for three years, and now there’s only three weeks left until it arrives. The Aberdeen five-piece will release The Birth of Industry on November 3, with the album billed as an…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Sophia Marshall – Bye Bye
Sophia Marshall isn’t afraid of making tough choices. Leaving the relative security of The HaveNots, she took a new road, working as a backing singer to the likes of Be Good Tanyas, Tift Merrit, and Frazey Ford. Following nine years…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Phoebe Bridgers – Strangers in the Alps
For a confessional singer-songwriter, Phoebe Bridgers is something of a different breed. Self-deprecating, caustic and prone to her share of vices, Bridgers says exactly what’s on her mind. On her first full-length release, Stranger In The Alps, she’s got plenty…