After releasing a rather excellent set of songs under his own name alongside Jesca Hoop (Love Letters for Fire) in 2016, Sam Beam is returning with a new Iron & Wine record, Beast Epic, in the summer of 2017. With 11…
Cigarettes After Sex is more than just a habit, it’s a band that trades in relationships and intimacy. Founded in 2008, but only now releasing their first LP, Cigarettes After Sex have used the time well, developing a mature sound.…
For Folk’s Sake is privileged to showcase the latest music video by West Virginian roots rocker Jeff Ray. A heart-searing dedication to his lost friend, James, Ray soars through his rendition of James’s self-penned song to raise awareness for mental illness…
Melancholia gives way to the slightest glimpse of hope on Such A Sky, the surprise new EP from BBC Folk Award winner Josienne Clarke and former Mercury Prize nominee Kit Downes. Though the pairing of Clarke’s voice with a virtuosic…
The music of The Unthanks defies description and labels. Technically they could be considered a folk band, but when’s the last time a folk band covered King Crimson? Their albums fall into two categories: releases featuring their own music along…
Chalk/Flint offers an interesting soundscape, and an insight into the creativity of Isobel Anderson. Vocally, Anderson shares many similarities with Laura Marling, and on this, her forth release, she delivers a paean to the ethereal nature of world. It is…
As someone who’s followed New York-based folk-soul duo Overcoats for much of the past two years, listening to Hana Elion and JJ Mitchell’s full-length debut Young is a tad bittersweet. On one hand, Elion and Mitchell’s sound differs slightly from…
Calling Hannah Harding a folk singer really doesn’t do her justice. While being compared to the likes of Kate Bush and Scott Walker is heady company, the music she creates distills moments of lyrical beauty and musical complexity. Under the…
For the past six months Joe Innes has been parading around Twitter with an increasingly bombastic persona. He boasts of ‘HUGE’ gigs and lambasts the ‘FAKE NEWS MEDIA’. He even has a hat. It reads, in bold type: ‘MAKE JOE…
It’s been quite the year for For Folk’s Sake favorites The Accidentals, who’ve been riding through 2017 on a wave of good vibes and stellar new music after being signed by Sony Masterworks. The inimitable Michigan trio has been touring…