Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Communion are releasing a new EP by a singer-songwriter whose distinctive voice is, all by itself, enough to lift him above the crowd. And so Joe Banfi follows in the footsteps of…
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New Bands Panel | Lilliput
Lilliput may already be well known to those of you that hail from the musically-fertile ground of the North East, but, like Newkie Brown, a parmo or Newcastle FC’s transfer policy, the band is now starting to pick up admirers…
Album | Band of Horses – Mirage Rock
For their fourth album, Band of Horses have the experience and confidence to create something bold and reach new listeners. Solid, assured and tightly crafted, many of these songs have shaken off much of their old sparseness. This works, and…
Album | Anja McCloskey – An Estimation
Half German, half American, living in Southampton, Anja McCloskey is a musician without borders. Wherever you put her music, it always sounds like it comes from somewhere else. Maybe somewhere European, perhaps a bit Russian or French Canada or some…
Album | Alexander Wolfe – Skeletons
There is a moment just over a minute into Separated By A Smile, the closing track from Alexander Wolfe’s second album, when a lone trumpet is introduced – subtly at first, gradually coming to the fore as the song progresses…
Live | Lisa Marie Presley, Ed Harcourt, Luke Sital-Singh, Polly Paulusma @ The Society of the Golden Slippers
It’s a quiet Monday night in Soho and we somehow find ourselves at what must surely be the most exclusive gig in town. We arrive in time for folk stalwart, Polly Paulusma, the small British girl with a southern American…
EP | Frightened Rabbit – State Hospital
Once news broke of Frightened Rabbit’s move from FatCat to Atlantic, some fans were understandably concerned about whether the Selkirk quintet would lose some of the qualities that endeared them to their loyal following in the first place. It’ll no…
New Bands Panel | Johnno Casson – Window Shopping
Welcome to the New Bands Panel, where our writers profile promising new artists on For Folk’s Sake’s radar. We want to know what you think of singer songwriter Johnno Casson’s new album – thoughts on twitter to @forfolkssake and @Snippetcuts…
Album | Mumford & Sons – Babel
It’s difficult to write a review aware that it will serve no purpose. After the phenomenal success of their debut album Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons now find themselves with a legion of devoted fans. Folk fans, pop fans.…
EP | Abagail Grey – Dark Wood
Claire Campbell chose the stage name Abagail Grey after meeting the character in what is described as an “eerily vivid dream”. And for that, she could hardly have a better name, because listening to her music seems like a slightly…