by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | DocFell & Co. – Heaven, Hell or Oklahoma
Last year, For Folk’s Sake was proud to premiere the earthen Americana of DocFell & Co.’s ‘Tough’. The tune was from off of their forthcoming compilation of bonafide dust bowl numbers, which we now know as the recently release Heaven, Hell or…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on EP | Dear Boy – The Strawberry EP
Hailing from Los Angeles, yet with roots in post-punk and Britpop, Dear Boy’s infectious sound worms its way inside your ears and won’t let go. Comprised of four longtime friends, Ben Gray (vocals, guitar), Keith Cooper (drums), Austin Hayman (guitar)…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Lily & Madeline – Canterbury Girls
2018 was a big year when it came to break-up songs. In the pop world, Ariana Grande preached self-reliance and empowerment in Thank U, Next. So fucking grateful for her ex, Ariana suggested break ups are manageable if you can…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on EP | The National Lights – Whom The Sea Will Keep
If you’ve never heard of The National Lights you are not alone. In 2007, they recorded The Dead Will Walk, Dear – a song cycle about a Midwestern murder. And then nothing. Jacob Thomas Berns, Chris Keihne, and Sonya Cotton…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Emilie Kahn – Outro
Don’t mourn for Ogden the harp, it still plays a major role on Emilie Kahn’s new album, Outro. It’s just that it no longer gets featured status as it did on the first album attributed to Emilie and Ogden. Ms…
by Mark Buckley • • Comments Off on Album | The Unthanks – Lines
Lines, a trilogy of song cycles from the Unthanks inspired by poetry and focusing on three female perspectives over time – World War One poets, Emily Bronte and Hull fishing worker Lillian Bilocca – is a staggering meeting of music…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | James Yorkston – The Route to the Harmonium
Living in the small fishing town of Cellardyke, Scotland, James Yorkston recorded his new album, The Route to the Harmonium, in his loft where fisherman had previously repaired their nets. Ultimately he recorded so much that he needed another set…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video | Kenny Brothers Band – ‘The Other Side’ (Noisefloor Sessions)
Establishing themselves as a “mountain rock” band based out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the Kenny Brothers Band is not only a trio of actual musical siblings, but one capable of producing warm, gravelly soul reminiscent of their prospective genre’s tagline.…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | William The Conqueror – Bleeding On The Soundtrack
Bleeding On The Soundtrack has a refreshingly brutal lyrical honesty, not surprising considering William The Conqueror’s second record deals with the chaos surrounding Ruarri Joseph’s life. While the first album dealt largely with growing up in rural Cornwall, this second…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Young Hunting – True Believers
Young Hunting stand at the intersection between dream-pop and gothic folk. They’ve been standing there for a while, their first long player was released five and a half years ago. In order to stay alive in the interim, members of…