Who needs an introduction to The Beatles? In just around a decades-long career together as a band, they revolutionized the popular music scene of the 60s and 70s with their sweeping, multi-faceted soft rock—so much so that, outside of Dylan,…
We here at For Folk’s Sake are best known for covering, well, folk music. It’s what’s on the tin. Quite often, though, pretty much since our foundation, we have extended our reach beyond purely folk to embrace the many genres…
“Last year, when I supported a band [Whitney], there were about 10 people here”, declared Julia Jacklin at her sold out show in Nottingham, followed by a pause, “It’s so great to see you all! Currently on tour promoting last…
Despite her dedication to a pure and uncluttered reading of traditional song Shirley Collin’s Barbican show is a lavishly staged affair. A huge screen shows films and animations for each song. A narrator gives context and history to the music…
An ongoing trend in Americana is a revival of a particular edge straddling the line between country, blues, and rock and roll, reminiscent of artists along the lines of John Mellencamp or Chris Stapleton. Straight out of the capital city…
Riding the line between old-school folk and country straight into a heap of psychedelia is Australian singer-songwriter Tom Woodward. Sonically speaking, Woodward’s sound lies somewhere between Donovan, Campbell, and the soundtrack to outer space. Previously, when For Folk’s Sake had…
Gabrielle Aplin hasn’t been out much of late. Penning new songs and reinvigorating her own independent record label – Never Fade Records – understandably puts a crimp in your gigging life. Thankfully the new initiative seems to be taking off…
Tom Woodward is a heck of a guy. This goes without saying for fans of the fruit-harvesting, high school music theory text-pilfering, South Wales woods tent-living ways of the artist, but for those just catching up, Woodward is an artist…
Bozeman, Montana—the birthplace of rock stars. Didn’t sound convincing? Perhaps the darkly Americana of KING ROPES could help change your mind. Akin to something between Shovels & Rope, Neil Young in his Crazy Horse era, and Mitski, the band is…
Alien Angel Super Death—if that isn’t a metal album title, then what is it? Perhaps with a swig of whiskey one can successfully label it folk right on the first go. Wherein Swiss artist Verena von Horsten’s latest record fails…