Today’s session comes from emerging Welsh singer-songwriter Cara Ludlow, playing the title track from her debut EP Hyperion. The rather lovely EP comprises of three reflective, contemporary folk songs in which Cara draws on themes from John Keats’s epic poem…
Today’s session video is a second track from one of my favourite EPs from last year Jorinde and Joringel by Liverpool duo Loris and the Lion. This track, ‘Mockingbird’, shows off the duo’s more electronic/experimental side with Georgia’s vocals and…
Today we bring a 2nd session track from Jem Bosatta (who previously performed under the name Rookling). Since our last video Jem has released the single ‘Killer‘, the first from his forthcoming EP Loss & Love which is due to…
And it’s hello to 2022! And the sessions of this new year kick off with ‘Breadcrumbs’ by Loris and the Lion. If you saw our best of 2021 roundup, I picked the band’s debut EP Jorinde and Joringel as one…
Today’s session track is ‘Winter Nights’ from Scottish multi-instrumentalist STAGG, showing us some fancy accordian playing. ‘Winter Nights’ is taken from STAGG’s new visual album 3.0. The “visual” part comes from all the songs being played live on camera, with…
A few weeks ago we brought you our first session track from Kelvin Davies, playing the title track from his debut album ‘Arcadia’, and we’re very happy to share another now. Arcadia contains a mixture of musical styles, with traditional…
Today’s session comes from emerging artist Katie Grace Harris, accompanied by Alex Duncalf on cello, and her version of the 19th century song ‘Hard Times’. Katie traces her folk roots to singing along as a girl with her Dad as…
Today’s session comes from Jem Bosatta with ‘Cases’. Originally from England, Jem has been putting roots in Berlin for the past few years and we caught up with him as part of a trip back to his old home. During…
Today we bring you a session from Kelvin Davies playing the title track from his recent debut album Arcadia. This beautiful folk song features words from a poem by friend Henry Arthur Evans, and is played with Kelvin’s accomplished finger-style…
As vaccines are in arms and lockdowns lift, it’s time to get the For Folk’s Sake sessions started again. And the first guest of this new run is the multi-talented Basia Bartz. This is actually Basia’s 2nd visit to the…