Here’s a thing, The Promise is an album full of songs that didn’t make it on to Springsteen’s classic album ‘Darkness On The Edge Of Town’. That fact isn’t something that might get someone excited about a music release, you might imagine…
Slow Club work on album #2, announce 2011 tour
Rebecca and Charles of Slow Club have announced a 15-date UK tour for 2011 to coincide with a second album. Further details of the album are yet to be announced, but like their debut Yeah So it will be released…
FFS New Bands Panel: The Spring Standards
New York’s Spring Standards have a debut album, Would Things Be Different, under their belts, and are starting to attract some serious attention Stateside. So what did the panel make of their early offerings? Shaun McCoy: This eleven track offering…
FFS New Bands Panel: Loch Awe
Very soon after forming, Edinburgh folkies Loch Awe have put out their debut seven-track EP, Artificial Life From A Digital Sea. We sent in the panel to judge the results. Shaun McCoy: I admit I wasn’t left in ‘awe’ of…
FFS releases charity Christmas album
For Folk’s Sake is delighted to present: For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas. It’s our first ever release, and we’re selling it in aid of the Integrated Cancer Centre at King’s College London, which provides cancer care as well as being…
Live: Stornoway @ The Junction, Cambridge
Previous experience has taught me that the addition of anything resembling a string section to a live show can only ever be a very good thing. In fact, just a single violin can do the trick, and luckily for me,…