The Family Band are formed of husband/wife duo Johnny Ollsin and Kim Krans, and their friend Scott Hirsch, but it’s been said they have a “fourth member”, their log home plan cabin in the Catskills Mountains of upstate New York…
FFS New Bands Panel: The Stan Laurels
The Stan Laurels is the solo project of John Lathrop, a musician from Austin, Texas. He describes his solo album, Death of the Sun, as “a psych-pop/rock/prog concept album with the theme ‘boy meets girl, boy gets abducted by aliens’.”…
Blog: Will the next Joni Mitchell please stand up?
Mitchell, Baez and Dylan take to the stage during his Rolling Thunder Revue Of course it’s possible to go round in endless circles discussing Joni Mitchell’s recent comments about Bob Dylan’s authenticity, and whether or not they were legitimate, fair…
Save 6Music: second protest on saturday; listening figures soar
A second protest against the proposed closure of the Best Radio Station In The World™, BBC 6Music, will be held on Saturday at Broadcasting House in London’s West End. The protest will start at 12noon and last two hours. FFS…
Johnny Flynn postpones tour dates due to illness
Poor Johnny Flynn has been forced to cancel two tour dates after catching flu. The cancelled dates are Manchester tonight (19th May) and Glasgow tomorrow. They have been rescheduled for 29th and 30th June respectively. The West London folk stalwart…
Blog: Sam Airey on his favourite Joni Mitchell tracks
Leeds troubadour Sam Airey picks his favourite Joni tracks… One of the things I love most is the change of musical and lyrical styles throughout her career. This is noticeably apparent on ‘The Hissing of Summer Lawns’ – arguably one of the finest folk-jazz crossover records ever, it’s one of my favourite albums, and I’m not really into jazz that much at all. The songs I’ve chosen, however, are two of my favourites from the albums ‘Ladies of the Canyon’ and what many consider to be her masterpiece, ‘Blue’. They might be considered fairly obvious choices, but I simply adore these