Joni Mitchell – California It’s Joni Michell week here at FFS so it’s only right to start with a Joni video. This BBC session performance of California was recommended to us by Nick Hemming from The Leisure Society (he of…
Album: Family Band – Miller Path
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…