Folkstar - folk rock band

Listen

Stream all of Folkstar's songs through your favorite online music service such as Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, and Pandora. Full albums Emotional Bootcamp, Loud and Clear, Treelines and Skylines, plus singles "Alone on Christmas," "Enjoy the Ride," and "Old North State" - click GO to hear them all right here.

Watch

Watch your favorite Folkstar music videos on YouTube such as "Into the Trees" featuring a dancing squirrel and raccoon; "Human" filmed at Farm Sanctuary; and "Alone on Christmas" re-discovering holiday cheer.

Live

Find out where Folkstar is performing next. Live music is always better than listening to a recording so click GO to get the scoop on the next Folkstar concert.

Lyrics

Read every single word of Folkstar's meticulously crafted lyrics. Formed by two English nerds, Folkstar infuses meaning and style into each and every word.

Merch

Get yourself real Folkstar CDs with all the thoughtful artwork and printed lyrics. Feel the real thing in your hands and hear the music at real recorded quality. Purchase at your favorite retailer or through Bandcamp by clicking GO. You'll also find custom guitar picks, t-shirts, posters, stickers, and art prints.

Folkstar to open for Roy Zimmerman

Folkstar will be opening for Roy Zimmerman Thursday, March 31st! Get your tickets now: Roy Zimmerman with special guest TICKETS.

ROY ZIMMERMAN: THIS MACHINE

What can one person do about climate change, torture, racism, gun violence, fracking, Congressional ineptitude, ignorance, war and greed? Write funny songs, says Roy Zimmerman. “This Machine” is ninety minutes of Zimmerman’s hilarious, rhyme-intensive original songs. His songs have been heard on HBO and Showtime. He’s shared stages with Bill Maher, Robin Williams, Ellen DeGeneres, John Oliver, Kate Clinton and George Carlin. He’s been profiled on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and he’s a featured blogger for the Huffington Post.

FOLKSTAR

Folkstar fearlessly creates music of substance focusing on environmental and social justice issues. Folkstar’s latest album Treelines and Skylines explores the disunion between “nature” and human fabrication and not only includes songs about trees, but also about the fallacies of city life and human self-importance, aging and our medical culture, freedom and travel, love and renewal, a musician’s hard choices, death with dignity, racism and war, and losing a parent. One part folk songstress and one part rock guitar virtuoso is rockstar with a twist: Folkstar.

What: Roy Zimmerman with special guest: Folkstar
When: Thursday, March 31st, 7pm
Where: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wilmington
(4313 Lake Ave, Wilmington, NC 28403)
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1681390108745457/

Folkstar at Fermental March 12th!

Folkstar will be performing from 8-10pm at Fermental (7250 Market St, Wilmington, NC) on Saturday, March 12th, 2016. See you there!

Upcoming Spring Shows!

We’ve started to add some things to the calendar for spring 2016!

On Saturday, March 12, we will play a show at Fermental Beer & Wine in Wilmington, NC. This will be our first show since the new album came out in September! Weather permitting, we will be performing on the outdoor stage. 8-10pm. FREE. Well-behaved pets and children are welcome at this all ages show. See the Facebook event for additional info.

Folkstar will play for the first time in Greenville, NC on Saturday, March 26th, as part of an indie showcase at Crave Restaurant. We will be joined by Christy Snow, Heather Rogers, and Someone’s Sister. Show begins at 7pm. More details to follow, but get it on your calendars now, Greenville peeps!

We are also pleased to announce we will once again be participating in the Benefit for InterAct at Deep South the Bar in Raleigh, an annual event to raise money and awareness for InterAct of Wake County. InterAct is a nonprofit agency providing support to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. NC Local Music does an awesome job putting this concert together every year and we are thrilled that we’ve been invited back. There will be prizes, and of course great live music. Show begins at 7pm. Check out the Facebook event.

More things to come! In the meantime, you can still get Treelines and Skylines (as well as our other two albums Loud and Clear and Emotional Bootcamp) in our online store, through digital retailers such as iTunes and Amazon, and locally in Wilmington at Gravity Records and Old Books on Front St. Follow us on Spotify and add us to your playlists. And don’t forget to order a custom print of Sue Cag’s amazing painting that went on to become the cover for Treelines and Skylines!

Folkstar’s Treelines and Skylines featured in the news!

Look whose album cover is the image for part 5 of The Year in Local Albums! Thanks WAE! Everybody check out parts 1-4 as well and ooh and ah about all of the great music that came out this year! You can still get Treelines and Skylines at http://folkstar.bandcamp.com or locally at Gravity Records and Old Books on Front Street.