It’s Christmas Eve! Which means the final day of the FFS Advent Calendar, and what better way to round things off than with another competition, and with another chance to lay yours hands on the final few copies of one…
Worry Dolls – the duo formed by former solo artists Rosie Jones and Zoe Nichol – are London gig circuit favourites. They wrote Coming Home for For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2013. Rosie answered our festive questions…
Left with Pictures donated ‘The Coldest Night’ to our Christmas album this year. We ask Stu Barter about his idea of a perfect Christmas.
Laish’s version of Silent night takes the familiar, peaceful tune and juxtaposes it with lyrics depicting an unsettling urban Christmas. Add to that frontman Daniel Green’s affecting vocals and building, stirring orchestration and you’ve got a Christmas anthem for the…
London-based Emperor Yes are Ash Gardner, Hugo Sheppard and Adam Betts. Their music revolves around themes of science fiction and psychedelic pop. We asked them to record the closing track for our record, and the result was the Time Frog…
Laura Hocking’s I Am Christmas was on our very first Christmas album back in 2010. The London-based singer-songwriter wrote this track about her mother’s rescheduling of a childhood Christmas: “how could it be Christmas if I didn’t cook, and your…
One of our favourite new bands Patch & the Giant are putting on a Christmas extravaganza, with a line up featuring tons of the artists who are on this year’s For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas record. The band have teamed up with…
Alessi’s Ark (or Alessi Laurent-Marke) has been a firm favourite here at FFS for a long time. From her delightful debut album Notes from the Treehouse to this year’s bold, surprising offering The Still Life, on Bella Union we’ve been following Alessi’s…
We’re so grateful to Worry Dolls for writing and recording ‘Coming Home’ for this year’s charity compilation album For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas. Now our favourite flame-haired duo have gone one better with this joyful music video, featuring Patch & the…
It’s Chriiiiiiiistmaaaaaas! Crack open the mince pies, mull the wine, dig out your festive jumper and settle down with For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2013. Our now traditional festive compilation is available to buy now from www.forfolkssake.bandcamp.com. You can get your…