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Author: Lynn Roberts
Lynn founded For Folk's Sake in 2008. Her favourite artists are Joni Mitchell, The Leisure Society and The Mountain Goats. She plays keyboards in Joe Innes & the Cavalcade.
#303 The Head & The Heart – What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve
You can pop this track on as you apply your expert eyeliner flick/hair chutney* (*delete as applicable) ready for tonight’s big party and let the sounds of Seattle’s finest pop-folkers raise your anticipation for when ‘the bells all ring and…
It’s Christmas 2013 | Patch & the Giant on the meaning of Christmas. Spoiler: it’s cheese.
Patch & the Giant open For Folk’s Sake it’s Christmas 2013 with their rousing version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. The band’s accordion player Angie Rance answered our questions and roped in fiddle player Gabe and bassist Ed too.
It’s Christmas 2013 | Worry Dolls on coming home for Christmas
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…
It’s Christmas 2013 | Q&A with Left with Pictures’ Stu Barter
Left with Pictures donated ‘The Coldest Night’ to our Christmas album this year. We ask Stu Barter about his idea of a perfect Christmas.
FFS Advent Calendar Door 23 | John Prine – Christmas In Prison
John Prine said of this song: “It’s about a person being in a situation they didn’t want to be in but I used all the imagery as if it were a prison. And being a sentimental guy, I put it…
FFS Advent Calendar door 22 | Laish – Silentish Night
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…
FFS Advent Calender Day 19 | EELS – Christmas Is Going To The Dogs/Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
We’ve gone rogue today with a double A-side advent calendar treat. Mark Oliver Everett of EELS has written two of our favourite modern Christmas tunes. Christmas from the point of view of our canine companions gets explored in’Christmas is Going…
It’s Christmas 2013 | Emperor Yes travel to Christmases past and future
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…
FFS Advent Calendar Door 17 | The Leisure Society – Christmas Mistakes
For Folk's Sake It's Christmas 2011 by The Leisure Society The Leisure Society squeezed the recording of this track – for our 2011 Christmas album – in between touring cathedrals with Laura Marling and their own European tour, pulling all-nighters…