Having decided that 2011’s A Very She & Him Christmas wasn’t already wonderful enough, M. Ward and Zooey have treated us to a second seasonal delight this year. Another set of festive classics get their trademark touch on Christmas Party,…
There’s plenty to look forward to about 2017, not least that it won’t be 2016. But for fans of a certain brand of alt-country, news that the Old 97’s are to release their 11th studio album in February – just…
Spending Christmas in Vienna has become a bit of a tradition for me in the past few years. It’s all Christmas markets, Glühwein, and, quite frankly, beautiful. But nothing everything in Vienna is as traditional as first impressions might suggest,…
This one needs no introduction, but sure as heck needs including. Dylan’s 2009 album Christmas In The Heart was as unexpected as it was utterly joyous in its fresh interpretations of classics, and this rambunctious version of ‘Must Be Santa’…
Today we rewind to the very first FFS Christmas album, which came together as if by magic in a few short weeks back in 2010. It’s full of too many good things to mention, so we’ve once again chosen a…
Anyone fancy a free Christmas song? Because that’s what you can get from Charlotte Carpenter, who is giving away downloads of her new festive song Cheer here. “As a thank you, for all of your encouragement and support this year,…
Alessi Laurent-Marke will return in the new year with single ‘Wives‘ and an album to follow. She’s docked the Ark, but for behind today’s door of the advent calendar, we rewind to 2013 and her appearance on our fourth Christmas…
Christmas In Hayworth was something of a souvenir Darren Hayman brought back from spending Christmas 2010 in the Yorkshire village of Hayworth – with four of the six tracks written and recorded there and others added later. Hayman’s Christmas EP…
Billie Marten has had quite the year. The 17-year-old released her debut album, broke into America, supported Carole King, and made her debut UK headline tour – which sold out. To give a little back, here’s her Christmas gift to…
The death of David Bowie in January, two days after his 69th birthday, got 2016 off to a start from which it never really recovered. To remember the great man, today we pick out a real Christmas oddity – his…