by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on FFS Advent Calendar | The Leisure Society – Christmas Mistakes
A wee trip down memory lane today to the second FFS Christmas album, released in 2011. Jam-packed full of treats it was, so much so we couldn’t pick a song for today and had to pluck a name out of…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on FFS Advent Calendar | The Haywains – Who Needs Summer?
The fine people of the Snowflakes Christmas Singles Club have been pumping out seasonal treats every year since 2013. Amongst this year’s batch is the explosion of festive joy which is the Haywains’ ‘Who Needs Summer?’ – because what fun…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on FFS Advent Calendar | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects
We don’t need to tell anyone that 2016 has been a brutal year for so many reasons. Soul great Sharon Jones was taken from us too soon last month after a battle with cancer, but her spirit will live on…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on FFS Advent Calendar | The Blind Boys of Alabama – Christmas In Dixie
What better for a Sunday morning than the gospel-infused sound of the Blind Boys of Alabama? Here they are from 2013 taking on ‘Christmas In Dixie’ for the Alabama tribute album High Cotton.
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on FFS Advent Calendar | Patch & The Giant – Lonely This Christmas
FFS favourites Patch & The Giant are, unfortunately, thieves. We’ve documented it all at length here. It’s why their upcoming debut album is called All That We Had, We Stole. Just straight up thieves. But just because they are relentless…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on FFS Advent Calendar | The Felice Brothers – Country Ham
Last year the Felice Brothers put together a Christmas EP, Felice Navidad, to benefit the Food Banks of the Hudson Valley, which works in upstate New York to alleviate hunger. The release was digital only, but this year one of…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on FFS Advent Calendar | Low – Some Hearts (At Christmas Time)
Who waits until 3pm to open their Advent Calendar? The extraordinarily lazy? Perhaps, but it’s not like we’ve only just woken up. No. This has taken real patience. We had to wait until now because we wanted to open up…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Artist Playlist | Pascal Pinon
Pascal Pinon are Icelandic sisters Jófríõur & Ásthildur Ákadóttir, who make somewhat lo-fi and somewhat ethereal music. They recently released their self-produced third album Sundur, and you can find the video for lead single ‘Orange’ below. Jófríõur from Pascal Pinon…
by Duncan Martin • • Comments Off on Session | Joe Innes
A few weeks ago we invited Joe Innes round to record, what has turned out to be, a very topical session. Although not even a London estate agent would describe our studio as spacious, we just about managed to squeeze…
by Duncan Martin • • Comments Off on Premiere | Roxanne de Bastion – Run
We’re proud to present the video for `Run’, the new single from Roxanne de Bastion. ‘Run’ is an ode to those forced to flee, and the first single from Roxanne’s forthcoming album Heirlooms & Hearsay. The main inspiration behind the…