Because what is Boxing Day named for if not sitting about in your boxer shorts?
Category: Song of the Day
A song a day, every day. From brand new tunes to elderly classics. We don’t promise to be constrained by genre, but we promise to recommend brilliant music.
FFS Song of the Day | The Mormon Tabernacle Choir – Carol of the Bells
FFS Advent Calendar Door 24 | The Crystals – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
He is, kids. He’s on his way. A very Merry Christmas to everyone from all at For Folk’s Sake.
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 Calendar Door 21 | Bob Dylan – It Must Be Santa
If Door 20 revealed a Christmas album which made perfect sense from the moment it was first conceived, Door 21 hides one that took a little more getting used to. Dylan’s rambunctious, often ramshackle Christmas In The Heart fell short…
FFS Advent Calendar Door 20 | She & Him – Blue Christmas
Not every band can pull off a Christmas album, but from the moment She & Him announced the release of 2011’s A Very She & Him Christmas you knew it was going to make sense – with Zooey Deschanel’s outstanding…
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…
FFS Advent Calendar Door 18 | The Vince Guaraldi Trio – Christmas Time Is Here
There is no occasion, no moment, no second of the day that cannot be improved by Peanuts. Christmas is no different, and we would suggest that the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas should be a staple…
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…