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.
High on the list of our favourite recent releases designed to be listened to while wearing a Christmas jumper is Emmy The Great and Tim Wheeler’s ‘This Is Christmas’. Like Santa on a deadline, it whizzes between twee fireside tunes…
Brian Wilson is the king of pathos, and his vocals on this song are perfect. You really believe the poor lad thinks his Christmas will be rubbish. Coupled with some Disney-esque strings, this is one of our favourite tracks from…
This cosy Christmas song by Leeds-based Ellen & the Escapades featured on For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2012.
British fans may have missed this one, which only appeared on the US edition of his covers album On Your Sleeve, but Jesse Malin has always loved a song about his hometown so he teamed up with Bree Sharp to…
Devon Sproule’s lovely song about Christmases as an expat was written for For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2011. Devon’s a master at optimistic pathos and her gentle vocals with jazz-tinged slides make this track just perfect.
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…
When it comes to Christmas folk music, this is about as Christmassy and as folky as it gets. Jon Boden explains: “‘Christmas Bells’ is based on the mummers play ‘Christmas: his Pageant Play, or Mysterie of St George’ written down by a…
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…
Two of the most gorgeously languorous voices combine to make this utterly dreamy version of Baby It’s Cold Outside. The song was part of compilation record Christmas Rules, which was released last year and also featured Andrew Bird, The Civil Wars…
There’s nothing Richard Hawley can’t do. Because if you can perform ‘Silent Night’ this brilliantly inside the Devil’s Arse*, you can do anything. *Note: This is, in fact, a cave just south of Hawley’s home town of the Sheffield, and…