Folk star Kathryn Williams hit out at Spotify this morning, calling the music streaming service the ‘Starbucks of music’. Kathryn’s comments on twitter were in response to an episode of Radio 4 programme In Business about the music industry. Listen here. She…
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…
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.
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…
Left with Pictures donated ‘The Coldest Night’ to our Christmas album this year. We ask Stu Barter about his idea of a perfect Christmas.
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…
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…
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…
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…
