If Nicole Atkins’ new track sounds a little poppier than you remember from her bluesy 2011 record Mondo Amore, then maybe the story of its creation will help explain. “This song actually came to me in a dream,” Atkins said.…
FFS favourite Hannah Peel has been working away in London to add an electronic pulse to her folky sounds, and she’s ready to bring us the results. Her Fabricstate EP will drop in late February, but before then we get…
He is, kids. He’s on his way. A very Merry Christmas to everyone from all at For Folk’s Sake.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
