There’s plenty to look forward to about 2017, not least that it won’t be 2016. But for fans of a certain brand of alt-country, news that the Old 97’s are to release their 11th studio album in February – just…
Spending Christmas in Vienna has become a bit of a tradition for me in the past few years. It’s all Christmas markets, Glühwein, and, quite frankly, beautiful. But nothing everything in Vienna is as traditional as first impressions might suggest,…
This one needs no introduction, but sure as heck needs including. Dylan’s 2009 album Christmas In The Heart was as unexpected as it was utterly joyous in its fresh interpretations of classics, and this rambunctious version of ‘Must Be Santa’…
Today we rewind to the very first FFS Christmas album, which came together as if by magic in a few short weeks back in 2010. It’s full of too many good things to mention, so we’ve once again chosen a…
Anyone fancy a free Christmas song? Because that’s what you can get from Charlotte Carpenter, who is giving away downloads of her new festive song Cheer here. “As a thank you, for all of your encouragement and support this year,…
Alessi Laurent-Marke will return in the new year with single ‘Wives‘ and an album to follow. She’s docked the Ark, but for behind today’s door of the advent calendar, we rewind to 2013 and her appearance on our fourth Christmas…