成人快手

Warming seasonal sounds from the folk and acoustic world.

The Unthanks lead us into a winter fantasia that includes two Sheffield pub carols, a snapshot of Christmas in prison, and a pre-dawn Welsh plygain song. Fisherman's Friends, naturally, see some ships, and the Tannahill Weavers provide a hogmanay essential.

Steeleye Span pay tribute to the king of birds, and Paul Brady and Andy Irvine sing a classic song set on a Christmas morning. We hear a poem read by John Tams and a song recorded by Sufjan Stevens as a Christmas gift to his family. The Chieftains and Elvis Costello paint a picture of Boxing Day excess that some might recognise...