Happy Boxing Day dear readers! We hope you've all had a lovely Christmas so far. As is always tradition on this corner of the internet, today we bring you our most important blog of the year, as we hand out our prizes to those we've loved across music, TV, books and film this year. This … Continue reading Alex’s End Of Year Prizes 2018
ARTIST: Dido SONG: Christmas Day It seemed appropriate to end this year's Christmas Song Advent Calendar on a song named after this very day - and from a lady who we'll be hearing a lot more of again next year, as Dido prepares to release her long awaited new album in March. This gorgeous festive … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2018: Day 25
One thing that I find myself turning more towards at Christmas, as I've got older, is the peace and love of this time of the year, of the joy and hope it brings to many (myself included). In a moment of reflection, I find myself looking around at my life as it currently stands, and … Continue reading A Christmas Eve Reflection
ARTIST: Kermit The Frog SONG: One More Sleep Til' Christmas Although it only performed modestly well at the box office on its original December 1992 release, legendary puppet ensemble The Muppets' take on Charles Dickens' popular seasonal novella A Christmas Carol, starring Sir Michael Caine in the role of Scrooge, has proved to be a timeless … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2018: Day 24
ARTIST: Boney M SONG: Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord Today's song is the only Christmas song that's been Christmas number one twice in the UK under two different artists. It was of course Harry Belafonte who was the first to take the original 'Mary's Boy Child' to the top for 1956. https://youtu.be/DHcsdmKkoWA Having been … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2018: Day 23
ARTIST: Bananarama SONG: Baby It's Christmas We cheat slightly with the artist picture on today's song. Chiefly because this is a number from the Sara Dallin/Keren Woodward duo wilderness years of the 90s and 00s of the 80s most successful all female group, when they hadn't yet reunited with Siobhan Fahey. https://youtu.be/70rMWtXFMnw But it doesn't take … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2018: Day 22
ARTIST: Katie Melua SONG: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas It seems quite fitting that, on the day 2018's Christmas number one in the UK is revealed later, that we should profile a song that almost made it over 10 years ago. Sort of. By the powers of technology, Katie Melua topped the chart the … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2018: Day 21
Welcome to the last #CatchupRoundup of the series on the blog - and as you can see from our festive logo, it's no ordinary #CatchupRoundup. Yes, this is our special bitesize guide - think of it as televisual pigs in blankets - for you to help you find the best things to watch on the … Continue reading #CatchupRoundup: Our Christmas Telly Picks 2018
ARTIST: Dean Martin SONG: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! It may seem ludicrous to suggest it, but one of the easiest listening of all the Christmas classics was actually recorded in a heatwave. Absolutely true. Yes, jazz singer and musician Vaughn Monroe recorded the original 'Let It Snow' back in the … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2018: Day 20
ARTIST: Robbie Williams SONG: Walk This Sleigh When you consider the source of today's song - the B-side to his career defining 'Angels' in 1997 - one would naturally think that 'Walk This Sleigh' would be the Robster's festive rewriting of Run DMC / Aerosmith's seminal duet 'Walk This Way'. https://youtu.be/owQ5I5gfmnM It instead finds the … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2018: Day 19
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