Generous sort that he is, Goodtime John has a three-track Kinda Xmas covers EP available for free [link]goodtime-music.blogspot.com[/link] download, which features ‘Put A Little Love In Your Heart’, ‘Threw It All Away’ and a jingle belltastic ‘Last Christmas’.
Also available for free is Hefty Christmas, a five-track mini-album featuring a track apiece from At Last An Atlas, Big Monster Love, Crayonsmith feat. Niamh Buckley, Norabelle and Drunken Boat’s Brian Walsh who also join forces on December 16 in Anseo, Dublin for a Barnardo’s benefit.
Not to be outdone, the Popical Island posse are releasing a “pay what you like” EP featuring two songs by the 21-piece Popical Island Showband who are under the direction of former Hot Press-er Fiachra McCarthy plus seasonal offerings from Yeh Deadlies, The Walpurgis Family, Tieranniesaur and Johnny Fun & The… Hesitations. All proceeds are going to the Camphill Communities of Ireland and young people’s cancer support group, CanTeen.