Fairytale of New York Fairytale of New York "Fairytale of New York" is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their band the Pogues, featuring singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals. The song is an Irish folk-style ballad and was written as a duet, with the Pogues' singer MacGowan taking the role of the male character and MacColl the female character. It was originally released as a single on 23 November 1987 and later featured on the Pogues' 1988 album "If I Should Fall from Grace with God". Originally begun in 1985, the song had a troubled two-year development history,
Twelve Tales of Christmas Twelve Tales of Christmas Twelve Tales of Christmas is a Christmas-themed solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Tom Chaplin. The album was released on 17 November 2017 by Island Records. It is Chaplin’s second solo studio album, following on from the release of his debut album "The Wave" in 2016, as well as the four studio albums he had recorded as the lead singer of Keane. On 13 October 2017, Chaplin announced that he had recorded his first solo Christmas album, entitled "Twelve Tales of Christmas", to be released on 17 November 2017. Simultaneously the first single from the