Pull up a chair and enjoy the work of a
master of music
 Two North of Ireland
singer-songwriters have joined a host of national and international artists
to feature on an alternative Christmas charity album.
Belfast’s rising star Duke Special and Snow Patrol collaborator
Iain Archer, from Bangor, have contributed tracks to It’s Not Like
Christmas which has been produced in aid of homeless charity Shelter.
Duke Special has teamed up with Sussex artist David Ford for a song
written especially for the project called Of Whoredom And Falconry while
Ivor Novello award-winner Archer has performed a version of the festive
classic Little Drummer Boy.
The Northern contingent doesn’t stop there with the Amazing Pilots,
made up of brothers Phil and Paul Wilkinson from Belfast, also included
on the compilation covering White Christmas.
The album is the brainchild of independent label Izumi Records and includes
18 tracks by artists and bands either covering Christmas favourites or
offering their own festive material.
Among the names involved are Brighton band Electric Soft Parade performing
The Friday Before Christmas and Amusement Parks On Fire who have shared
bills with the likes of the Kaiser Chiefs and Snow Patrol and have contributed
their own track The Day It Snowed. | 