It's December 28th! Just stay in bed...

 

Today is the unluckiest day of the year. 

It is Childermas - the day in which we remember the babies killed by King Herod - this is considered to be the unluckiest day. 

If the 28th has fallen on a Monday then this is also Judas' birthday. This day is also considered to be the unluckiest day of the year. So you have two for the price of one. 

Our advice?

Stay in bed.

And if you've got out of bed?

Go back to bed and stay there.

There really is no point doing anything today.

It's December 13th! Stick some candles on your bonce!

It’s up to you! Either you can celebrate Saint Lucy’s Day who miraculously couldn’t be violated or burnt (but could be stabbed in the neck). Or you can  just acknowledge that this is Norse Yule Time and stick some candles on your bonce!

Wrap up warm - The Winter Mix Is Here...

Join the Kalendar Host this Winter for a delicious collection of wintry treats. Words from Wyrd Kalendar, Darren Charles and Howard Ingham mingle with music from the likes of The Incredible String Band, Pentangle, Moon Wiring Club, Tir na nOg, Keith Seatman, Sleeps in Oysters, Cleo Laine, Haushka, Sean Wesche, Atomic Rooster, Medieval Babes, Belle and Sebastian, Frank Zappa, Simon and Garfunkel, Aztec Camera, Family, Joy Division, Muddy Waters, Timo Hanninen, Panu Aatilo, David Cain, The Chills, The Fall, Vashti Bunyan, Wayne Slawson, John Williams, White Stripes, Gustavo Santolalla, Sigur Ros, Caravan, Kate Bush, The Tea Party, Danny Elfman, The Mamas and the Papas, Animal Collective, Pete and the Pirates, Gorillaz, Grouper, The Impressions and The Divine Comedy.



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Buy the Wyrd Kalendar Album.

Winter is Coming...

The Wyrd Kalendar Album - December Artist - The Rowan Amber Mill

Last year we prepared for the publication of the book Wyrd Kalendar...

This year we are making ready an album of  the same name...

This new album will contain 13 tracks - 12 of which will be related to the stories from the book and the month of the year. The album will be released by the very groovy Mega Dodo (who released Songs from the Black Meadow in 2016). All profits from the album will go to charity.

The artists have been given a month each, a copy of the linked story and Andy Paciorek's picture to give them a starting point and away they go!

We are very proud to reveal that the artist for December is psych-folk band The Rowan Amber  Mill who have created a track based on the month of December and the story "Santa Claus and the  Witch".

Since 2007 The Rowan Amber Mill have been purveyors of Woodland Folkadelica/alt-Folk. Releases include: "folk devils & moral panics", "midsummers" and "Heartwood". The Book of the Lost (with Emily Jones). Silent Night Songs (with Angeline Morrison).The folk horror collection Harvest the Ears. The synth album Follows Shortly (as Making Tea For Robots). They are half of Rowan:Morrison. They also appear on a plethora of compilation albums.

More information about the album and our other monthly artists will be released throughout 2018...

While you wait check out the incredible lost soundtrack to "The Book of the Lost".

Publication of Wyrd Kalendar - December

To celebrate the publication of Wyrd Kalendar (you can buy the book here) enjoy the December mix that contains extracts from "All Saints Day" and explore some of our November discoveries here...

Can you hear the bells? The December Mix is here...

It is December.

The bells are ringing and the Old Father is coming. Find out what happens to those who displease the Old Father in extracts from the final tale of the Wyrd Kalendar entitled "Santa Claus and the Witch".

You can buy the book here... – All profits go to Wildlife Trusts.

As you wander through the snow and ice of the Kalendar Heath you will hear Simon and Garfunkel, Sufjan Stevens, Marc Almond, Iron and the Wine, Broadcast, Bjork, Bert Jansch, Anne Briggs, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Zen, The Divine Comedy, CAN, Kate Bush, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Sea of Bees, Sean Wesche, Lindisfarne, Jethro Tull, Mazzy Star, The Rolling Stones, Spinal Tap, Jimmy Smith, The Free Design, David Cain, Neal Casan, Vashti Bunyan, The Who, The Fall, Scott Walker, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Grateful Dead, David Gray and Victor Hely-Hutchinson as well as extracts from Winter Landscape by Laurie Lee.

December is coming - Can you hear the bells?

On December 1st the final Wyrd Kalendar mix of 2017 will be released.

Take the opportunity to revel in November before the Bells become too loud...

Happy Christmas!

If you are like me and you know your history you will already have your Christmas decorations up and your presents bought.

If not don't panic, you can celebrate Christmas at the feast of Saturnalia like you always do.

Happy Christmas!