Welcome to the Festive Fundraising Jukebox!
Welcome to the Festive Fundraising Jukebox, running through December to bring you musical cheer. If you have a festive tune request, please post it below, and I/we will do our best to play it!
If you like the music and/or appreciate the effort we’re making, please consider donating to the two brilliant nominated charities, Youth Talk and Alcohol Change, here. Huge thanks also to my band mates Jenny, Peter and David, and guest musicians Howard, Becky, Anoushri, Shayna, Paul (“Dad”), Louise, Eason and Charlie.
On the Jukebox (see below):
2000 Miles
Angels from the Realm of Glory
Away in a Manger
Coventry Carol (piano)
Coventry Carol (brass)
Deck the Halls
Ding Dong Merrily on High!
Driving Home for Christmas
Fairytale of New York
Good King Wenceslas
Happy Christmas War is Over
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (brass)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (guitar and vocal)
The Holly & the Ivy
In the Bleak Midwinter
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (again)
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells (flute)
Jingle Bells Boogie
Joy to the World
Last Christmas
Little Donkey
Merry Christmas Everyone
O Come O Come Emmanuel
O Holy Night!
O Tannenbaum
Oh When the Saints Go Marching In
Once in Royal David’s City
Only You
River
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Santa Tell Me
Silent Night
Stay
Stop the Cavalry
Thank God It’s Christmas
Twelve Days of Christmas
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Walking in the Air
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
White Christmas
Now playing on #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is 2000 Miles, as requested by LP&D @GlintMedia! Getting a bit tired now. Might have destroyed another of my favourite songs… ?
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 17, 2020
Donate and request: https://t.co/SSdWroJ7xW pic.twitter.com/sjMiyB2DV9
Here’s Angels from the Realm of Glory:
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 1, 2020
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Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is a lovely lilting piano version of Away in a Manger by @summitfundraise – thank you so much, Louise!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 21, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/TLusfWOTbs
Here’s @howardlake on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox with a lovely piano version of Coventry Carol, as requested by @RosieOldham8. Brass version also in the works!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 2, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/90nn4pJMqY
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is Coventry Carol, this time a brass version, for @RosieOldham8.https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/tEjqiS5WTj
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 3, 2020
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is Deck the Halls! Huge thanks to guest musicians Eason and Charlie!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 6, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/Q43qaMSCwm
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is Ding Dong Merrily on High, as requested by @SvedNikki, with @DavidBurgessFR enlisted again to play the high notes. Thanks David!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 3, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/V2fZeiS39N
When the lovely @Simonablake requested Driving Home for Christmas on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox the lyrics didn’t seem quite so ironic! Anyway, here it is, with love for you all, and especially anyone who now can’t go home for Christmas.
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 23, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/J0EKwLG6bT
Now on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox it’s… (the first verse of) Fairytale of New York, reimagined as a cornet quartet played by a man in a Father Christmas jumper.
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 21, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/AFac9B7Tfo
Here’s Good King Wenceslas:
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 1, 2020
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“So this is Christmas. And what have you done?”
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 19, 2020
Well, I’m proud to say I’ve impersonated Freddie, Joni, Chrissie & now John & Yoko for the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox! This is Happy Christmas War is Over, for @InnovationMatt.
Thank you for your donations! https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/5AeyhXOFG0
Here’s Hark the Herald!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 1, 2020
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Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox it’s Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, with guest trumpeter @DavidBurgessFR
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 3, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/Pqmli9Eikf
Here is my contribution to @richardsved #festivefundraisingjukebox
— Becky Hewitt (@beckyhewitt01) December 12, 2020
‘Some day soon, we all will be together’ ?
Donate: https://t.co/uoOOznOPS0 pic.twitter.com/GOng0G6WHQ
Here’s the Holly and the Ivy!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 1, 2020
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Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox it’s In the Bleak Midwinter, for @Suziebells.
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 2, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/9htzlPxhvk
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, for @SanjaShea_ICR. Thanks, Sanja!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 2, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/VaJWB6cQkC
Nearly there! Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, with Tinselly @DavidBurgessFR!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 21, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/IvJtRVRDpO
Here’s Jingle Bells:
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 1, 2020
Donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo#FestiveFundraisingJukebox https://t.co/aUlB6K04QY pic.twitter.com/ElsTpqv9g7
A quick verse of Jingle Bells ???✨ for @richardsved #FestiveFundraisingJukebox
— Grace Green (@GraceLFGreen) December 20, 2020
Donate & request here ?: https://t.co/laAyljSXz8 pic.twitter.com/sCpNe6qGYU
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is Jingle Bells Boogie, by Anoushri and Shayna! Awesome, thank you both so much!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 15, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/i9FV30LiHu
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is Last Christmas, as requested by my Mum!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 13, 2020
To donate to our brilliant nominated charities: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/3FYiJNhieM
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is Joy to the World! A trio with a very festively attired @DavidBurgessFR. Thanks, David!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 21, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/5LIgpdaY08
Good morning! Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is Little Donkey, for @cfreed.
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 4, 2020
Enjoying the music? Donate here: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/ro9CfBWSGZ
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is a gentle office-based lunchtime version of Merry Christmas Everyone for @dinewithahussey on the occasion of her birthday! Have a great one, my friend!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 9, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/Ei4YwiXE1q
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is O Come O Come Emmanuel for @greatappeal. Not sure why I’m not moving but it still sounds rather nice.
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 10, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/t6pGSkJTKj
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is O Holy Night! for @meredithniles & @SimplyCharities! We may have over-thought it with 5 instruments playing 7 parts but it’s a lovely piece! Thanks band mates @DavidBurgessFR @JennyGH16 & Peter.
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 8, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/cmoSSzbSuF
Now playing #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is my own request! My father, Paul Sved, playing O Tannenbaum! A very good pianist, he’s playing on a little children’s keyboard here, which was all he had to hand, but still rocking it, & I LOVE it! Thanks Dad! ❤️https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/6AE9jDNByH
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 16, 2020
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox, it’s Oh When the Saints, for my old friend @ShivajiShivaLaw.
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 3, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/A5EaHn0oGA
Here’s Once in Royal…
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 1, 2020
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Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is Only You, Christmas number 1 in 1983.
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 19, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/l4neM4XzQR
Yes, we were busy this weekend! Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox, again for Deborah, is Santa Claus is Coming to Town!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 14, 2020
To donate & request: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/ypbB4zdQvq
It’s coming on Christmas
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 10, 2020
They’re cutting down trees
They’re putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
Now playing #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is River, for @agentjenlove & @charlocelot.
Donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/iXvQb824gP
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is Here Comes the Sun, for @catherine_max! Rest up, my friend!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 24, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/Baqhy0PxKL
Now playing on #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is a duet of Silent Night with my father, recorded at a 2018 family do. Just to show how much better a musician he is than me, he’s taken off his glasses and is playing without music. #showoff #lovehimthoughhttps://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/gGsMhHz1Cx
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 17, 2020
Here’s Stay (Christmas Number 1 in 1994).
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 1, 2020
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Here’s Stop the Cavalry, for @YorkSue
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 1, 2020
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“Oh! My friends! It’s been a long hard year”
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 5, 2020
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is Thank God it’s Christmas, for @agentjenlove & @FundraiserSarah!
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/JOfNEpkBSZ
Love! Love! Love!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 22, 2020
Here is my favourite #FestiveFundraisingJukebox submission so far (no offence to the others who are all great).
It’s my brilliant friend and colleague @MaireadO and kids performing 12 Days of Christmas! ?
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/xztxHPlw59
And now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is Walking in a Winter Wonderland, for Deborah!
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 14, 2020
Donate & request here: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/1QJD8ExWxh
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is Walking In the Air, a duet with @PurplegrassIE on piano, as requested by @RosieOldham8.
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 16, 2020
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/2wE2y67vGN
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is We Wish You a Merry Christmas, for @davidbarkerceo! Try singing along! Warning: it gets steadily quicker.
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 14, 2020
To donate and request: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/dvatP2POON
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox is a jazzy version of White Christmas with buddy @DavidBurgessFR. How many other carols are hidden in there? I’ll donate another £10 on behalf of the 1st person to name them all.
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 22, 2020
For the music/effort, donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/IJf2JVJExq
