Kirsty Clinchโ€™s Fundraising Christmas Song Racing Up iTunes Charts

Wiltshire country singer-songwriter Kirsty Clinch released a Christmas song only yesterday, raising funds for the Caenhill Countryside Centre near Devizes, and itโ€™s already racing up the iTunes country music chartsโ€ฆ.

Itโ€™s one thing to get your song out locally, but Kirsty was excited to announce that she, โ€œwoke up this morning, and we are still in the top 10 of the iTunes country music charts and 180 in the overall charts, not only that, last night I saw we hit 7!โ€

In collaboration with the Caenhill Countryside Centre, a charity project which brings countryside learning to children and communities west of Devizes near the Caen Hill locks, The Best Christmas Ever was mastered by Peter Lamb, with Kara Robertson and Lorna Carroll. Kirtsy describes it as โ€œcheesy but addictive, cute but meaningful, and it definitely has a twist dance and country vibe to it!โ€

Founder of First Melodies Music School, Kirsty has even choreographed a fun dance routine to learn too. A video of Kirsty showing us the moves is on social media, (Facebook Instagram) and encourages children to send their own video of them doing the dance. 

The preferred way to buy it is on iTunes, because itโ€™s raising funds for the charity, and will go towards the future of the farm project and the animals there. โ€œIt makes me incredibly happy and proud as an independent artist,โ€ Kirsty said, โ€œthatโ€™s always been told they are not good enough!โ€ No idea who wouldโ€™ve dreamed of saying this, but they deserve a sack of coal from Santa this year! 

โ€œLetโ€™s keep the hype going until Christmas,โ€ Kirsty says; we agree and send you Christmassy blessings! Christmas number one, I say, with your help: download the song HERE.


Fairy-Tale of New Park Street; And Better Local Christmas Songs!

It was Christmas Eve moi lover, outside Carpet Right, an old man without facemask said to me, won’t be seeing another one, and then he yelled a song, Shaky Stevenโ€™s Merry Christmas Everyone, I turned my face away, and puked all over youโ€ฆโ€ฆ

Okay, Iโ€™ll hold my hands up, thatโ€™s all Iโ€™ve got when it comes to writing a Christmas song. Time to call in the pros, because without venues many of our local musicians are so bored, theyโ€™ve produced some great Christmas songs! As ever Iโ€™ll list them alphabetically, not to prove I know my a, b, c, but because whenever I do these โ€œlistyโ€ type articles some of you assume itโ€™s a top ten countdown. This isnโ€™t Top of the Pops, but we do have some nice tunes for you:


Ben Borrill – (untitled?)

Colm McCarthy – Christmas Time – 2020 Remix

Gecko – Last Christmas’ sung by a sad bird

Illingworth – Yes It’s Christmas!ย 

Peloton – Father Christmas Won’t Be Long

Pete Lamb & Colette Cassin – I Remember Christmas

Sound Affects – Taking Back Christmas

Splat the Rat – 2020 you Arse (Ho Ho its Xmas)

Will Lawton – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Did we miss you out? I’m sorry, tell me quick and I can add it!