The Windborne singers released “To Warm The Winter Hearth“ late last year, smashing records for crowdfunded support of a folk album. Its music is even more exquisite live: ancient songs made new and fresh, familiar favorites better than ever. This will be the third SFMS show with these charming and masterful singers, and it’ll be too good to miss.

For Windborne growing up, putting on the “holiday music” didn’t mean listening to Silver Bells or Frosty the Snowman, but albums and singing parties filled with wassails, songs of the winter solstice, old English carols, and other music you’d never hear at the mall. The focus of the holiday season was connecting to community and tradition and music came from a variety of midwinter traditions to celebrate Solstice, Yule, and the turning of the year.

Windborne introduces audiences to traditions they have never heard, and takes familiar songs and makes them new and fresh. This program will feature audience favorites and introduce some of the group's favorite unusual finds, like a medley of 16th century carols in the Occitan language or Lithuanian wassails.

The concert is anchored around Windborne's album “To Warm The Winter Hearth“. Released late 2024, the album's crowdfunding campaign earned $400,000, the biggest ever figure for a folk album and the 5th biggest crowdfunded album of all timeon any platform.