This Christmas season, here are some tracks you don’t want to miss. If you buy the mp3s from Amazon using these links, WXPN will get a piece of the action, so indulge aggressively.
- Down In Yon Forest
, Bruce Cockburn
- Glory to God on High
, Andrew Parrott
- Linus and Lucy
, Asylum Street Spankers
- Old Waits Carol
, Kate & Anne McGarrigle
- Classical Christmas
, Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Undrentide
, Mediaeval Baebes
- Angels, Shaded Red
- Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
, Duke Ellington
- Carol Of The Bells
, The Bird and the Bee
- O Magnum Mysterium
, Grex Vocalis
- Hallelujah
, Chris Botti
- Jingle Bells, Butch Thompson
- Xmas Time Is Here Again (Instrumental)
, My Morning Jacket
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
, Aimee Mann
- Sing A Joyful Song Of Christmas
, Vienna Choir Boys
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
, Russ Taff
- Figlio Dello Ande, Al Bano Carrisi
- ‘Zat You, Santa Claus?
, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Joshua James
- I’ll Be Home For Christmas
, Mindy Smith
- Kolenden-Polnische Weihnachtslieder, Knabenchor Capella Vocalis
- Les Orgues De Noel (The Organs Of Christmas)
, Rhoda Scott
- Jesous Ahatonhia (Huron Carol), La Petite Bande De Montreal
- Shepherd’s Song
, Katie Becker
- Codail A Linbh (Sleep O Child)
, Moya Brennan
- North Pole Man
, Over the Rhine
- Carol of the Beasts
, Pete Seeger
- All the King’s Horns
, Sufjan Stevens
Dr. Teeth made it on there, eh? Now that’s what I call classy christmas.
You bet it’s classy! Hey, that’s the darn best version of that song I’ve ever heard.
Where’s “Santa Lost a Ho”?
I was gonna do a “novelty songs” subcategory, but then nixed it. Maybe I’ll do that as a separate post.
p.s., this really is an awesome list. I forgot to mention that :0)
Additions: “Carol of the Bells” by Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra; “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” by Sixpence None the Richer; “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” Josh Groban; “Hope of Israel” (instrumental) by Michael W. Smith; “Ding Dong Merrily on High” by Pittsburgh Symphony Brass; “Go Tell It on the Mountain” by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles