Artist: Anders Ross

Taking On The New Christmas Canon New holiday songs, covered in folk

Dec 8, 2011, 11:51pm Cover Lay Down

The Christmas canon falls easily into several clusters of songtype: the wassail and traditional Euro-melody, the hymn and the poetic setting, the early 20th century crooner, the TV special soundtrack. Each, in its way, is a marker of a historical era; string them together, and you've got a cultural timeline of sorts, representing the common threads of the tree and the snow, family and friends, Jesus and Santa, exposing – along the way – the ways in which our perspective has changed over time. But genre and soungsource have blurred and expanded over the [...]

• Anders Ross - Last Christmas (Wham! cover)
• Catie Curtis - 2000 Miles (Pretenders cover)
• Childsplay - Christmas In Washington (Steve Earle cover)
• Darryl Purpose - American Noel (Dave Carter cover)
• Ghosty - hhymn.mp3
• James O'Malley - You Must Go Home For Christmas (Darryl Purpose cover)
• John Dissed - xmasdev.mp3
• Joshua James - Christmas In Prison (John Prine cover)
• Leigh Nash - Maybe This Christmas (Ron Sexsmith cover)
• Lindley Ruth and Her Tipsy String Band - Merry Christmas from the Family feat. Jordan Hull (Robert Earl Keen cover)
• Lois Casino - All I want for Christmas (Mariah Carey Cover)
• Luke Flowers - Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time! (Sufjan Stevens cover)
• Matthew And The Atlas - Fairytale Of New York (Pogues)
• Tom Meny - Winter Song (Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson cover)

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Artist:	Anders Ross
Title:	Last Christmas (Wham! cover)
Link Text:	Anders Ross: Last Christmas
File Name:	lastxmas.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2011

Artist:	Catie Curtis
Title:	2000 Miles (Pretenders cover)
Link Text:	Catie Curtis: 2000 Miles
File Name:	2kmile.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Childsplay
Title:	Christmas In Washington (Steve Earle cover)
Link Text:	Childsplay: Christmas In Washington
File Name:	xinwa.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	Folk
Year:	2009

Artist:	Darryl Purpose
Title:	American Noel (Dave Carter cover)
Link Text:	Darryl Purpose: American Noel
File Name:	amnoel.mp3
Bitrate:	220 kbps
Genre:	Folk
Year:	2002

Artist:	Ghosty
Link Text:	Ghosty: Holiday Hymn
File Name:	hhymn.mp3
Genre:	Christmas
Year:	2011

Artist:	James O'Malley
Title:	You Must Go Home For Christmas (Darryl Purpose cover)
Link Text:	James O’Malley: You Must Go Home For Christmas
File Name:	youmust.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	John Dissed
Link Text:	John Dissed: Christmas With The Devil
File Name:	xmasdev.mp3
Genre:	Acoustic
Year:	2009

Artist:	Joshua James
Title:	Christmas In Prison (John Prine cover)
Link Text:	Joshua James: Christmas In Prison
File Name:	xinp.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Genre:	Holiday
Year:	2009

Artist:	Leigh Nash
Title:	Maybe This Christmas (Ron Sexsmith cover)
Link Text:	Leigh Nash: Maybe This Christmas
File Name:	maybex.mp3
Bitrate:	178 kbps
Genre:	Soundtrack
Year:	2006

Artist:	Lindley Ruth and Her Tipsy String Band
Title:	Merry Christmas from the Family feat. Jordan Hull (Robert Earl Keen cover)
Link Text:	Lindley Ruth and Her Tipsy String Band: Merry Christmas From The Family
File Name:	mxmasfam.mp3
Year:	2010

Artist:	Lois Casino
Title:	All I want for Christmas (Mariah Carey Cover)
Link Text:	Lois Casino: All I Want For Christmas Is You
File Name:	lcasino.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Luke Flowers
Title:	Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time! (Sufjan Stevens cover)
Link Text:	Luke Flowers: Hey Guys! It’s Christmas Time!
File Name:	heyguys.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Matthew And The Atlas
Title:	Fairytale Of New York (Pogues)
Link Text:	Matthew and the Atlas: Fairytale of New York
File Name:	fairyny.mp3
Year:	2010

Artist:	Tom Meny
Title:	Winter Song (Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson cover)
Link Text:	Tom Meny: Winter Song
File Name:	winters.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps