Artist: Lindley Ruth and Her Tipsy String Band

An Alt. Christmas 09: Lindley Ruth and Her Tipsy String Band feat. Jordan Hull

Dec 9, 2011, 5:00am the Eaten by Monsters blog

[There's plenty of great Christmas songs out there, but most suffer terribly from over-exposure. To remedy that, EbM presents a selection of alternative Christmas songs .] I stumbled on this little gem quite recently, and although it describes a scene totally alien to the cosy, insular, traditional English Christmas enjoyed at casa EbM, but for some reason it struck a chord. Originally a Robert Earl Keen song, this version feels like it has more heart. I have, at best, a delicate relationship with country music, and the [...]

• Lindley Ruth and Her Tipsy String Band - Merry Christmas from the Family feat. Jordan Hull

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Artist:	Lindley Ruth and Her Tipsy String Band
Title:	Merry Christmas from the Family feat. Jordan Hull
Link Text:	Merry Christmas From The Family
File Name:	LindleyRuth_MerryChristmasFrom TheFamily.mp3

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

Songs:Illinois Christmas Mixtape (2011 Edition)

Nov 28, 2011, 10:21am songsillinois

Hey There, Well...I didn't think I'd be doing this again this year but someone actually requested it. We'll see what new Christmas music turns up in the next month and post it all here. Cheers, Craig Here's the first new stuff I'd like to share. Beta Radio are a Wilmington, NC based duo who excel at vocal harmonies and kind of eclectic americana instrumentation. Here's their song "The Song The Season Brings" The Song The Season Brings Also Inara George and [...]

• Little Manger » Little_Manger.mp3
• Xmas in the Jailhouse » XmasInTheJailhouse.mp3
• Memphis Christmas
• Beta Radio - The Song the Season Brings
• Buffalo Killers - Secret Santa
• Caleb and the Caroling Caravan - Christmas Don't Be Late
• Darby O'Gill And The Little People - Whiskey Christmas
• Frontier Ruckus - Christmas Eve, Driving Home
• Greater Pacific - Let It Snow
• haunting party - baby it's cold outside
• Lindley Ruth and Her Tipsy String Band - Merry Christmas from the Family feat. Jordan Hull
• Lisa Cerbonne - ChipmunkSong
• The Davenports - Whore For The Holidays (Redux)
• Travel by Sea / Greater Pacific - I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
• Travel by Sea / Greater Pacific - I'll Be Home for Christmas

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Link Text:	Little Manger
File Name:	Little_Manger.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Link Text:	Xmas in the Jailhouse
File Name:	XmasInTheJailhouse.mp3

Title:	Memphis Christmas
Link Text:	Memphis Christmas
File Name:	Memphis-Christmas.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps

Artist:	Beta Radio
Title:	The Song the Season Brings
Link Text:	The Song The Season Brings
File Name:	The Song the Season Brings.mp3

Artist:	Buffalo Killers
Title:	Secret Santa
Link Text:	Secret Santa
File Name:	Secret Santa.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2010

Artist:	Caleb and the Caroling Caravan
Title:	Christmas Don't Be Late
Link Text:	Christmas Don’t Be Late
File Name:	Christmas_Dont_Be_Late.mp3

Artist:	Darby O'Gill And The Little People
Title:	Whiskey Christmas
Link Text:	Whiskey Christmas
File Name:	Whiskey_Christmas.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Books & Spoken
Year:	2007

Artist:	Frontier Ruckus
Title:	Christmas Eve, Driving Home
Link Text:	Driving Home, Christmas Eve
File Name:	xmasgreen.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Folk
Year:	2007

Artist:	Greater Pacific
Title:	Let It Snow
Link Text:	Let It Snow
File Name:	Let It Snow.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2010

Artist:	haunting party
Title:	baby it's cold outside
Link Text:	Baby It’s Cold Outside
File Name:	baby_its_cold_outside.mp3

Artist:	Lindley Ruth and Her Tipsy String Band
Title:	Merry Christmas from the Family feat. Jordan Hull
Link Text:	Merry Christmas From The Family
File Name:	Merry_Christmas_from_the_Famil y.mp3

Artist:	Lisa Cerbonne
Title:	ChipmunkSong
Link Text:	The Chipmunk Song
File Name:	Chipmunk_Song.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps
Genre:	Other

Artist:	The Davenports
Title:	Whore For The Holidays (Redux)
Link Text:	Whore For The Holidays
File Name:	WhoreForTheHolidays.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	Travel by Sea / Greater Pacific
Title:	I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Link Text:	I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
File Name:	I_Heard_the_Bells_on_Christmas _Day.mp3

Artist:	Travel by Sea / Greater Pacific
Title:	I'll Be Home for Christmas
Link Text:	I’ll Be Home For Christmas
File Name:	Ill_Be_Home_for_Christmas.mp3