From the mailbox: My name is Elizabeth Chan and I am a Christmas songwriter. I've been working on my next EP and launched a Kickstarter. I am hoping you could help post a link to my Kickstarter campaign to your readers. http://www.kickstarter.com/pro jects/1268420106/new-christmas -songs-support-everyday-holida ys-ep I want to be able to share and include anyone who loves Christmas as much as I in my journey to write great Christmas music. :) My songs are all original!
From all @ Christmas A GoGo!, a heartfelt Happy New Year! Thanks to all artists for providing us with brilliant songs, thanks to all visitors for stopping by and sending in tips. Hope to see y'all next November. Until then:
The Christmas Suicide Song by The Eversons Great blog Lie in the Sound has a round-up of sexy, foul-mouthed Christmas tracks. Including this one. Go HERE
Xmas in Bed is one of three seasonal tracks by Brit pop star Eliza Doolittle. This is an original:
Gravel-voiced rendition by 'Dark Mark' Lanegan of O Holy Night:
One of the bestest Christmas music blogs out there is Stubby's. Every year, the cats-and-seasonal-song-obsesse d Stubby compiles a fantastic compilation with new Xmas songs. Go HERE to download. A be quick!
'Zo, Dit is Kerstmis' (So, This is Christmas') was a compilation released by Dutch broadcasting company VPRO in 1998. It featured covers (in English) and original seasonal songs by Dutch rockbands, tv-personalities and comedians. One of the best Christmas compilations ever to be released in the Netherlands. Since yesterday, it's on Soundcloud .
A befriended rock journalist dubbed 2013 the year of psych. Thanks to the nice people at Now Again Records, you can get a head start and enjoy a psych Christmas with South Korea's He 5 and their 1969 album Merry Christmas - Psychedelic Sound. Read more here
The bestest new Christmas track has a video too: Want to download this one? It's on this great free compilation .
Gwen Thomas (she who wrote this awesome guestpost last year) recorded a gorgeous Christmas song with former Bettie Serveert -member Berend Dubbe: It's Christmas Time by Berend Dubbe
A husky seasonal song by Dutch singer Tessa Rose Jackson. Check out her other songs too: Winter Night by Tessa Rose Jackson
Download: Three Blonde Mice - Ringo Bells More Christmas songs about Ringo Starr? See this !
Cornershop made a pretty cool video for their new Christmas song!
Such an awesome song. I wish I could buy it somewhere... Is this really from 1991? It still sounds fresh to me!
For the eighth year in a row The Blues Are Still Blue Presents: Christmas Compilation 2012 (download here) 001 Rufus Wainwright & Sharon Van Etten - Baby, It’s Cold Outside 002 Laura Marling - Goodbye England (Covered In Snow) 003 Allo Darlin- S P A C E Christmas 004 Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Christmas Eve Can Kill You 005 The White Stripes - [...]
Saw this on BBC yesterday, funny impersonations combined with Christmas songs:
They call it 'Paul McCartney meets Eels meets Wilco meets The Kelly Family'. It sure is an odd version of 'Wonderful Christmastime' by Dutch band Gasoline Brothers: Wonderful Christmastime by The Gasoline Brothers
Bandcamp is chock-full of great Christmas tracks, as you've probably noticed. Here's another one by Loop Line: Wishlist by Loop Line
Christmas A Go Go!
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Listen to Pharrell Williams’ new song “Happy”, off the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack
Listen to an unreleased version of Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer” with Arthur Russell on cello
Bass Drum of Death – “Dregs”
