The Hunt for New (Christmas) Music:
The Christmas Music posts continue with yet another playlist of traditional favorites redone by contemporary artists and new Christmas music you haven’t heard before. Pay special attention to The Blenders’ version of “Sleigh Bells”, Blake Shelton and Michael Buble’s “Home”, Mahalia Jackson’s “No Room at the End”; and “It Snowed” by Meaghan Smith. Everything on the list is terrific and everything will give you a seasonal lift. And…playing loud is recommended.
The 10th in a series of terrific and smartly curated playlists of Christmas and Holiday music.
As always, the spirit shines through.
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no, title, artist
1, Sleigh Bells, The Blenders
2, Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming), Melanie Thornton
3, Ye Merry Gents, Billy Paul Williams
4, Home, Blake Shelton w/Michael Buble
5, Best Christmas Ever, Wonder Girls
6, It’s Not Really Christmas, Kevin Parker
7, White Christmas, Michael Buble (w/Shania Twain)
8, Working at Christmas, Paul Brady
9, The Day It Snowed, Amusement Parks On Fire
10, Christmas Time to Me, Jordan Sparks
11, Christmas Kiss, Steven Curtis Chapman
12, Even Santa Gets The Blues, Marty Stuart
13, Driving Home For Christmas, The Reggae Band
14, No Room At The Inn, Mahalia Jackson
15, It Snowed, Meaghan Smith
16, Birth of Love, SuperHerose
17, Just To Be With You (This Christmas), Nick Lowe
18, One More Sleep, Leona Lewis
19, Merry Christmas Baby, Bruce Springsteen
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You can listen to the entire playlist through the courtesy of our friends at Spotify. Just click this link: COMT X and you will be able to stream the Christmas playlist via Spotify’s excellent web player. Special note: when you click the link, you will be taken to Spotify’s web player. There, you’ll have a couple of choices: sign in if you currently have a Spotify account; signup for a free Spotify account (you’ll be glad you did) or take advantage of their $.99 special for three months of Spotify premium, which has a few extra features the free version doesn’t have –wider selection and no commercials. Either way, you should check it out if you like music. Enjoy…and Happy Holidays. Special thanks to DJ Tschugge for compiling the list, along with the team at the Media Bunker and Perception Engineering.
The Hunt for New (Christmas) Music:
More music from our library of Christmas music playlists. Playing loud is highly recommended. You can hear this playlist via our friends at Spotify, who have kindly made it available online…just click the link below and a web player will appear on your desktop and play the list…..enjoy some new sounds for the Christmas holidays.
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no, title, artist
1, Merry Christmas Baby, Cee Lo Green Rod Stewart & Trombone Shorty
2, All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan, Kenny Chesney
3, Run Run Rudolph, Roomful of Blues
4, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Little Big Town
5, Jingle Bells, Michael Buble’ (w/The Puppini Sisters)
6, You’re Mine, jeremih
7, I Believe In Father Christmas, Vertical Horizon
8, Everyday is Christmas, Colbie Caillat (w/Jason Reeves)
9, Stay A Little Longer Santa, Shemekia Copeland
10, Shake Up Christmas, Natasha Bedingfield
11, Linus & Lucy, Dave Koz
12, Shopping on Christmas Eve, Keb ‘Mo
13, Little St. Nick, Erica Nicole
14, Give A Little More, Eric Bigg Maria Muldaur & Rory Block
15, Just Like Christmas, Ingo Star Cruiser (w/Gaby Froden)
16, Wintertime Blues, John Hiatt
17, Christmas at My House, Rahsaan Patterson
18, Driving Home For Christmas, Chris Rea
19, Auld Lang Syne, James Taylor
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You can listen to the entire playlist through the courtesy of our friends at Spotify. Just click this link: COMT VIII and you will be able to stream the Christmas playlist via Spotify’s excellent web player. Special note: when you click the link, you will be taken to Spotify’s web player. There, you’ll have a couple of choices: sign in if you currently have a Spotify account; signup for a free Spotify account (you’ll be glad you did) or take advantage of their $.99 special for three months of Spotify premium, which has a few extra features the free version doesn’t have –wider selection and no commercials. Either way, you should check it out if you like music. Enjoy…and Happy Holidays. Special thanks to DJ Tschugge for compiling the list, along with the team at the Media Bunker.
The Hunt for New (Christmas) Music:
This playlist is composed of the best of the previous playlists. This is Part A. Combine it with the playlist that follows and create your own super-Christmas playlist for the season.
Line ’em all up on your playback system and let them play all day(or night).
All good. All totally in the holiday spirit.
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No, Song, Artist
1, Jingle Bells, Katherine McPhee
2, Carol of the Bells, Keith Lockhart
3, Thinking About You, Paul Carrack
4, Sleigh Ride, Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops
5, A DC Christmas Melody, Destiny’s Child
6, The Christmas Song (Holiday Remix), Christina Aguillera
7, Driving Home For Christmas, Billy Mathis
8, White Christmas, Michael Buble’ (w/Shania Twain)
9, Blue Decorations, BB King
10, I Believe in Father Christmas, Cortex Cure
11, All Alone on Christmas, Darlene Love
12, Snowflake, Joe Sample
13, Holiday Road, Lindsey Buckingham
14, Waltz of the Flowers, Greg Long
15, The Spirit of Christmas (Chillout Lounge Mix), Skillmates
16, Christmas at My House, Rahsaan Patterson
17, Rudoph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Los Lonely Boys
18, Wrapped in Red, Kelly Clarkson
19, Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow, Dean Martin
20, All I Want For Christmas is You, Mariah Carey
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The Hunt for New (Christmas) Music:
The 9th in a series of terrific and smartly curated playlists of Christmas and Holiday music.
As always, the spirit shines through.
[table]
no, title, artist
1, Sleigh Bells, The Blenders
2, Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming), Melanie Horton
3, Ye Merry Gents, Billy Paul Williams
4, Home, Blake Shelton w/Michael Buble
5, Best Christmas Ever, Wonder Girls
6, It’s Not Really Christmas, Kevin Parker
7, White Christmas, Michael Buble (w/Shania Twain)
8, Working at Christmas, Paul Brady
9, The Day It Snowed, Amusement Parks On Fire
10, Christmas Time to Me, Jordan Sparks
11, Christmas Kiss, Steven Curtis Chapman
12, Even Santa Gets The Blues, Marty Stuart
13, Driving Home For Christmas, The Reggae Band
14, No Room At The End, Mahalia Jackson
15, It Snowed, Meaghan Smith
16, Birth of Love, SuperHerose
17, Just Want To Be With You (This Christmas), Nick Lowe
18, One More Sleep, Leona Lewis
19, Merry Christmas Baby, Bruce Springsteen
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The Fine Print: Image courtesy of our friends at Getty Images (all rights reserved), who graciously make available their vast archive of photos to non-profit bloggers and websites. Check it out–they have the last century on file. Thanks, guys, as always, for sharing.
The Hunt for New (Christmas) Music:
A double Christmas Playlist. The first one, The “Christmas Series Playlist VIII (slow), features Christmas and Holiday Music that is a little lower key than some of the rocking music normally featured.
Makes no difference…fast or slow, it’s all great.
And…if slower holiday music is not your thing, a playlist featuring faster tunes is coming up tomorrow.
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no, title, artist
1, Carol of The Bells, George Winston
2, Winter Wonderland, Tony Bennett & The Count Basie Band
3, Long Road Home, Sheryl Crow
4, The Nutcracker-Russian Dance, Philadelphia Orchestra
5, Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree, She & Him
6, Christmas Lights, Coldplay
7, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Ray Charles
8, Christmas With My Girl, Mindless Behavior
9, Snow Globe, Mathew Wertz
10, Christmas Without You, One Republic
11, O Christmas Tree, King Kooba
12, Last Christmas, Kimberly Locke
13, Merry Christmas Happy Holidays, Chicao
14, Please Come Home For Christmas, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
15, Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow, Marcus Roberts Trio
16, Well Hear It’s Christmas, Phillipp Franknauser
17, Christmas Time Is Here, Kem
18, Christmas In New Orleans, Louis Armstrong
19, Glorious, Melissa Etheridge
20, Skating, Cyrus Chestnut & Friends
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20 Songs. 1.2 Hours.
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The Hunt for New (Christmas)Music:
Our 6th Christmas Music Playlist. Every playlist has a different personality and every list is very tightly curated.
Pay particular attention to Paul Simon’s opening song, “Getting Ready for Christmas Day”, which is an absolute blast and sets a great tone for the holiday season. Right behind, Barenake Ladies & Sara McLachlan do a very 21st Century version of “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” and McLachlan follows with a sharp version of John Lennon’s “Happy Christmas” (and you thought The Beatles didn’t do Christmas music) .
Another in our tradition of including not-specifically-Christmas music comes from Mavis Staples, whose version of of “In Christ There is No East or West” is a modern spiritual for the Holidays.
There’s a great group of “chill” Versions of classics (“Deck the Halls”, “We Three Kings”, Sleigh Ride”, “Winter Wonderland”), a new classic from Hall & Oates (“Home for Christmas”) and songs by Lenka, Zee Avi, Michael Franks, and Stevie Wonder & Wyclif Jean.
All in all–a terrific Christmas Playlist (But then, every playlist is terrific).
So..it’s a gift and a soundtrack for the season.
Enjoy and turn it up….
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no,title, artist
1, Getting Ready For Christmas Day, Paul Simon
2, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Barenaked Ladies & Sara McLachlan
3, Happy Christmas, Sara McLachlan
4, Here Comes Santa Claus, Ramsey Lewis Trio
5, Rudolph The Rednosed Reindeer, Jack Johnson
6, We Three Kings, Josh One (w/Cool John Ferguson)
7, In Christ There Is No East Or West, Mavis Staples
8, Deck The Halls, Peter Cetera
9, Feliz Navidad, Lenny B (W/David Verbist)
10, Sleigh Ride, Toby Lightman
11, Winter Wonderland, Lenny B & Madison Park
12, Merry Christmas Baby, Stevie Wonder & Wyclef Jean
13, Christmas Baby (Please Come Home), Mariah Carey
14, Christmas In Kyoto, Michael Franks
15, The Little Drummer Boy, Kenny Burrell
16, All My Bells Are Burning, Lenka
17, Home For Christmas, Hall & Oates
18, No Christmas For Me, Zee Avi
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The Hunt for New (Christmas)Music:
The Fifth Playlist in our annual Christmas Music Playlist Series. Every playlist has a different personality and every list is very tightly curated.
As always, new favorites and classics updated for the times….all of it good.
Enjoy.
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no,title, artist
1, Happy Holidays(Beef Wellington Mix), Bing Crosby
2, Run Rudolph Run, Sheryl Crow
3, I Believe in Father Christmas, Cortex Cure
4, Driving Home For Christmas, Billy Mathis
5, Early On One Christmas Morn, Bruce Cockburn
6, White Christmas, Raul Malo
7, Jesus Is Just Alright, The Doobie Brothers
8, Mistletoe, Colbie Callet
9, Please Come Home For Christmas, Cee Lo Green
10, World Christmas, R. Kelly
11,This Christmas (Hang up the Mistletoe), Paul Carrack
12, Last Christmas(Single Version), Ashley Tisdale
13, Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree, Toby Keith
14, Sunshine Christmas, Billy Paul Williams
15,Winter Wonderland, James Taylor w/Chris Botti
16, Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow, Dean Martin
17, The Christmas Song, Catherine Feeny
18, Christmas Must Be Tonight, Hall & Oates
19, The Way We Celebrate New Year’s Eve, Michael Franks
20, Wonderful Christmas Time, Straight No Chaser w/Paul McCartney
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The Hunt for New (Christmas)Music:
No. IV in our annual and tightly curated Christmas Playlists.
As always, new favorites and classics updated for the times….
Turn it up and enjoy the sounds of the season.
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no,title, artist
1, Blue Decorations, B.B.King
2, Island Christmas, Michael Franks
3, Baby It’s Cold Outside, James Taylor
4, Someday at Christmas, Jack Johnson
5, Merry Christmas Baby, Charles Brown & Bonnie Raitt
6, I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, Frank Sinatra
7, What Christmas Means to Me, Paul Young
8, Jesus Etc., Wilco
9, River, Sarah McLachlan
10, Christmas Time is Here, Tony Bennett
11, Winter Paradise, Destiny’s Children
12, Please Come Home For Christmas, Willie Nelson
13, Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy, Brad Paisley
14, Winter Song, Sarah Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson
15, Let it Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow, Michael Buble
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The Hunt For New (Christmas) Music:
Christmas music you can dance to. The season, remixed, with our fourth Christmas Playlist of the season.
Put ’em on and turn it up.
[table]
no, title, artist
1, Blue Decorations, B.B. King
2, Island Christmas, Michael Franks
3, Baby It’s Cold Outside, James Taylor
4, Someday at Christmas, Jack Johnson
5, Merry Christmas Baby, Charles Brown & Bonnie Raitt
6, We Three Kings, Rod Stewart w/Mary K Blige
7, What Christmas Means to Me, Paul Young
8, Jesus Etc., Wilco
9, River, Sarah McLachlan
10, Christmas Time is Here, Tony Bennett
11, Winter Paradise, Destiny’s Children
12, Please Come Home For Christmas, Willie Nelson
13, Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy, Brad Paisley
14, Winter Song, Sarah Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson
15, Let it Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow, Michael Buble
16, My Hallelujah Song, Julianne Hough
17, Getting In The Mood, The Brian Setzer Orchestra
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17 Songs. 1 Hour