One of the latest Christmas albums, released this year, comes from Cee Lo Green, who’s been a pretty creative force in music the past few years. A few of his tracks have been added to the “Christmas Present” playlist this year. Continue reading
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Christmas Present: Relient K’s ‘Merry Christmas, Here’s to Many More’
Today I introduce some of my favorite tracks from what has proven to be my favorite Christmas album since I began my “Christmas Present” experiement: Relient K’s “Let it Snow… Let it Reindeer.” (Nice pun.) The Christian band makes Christmas music awfully fun. Continue reading
Christmas Present: The Puppini Sisters’ “Jingle Bells”
If the rule of Christmas Present is most songs should be relatively current or by current artists, it’s only fair to allow a bit cheating by including artists that intentionally invoke a different era. Such is the case of The Puppini Sisters. Continue reading
Amazon renews free Christmas music program
Last year, Amazon had a 25 Days of Christmas program, where each day they posted a new song as free on the MP3 music service. They have revived the program, although it is structured a bit differently this year. Continue reading
Christmas Present: The Bird and The Bee’s ‘Carol of the Bells’
For the inaugural Christmas Present pick, I turn to what I consider a quintessential example of the Christmas Present concept: The Bird and the Bee’s rendition of Carol of the Bells. Continue reading
Introducing a Christmas Present
When I first moved out on my own, I roomed with a guy who was a radio DJ. He worked for a station that played a lot of current Top 40 hits, but when the holidays rolled around, for some reason they’d break out Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas.” I asked him, “why don’t they play songs by some of their current artists?” and he responded, “We’d need about 100 good ones to form a playlist and make that happen.”
Challenge accepted. Continue reading