Manhattan Brass

Merry Christmas From Traditions!

Kenny Neal

Kenny Celebrating Christmas In She Country Preserving The Blues Sound Of His Native South Louisiana

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

First Released By The Trapp Family Singers 1951

Bruce Cockburn

LP: Inner City Front 1981 - Cockburn's Poignant And Evocative Composition That Delves Into Themes Of Loneliness, Longing, And The Bittersweet Nature Of Love Lost, And Maybe Found - Sometimes The Holidays Has That Effect

Gordon Lightfoot

Not Written During The Winter With The Snow Falling; Instead, It Was Written In July, During A Thunderstorm In Cleveland - Returning to His Hotel After The Gig, Lightfoot Put Pen to Paper Missing His Wife In Canada

Joni Mitchell

Joni's Homage To Fall Turning To Winter - Joni Wrote It 1966; Released By Tom Rush That Same A Year - Mitchell Recorded Her Own Version On Her "Blue" Long-Player, But Left It Off The Album; It would Appear a Year Later As The B-Side Of 'You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio"

COMPILATIONS

Mark Rice, Composer - The Blues Legend With the Story Of Ole St. Nick Needing Mrs. Kringle Along On His Long Journey

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Papa Don Vappie's New Orleans Jazz Band

Covering Blues Legend Charles Brown; A Bluesy Chart-Topper During The Holidays In 1961 - Vappie Lifts The Tune Out Of Its Original R&B Setting, Giving It A Traditional Jazz Swing Arrangement

Claudia Schmidt

Michigan Music! This Song Features The Mitten Songbird Accompanying Herself On The The Appalachian Dulcimer

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Jacob Miller

Traditions Around The World; Jamaica - A Defining Back-Beat To this Holiday Standard

Peat In The Creel

Traditions Around The World; Ireland - A Ditty About A Cold Winter's Day With A Christmas Eve Reel To Warm Things Up a Little Bit

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COMPILATIONS

Traditions Around The World; Japan - An Assortment Of Japanese Traditional Musical Instruments From The Land Of The Rising Sun; Taiko Drums, Shakuhachi Flutes, Buddhist Chants, And Meditative Koto Harp

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Asne Valland Nordli

Traditions Around The World; Norway - Christmas In Norway Is Based Upon a Mixture Of both Viking And Christian Traditions - A Custom On Christmas Eve Is To Make A Trip To The Barn With A Bowl Of Porridge For The Nisse, A Gnome Who Guards All The Farm Animals

Pink Martini

Original Title: Three Kings Of Orient" - A Christmas Carol That Was Written By John Henry Hopkins Jr. In 1857

COMPILATIONS

Townes Van Zandt - Reminiscing On the One Left Behind

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Koko Taylor

Blues Plate Special: Koko Wrote This One In 1992; Her Sassy Wailing Provides A Great Excuse To Sway To Some Prime, Funky Electric Chicago Blues Done Right By One Of Its Legends Whilst Chugging Egg Nog And Positioning Yourself Under The Mistletoe - - - - Merry Christmas!

John Coltrane

Traditional English Folk Song; A Broadside Ballad Registered In 1580, And The Tune Is Found In Several Late 16th-Century And Early 17th-Century Sources - Though Not Really A Christmas Song, It Has Found Its Way As Part Of The Holiday

The Ventures

Composed In The Summer Of 1946 - The Ventures Adding The Surf To This Holiday Classic

Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys

Pubic Domain - Monroe Claimed Authorship In 1945

COMPILATIONS

These Guys And Martin Really Click On This Hilarious Christmas Parody; Or Could It Be First-Hand Observation

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Loretta Lynn

Patsy Lynn Russell And John Carter Cash, Producing

The Turnips

Big Rapids, MI - Recorded At Grand Haven's Third Coast Recording Co. - Powerful Musicianship & Camaraderie; Great Band

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Matt Flinner Trio

A Continuation Of Trio's "Music Du Jour" Project - This Song Celebrates The Transition Of Fall Into Winter & The Harvest It Brings