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English singer-songwriter Beth Orton brings folky acoustic guitar and holy organ sounds to Joni Mitchell’s piano standard about longing to ice skate up a frozen river, away from SoCal and the heartache of a Christmas breakup.
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Prepare to sing-along: Nashville country-folk mainstay Lucinda Williams delivers a jolly rendition of yuletide classic Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, all wrapped up with sparkling guitar twang. It’ll have you warmer than a cup of mulled wine!
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Chicago indie sweetheart Liz Phair returns with Ho Ho Ho, her first new original song in four years, and it’s not your typical holiday fare. Over a peppy, fuzzed guitar riff, Phair brings a witty humor to the harsh realities of Christmas at home with the family: “Ours is the dimmest house on the block / They're hanging stockings, and we're hanging socks,� she sings. “Doing shots of room temperature peppermint Schnapps / As the yew log on TV crackles and pops.� It’s a “dystopian Christmas song,� she says, and a must for fans of the tried-and-true holiday classic, Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.
More music from Liz PhairSome holiday standards demand a straight-ahead, note for note cover. Others, not so much, and instead provide plenty room for artistic interpretation. Paul McCartney’s upbeat 1979 classic A Wonderful Christmastime is among those tracks. In the hands of this darling Portland, OR-based singer-songwriter and Decemberists confidant, Macca’s track sheds the warped synth riffs and showtune-style song-and-dance vibe in favor of mournful Spanish guitar, minimal drum machines and lead guitar fuzz. A wonderful Christmastime, indeed!
More music from Laura GibsonImagine religious Christmas standard We Three Kings as rerecorded for a spooky David Lynch film… That’s exactly how this Seattle folk and rock singer-songwriter’s cover of the track sounds—a wall of reverb carries staccato guitar, rattling tambourine, and haunting lead vocals. It’s ideal for a Twin Peaks-themed holiday season—hallelujah, indeed!
More music from Shelby EarlThis Madison, WI-based indie pop six-piece is fronted by a female singer and lead songwriter, whose improvisational, jazzy vocals weave in and out of her band’s psychedelic folk-pop sound. But for The Christmas Song she goes it alone, playing the piano solo and breathily cooing what are arguably the most recognizable lyrics in the holiday music cannon.
More music from PHOXFor this Brooklyn disco-funk outfit, the holiday season is prime time for a dance party! The buzzworthy band dial up Last Christmas, the ‘84 hit from George Michael’s early duo WHAM!, into a champagne-clinking cat call, with super smooth jazz guitar, shimmying synths and this frontwoman’s sassy vocals.
More music from EscortChristmas isn’t all family time—it’s for romance, too! Case in point: Marvin Gaye’s silky-smooth 1964 groove Purple Snowflakes, covered by this sultry Nashville singer-songwriter. She brings a 21st century studio gloss and steamy neo-R&B/soul vocal to its bombastic rhythms, descending keyboard melodies, and sassy/suggestive lyrics: “Here in our midst, we're surely blessed / Over the heat, gee ain't life sweet? / Drifting on air, without a care,� she coos. “I will always remember this night / Here with you.� Hey, us too!
More music from Jessie BaylinSee the full playlist for all tracks and artists involved in All Is Bright.
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