I don’t have a full Christmas mix this year due mostly to licensing issues, but I do have a trio of some beautiful Christmas tracks and a new Christmas compilation you can buy and feel all warm and fuzzy inside as your hard earned cach goes to a very good cause with Peace on Earth Vol.II.
First of all, here is a video of First Aid Kit playing Blue Christmas. It’s a beautiful, quite traditional, rendition with just a guitar and organ from the promising Swedish duo recently signed to Wichita.
and here’s the mp3 of the track:
First Aid Kit – Blue Christmas
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Then I have my favourite Christmas track from last year which was performed by a fantastic group of New Orleans musicians for the Tipitina’s Foundation. Simply stunning.
Tipitina Foundation Musicians – O Holy Night [Donate]
Lastly, and most importantly It’s Hard to Find a Friend have produced another cracking indie Christmas album, with tracks from some of the best and most talented bands around at the moment ranging from Oxford Collapse to American Analog Set. A fantastic compilation that is a must for all those who enjoy a bit of Christmas love on the stereo but want something a little more original. That would be you lot then.
100% of proceeds go to The Children of Uganda Foundation so that is true Christmas – you get an awesome collection of original tunes and get to do some good.
Peace on Earth: A Holiday Album Vol.II
1. American Analog Set – Winter Birds (Original)
2. Telekinesis! – Father Christmas (The Kinks)
3. Jennifer O’Connor – Deck The Halls
4. Nathan Phillips – Cross-country Ski’s (Original)
5. The A-Sides & Sun Airway – Santa, Please (Original)
6. Jason Collett – A Beguiled Christmas in Sales (Original)
7. Laarks – Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
8. Oxford Collapse – Hester Xmas (Original)
9. The Jealous Girlfriends – Haircut (Original)
10. Via Audio – Home Before Dark (Original)
11. Karl Blau – Christmas Is Different This Year Now That the Aliens Are Here (Original)
12. Synthar – Pawn Shop Christmas (Original)
13. Pattern is Movement – O, Holy Night
14. Marla Hansen – Waltz (Original)
15. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Don’t Wrap the Puppy (Original)
16. Elizabeth & The Catapult – Christmas With The Jews (Original)
17. Laura Gibson – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
18. The Prayers & Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers – Christmas Card to a Hooker in Minneapolis (Original)
19. Chris Garneau – It’s Almost Christmas
20. Vincent Koops – Silent Night
21. Anathallo – Red Plastic Globe (Original)
22. Bodies of Water – O Come, O Come, Emmanuel