For my holiday playlist, I wanted to add a bit of twist to the old holiday favorites. I have a lot of new artists singing the holiday standards, and I have some new original holiday songs to shake things up a bit. Don’t get me wrong, Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby” will always be a favorite, but it’s nice to hear something new sometimes. Here you go, straight from my iPod to yours:
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Christmas Time is Here - Sarah McLachlan ft. Diana Krall Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Hem
All That I Want - The Weepies
Mistletoe - Colbie Caillat
The Heartache Can Wait - Brandi Carlile
All my Bells are Ringing - Lenka
Maybe Next Year - Meiko
The Christmas Song - The Raveonettes
There is a Star that Shines Tonight – Sheryl Crow
Peace – Norah Jones Winter Song – Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson I’ll Be Home For Christmas – Katharine McPhee Christmas Tree- Lady Gaga A New York Christmas – Rob Thomas Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – U2And check out some winter releases that have recently popped up...
Sting’s If On A Winter’s Night is a collection of really quiet and sleepy songs that provide the perfect soundtrack for my train ride home for the holiday.
Norah Jones’s The Fall is also a really cool fall/winter release and I can’t stop listening to her song “Young Blood.”
Tori Amos also has a winter CD out called Midwinter Graces with the single “Star of Wonder.”
And a not so winter release that I’m finding really fits the fall/winter weather is Mat Kearney’s City of Black & White. Check out the title track “City of Black & White” or “Lifeline”. I have been a Kearney fan from before his first album release, but this album has taken him to a whole new level, it’s awesome.
Hope you have a very happy holiday season!
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