Christmas songs cont’d.

here’s a beautiful, bittersweet song by john prine called christmas in prison. it’s perhaps off the beaten path a bit, but i like the ones that aren’t as well known, and aren’t necessarily all smiles and giggles… click below to listen.
christmas in prison - john prine
also, just in case you were wondering, i […]

“christmas song-a-day” hiatus

i’m sitting here in my office, eating my lunch at 2:30, sipping coffee from my new starbucks cup with pictures of ella all over it, watching a video of a great a capella group from indiana university called “straight no chaser” attempting to sing the twelve days of christmas. i actually caught myself laughing […]

Christmas-song-a-day #15

have you ever let a day get away from you? you know what i’m talking about: you have a million things to do, and you get on such a role accomplishing it all that you look at the clock and it’s one in the morning…and only five minutes ago it was 2 in the […]

christmas song-a-day #14

hark how the bells…seem to say…something…and some stuff…niner…
this tune was the free track on itunes a few weeks ago, so some of you may have already heard it. i give you carol of the bells by a group called the bird and the bee. it’s a little bit hard to mess up the […]

christmas song-a-day #13

christmas renders me introspective each year, perhaps this year more than any other, due to the new addition to my family. ron sexsmith’s maybe this christmas sort of lends itself to an introspective, reflective frame of mind.
i believe it appeared on the OC’s holiday mix have a very merry christmukkuh.
maybe this christmas - ron […]

Christmas-song-a-day #11

when jars of clay first came onto the scene two years ago (i made that figure up…i was in high school i think…), they had great success with their style that didn’t sound like anybody else. now, over the past several albums, they’ve progressively sounded more and more like a band that knows what […]

Christmas-song-a-day #10

a few days ago, my boy travis requested (nay, i say demanded) some james taylor for your xmas listening enjoyment. well, mr. travis (as you would be called here in the south), your wait is over. in fact, because you are so beautiful (albeit slightly extreme) i am going to afford you a […]

Christmas-song-a-day #9

today’s xmas song is dedicated to my pastor, tony mccollum. i promised him i would get some music by chicago up there one of these days, but that’ll have to wait. i also know, however, that he’s a fan of the sci-fi and whatnot. so, today we learn how robots (droids, in […]

Christmas-song-a-day #8

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so i waited until the afternoon to post this. so big deal. you’ll find it was worth the wait when you hear the magical, musical gift i am about to bestow upon you. yesterday’s song was a rendition of o holy night by david phelps, the singer that hardly anybody knows about…but […]

Christmas-song-a-day #7

one of the things i used to look forward to when christmas rolled around was my annual trip to the gaither christmas homecoming, an event that pools the southern gospel prowess of bill and gloria gaither and the gaither vocal band with a hodgepodge of other jesus-twangers… for a night of christmas celebration with […]