Rob Halford – Winter Songs (2009)
A Christmas record from Rob Halford? Yes, that Rob Halford. The leather-clad screaming frontman of Judas Priest. You May Also Like: Rob Meany with Terramara, “Dreamer in Dreamland” (2023): One Track Mind
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Big Boy Pete and Hilton Valentine – Merry Skifflemas! (2011)
Now here’s a collaboration too good to be true: Two legendary guitarists from two legendary British bands of the early 1960s have teamed up and recorded a Christmas album! Big Boy Pete (aka Pete Miller) of Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers and Hilton Valentine from the Animals are the derangedRead More
Zigaboo Modeliste, ‘Holiday Kiss’ (2011): One Track Mind
Drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, the grease-popping soul stylist of Meters fame, settles into a creamy seasonal groove here — sounding in no small way like chitlin-circuit crooner Tyrone Davis. Appearing on this year’s New Life, a genre-busting triumph, “Holiday Kiss” turns the typical Christmas-time theme on its ear — following theRead More
Ellis Marsalis – ‘A New Orleans Christmas Carol’ (2011)
Ellis Marsalis’ ‘New Orleans Christmas Carol’ is a showcase for the underexposed patriarch of the city’s first family of jazz, and a record of sumptuous charm.
Billy Gibbons, Dave Grohl + Lemmy Kilmister, “Run Rudolph, Run” (1998): One Track Mind
Could Christmas get any cooler than a collaboration between Lemmy and Billy Gibbons on a Chuck Berry tune? You May Also Like: How Dave Grohl Surprised Everybody With That Paul McCartney Collaboration
Laurelyn Dossett, Rhiannon Giddens, Mike Compton – The Gathering (2011)
The Gathering, a homey Christmas-themed Americana and roots album, features singer-songwriter Laurelyn Dossett and others recording in a suitably rustic locale: a house in Greensboro, North Carolina. You May Also Like: Richard Lloyd Giddens Jr. – Mimosas (2017)
One Track Mind: Vanessa Carlton, "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (2011)
Having already shown a smart penchant for pensive, piano-driven pop, Vanessa Carlton becomes quieter still for this effective update of a modern-day John Lennon holiday standard. You May Also Like: Larry Carlton was at his most approachable with Tak Matsumoto on Take Your Pick
One Track Mind: Everett Bradley’s Holidelic, "Sugar Rump Fairies" (2011)
In what just may be the freak-nastiest Yuletide-themed track ever, Holidelic takes Tchaikovsky’s delicately ornate “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies” on a grave-spinningly fonky ride. You May Also Like: Neil Young Set a Solo Course on ‘Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House’
Jon Anderson, ‘Give Hope’ (2007; 2011 reissue): One Track Mind
Sure, this Jon Anderson song is a guilty pleasure. But what part of Christmas isn’t, really?
Various artists – Power Chords, Harmonies and Mistletoe (2011)
Christmas is inching closer and closer, and that means we’ll be soon be spinning the sounds of the season. Starring some of the greatest bands and individual artists of the so-called pop underground (but if you ask me, these folks should be the pop overground, as their irresistible songs areRead More
