Christmas is either your favorite time of the year or it can be the most stressful time of the year.
I find it easier to get the best bargains online without pulling out my hair looking for parking at any of the overcrowded malls. Any they tell us we’re in a recession?!?! One of my guilty pleasures is listening to Christmas music starting the day after Thanksgiving. It’s beyond on me how stores or radio stations start at the beginning of November. We’re now in the Christmas music stretch and without further ado, Vanguard Records has made it possible for a free Holiday album download. Artists include: Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers, Brandi Carlile, Joshua Radin, Josh Ritter, Needtobreathe, Greg Laswell, Meiko, Brett Dennen, Noise Addict, Dar Williams, Dawn Landes, Erin McKeown, Joe Purdy, Katie Herzig, Serena Ryder and The Watson Twins. You can download it below, and here’s a sample:
Brett Dennon-the Holidays are Here (We’re Still at War) [mp3]
Ear Farm has also come out with a holiday album. It’s a charity album that benefits the Association to Benefit Children. You can purchase it here and check out the star-studded lineup below and teaser video:
FULL TRACKLISTING:
1. “Welcome Christmas” performed by Mancino
2. “A Day in the Life of a Christmas Tree” performed by Dinosaur Feathers
3. “Il est né” performed by Tom Tom Club
4. “Christmas Time in Hell” performed by Lonnie Walker
5. “This Christmas Day” performed by Jean on Jean
6. “Little Drummer Girls” performed by Marie Stella
7. “Christmas” performed by Shark?
8. “Christmas Eve Blues” performed by Julie Doiron
9. “First Snow” performed by Nadim Issa
10. “The Slay Bell Suite: Mrs. Claus and Matzo Balls” performed by Frauke
11. “If You Hear a Knock” performed by Sean Bones
12. “Christmas Day (Or, A Hungry Dog Will Fight)” performed by Beau Jennings
13. “Happy Christmas” performed by The Poison Control Center
14. “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” performed by Goes Cube
15. “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)” performed by Asobi Seksu
16. “Blue Christmas” performed by Sharon Van Etten
“Happy Christmas,” by the Poison Control Center featured on “Do You Ear What I Ear,” an Ear Farm Christmas Comp! from TAPES FOR LIFE on Vimeo.