Winter Holiday: Solstice, Hanukkah, Xmas & Kwanzaa
It’s that time of year when the days are shorter and the nights are colder. Warm up to our sounds for the season. Classic songs to celebrate the winter holidays, plus a visit to South Louisiana’s Christmas Eve bonfires, lighting the way for Papa Noel along the Mississippi River.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Jingle Bells John Fahey
The Christmas Album John Fahey, Burnside
Urge For Going Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell Hits, Reprise
Winter Snow JJ Cale
Stay Around, Because Music
Two Winters Long Irma Thomas
Straight from the Soul, EMI
Cold Cold Winter Johnny Copeland
Catch Up with the Blues, Verve
Instrumental: Cold Winter Blues Shirley Scott
On A Clear Day, Impulse
Snowy Morning Blues James P. Johnson
Black Legends of Jazz, MCA
Winter Time Blues Big Maceo
Victor/Bluebird Recordings 1945-1947, Bluebird
Cold Winter Blues James Kokomo Arnold
Kokomo Arnold: His 20 Greatest Songs, Wolf
Dark Scenes of Winter Texas Gladden
Portraits: Texas Gladden: Ballad Legacy, Rounder
Rain and Snow Del McCoury
35 Years of the Best of Bluegrass, Rebel
Cold Rain and Snow Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead, Warner Brothers
Girl from the North Country Bob Dylan
The Freewheeling Bob Dylan, Columbia
Angels in the Snow Judy Collins
Winter Stories, Wildflower Records
Instrumental: Return of the Grievous Angel Gram Parsons
The Complete Reprise Sessions, Warner
Each Season Changes You The Osborne Brothers
The Complete Osborne Brothers Collection, CMH
Chilly Winds Tommy Jarrell
Pickin on Tommy’s Porch, County
It's Christmas Time in Louisiana Johnnie Allen
Merry Cajun Christmas, Swallow
Segment: Xmas Bonfires
Closing Bed: Jingle Bells Booker T & the MGs
In the Christmas Spirit, Rhino Atlantic
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: On the Kings Highway Andy Statman
Old Brooklyn, Shefa Records
Chanukah Prayer Carole King
A Holiday Carole, Rockingale Records
Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday Carole King
A Holiday Carole, Rockingale Records
Please Come Home for Christmas Charles Brown
Please Come Home for Christmas, King
Santa's Second Line New Birth Brass
A New Orleans Christmas, NYNO Records
Santa Claus is Coming to Town Bruce Springsteen
In Harmony 2, Columbia
Instrumental: God Rest Ye Merry Gents Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
It’s a Holiday Soul Party, Daptone Records
Santa Baby Eartha Kitt
The Essential Eartha Kitt, RCA
Merry Christmas Baby Chuck Berry
St. Louis to Liverpool, Chess
Pretty Paper Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson: The Demos Project, Vol. 2, Sony
White Christmas Otis Redding
Otis Redding--King of Soul, Atlantic
Instrumental: Silver Bells Booker T & the MGs
Soul Christmas, Stax
River Herbie Hancock and Corinne Bailey Rae
River--The Joni Letters, Verve
Greensleeves John Coltrane Quartet
Ballads--The John Coltrane Quartet, Impulse
Last Month of the Year Fairfield Four
The Fairfield Four: Standing in the Safety Zone, Warner
Father Christmas Lord Invader
West Indian Folksongs for Children, Folkways
O Day The Georgia Sea Island Singers
Join the Band, Mississippi Records
Closing Bed: My Favorite Things John Coltrane
My Favorite Things, Atlantic