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Episode: Radio Something: An Uncommon Soundtrack for Winter and the Holidays
On my December 24 radio show, I embraced the season with a collection of holiday and seasonal music that leaned toward lesser-known and rarely heard songs.
And a happy and healthy 2026 to you all!
Artist — Song — Album — Label
Ferron — Snowin' In Brooklyn — Shadows On A Dime — Cherrywood Station
Purple Mountains — Snow is Falling in Manhattan — Purple Mountains — Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Lamomali — Il neige à Bamako — Lamomali Totem — Wagram Music / 3ème Bureau
Sufjan Stevens — Come on! Let's Boogey to the Elf Dance! — Songs For Christmas — Asthmatic Kitty
Mumford & Sons — Winter Winds — Sigh No More — Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Manu Chao — L'Hiver est Là - Live Baïonarena — Baïonarena (Live) — Because Music
Tom Tom Club — Il Est Né — Il Est Né — Nacional Records
Malicorne — Noël est arrivé — Almanach — Griffe
Waterson:Carthy — Jolly Old Hawk — Holy Heathens And The Old Green Man — Topic
Wintery Songs in Eleventy Part Harmony — It's Not the Hunting (feat. Rose Polenzani) — Hark —
Lindsey Horner — Bold Orion — Though The Bitter Frost And Snow — Fifty Fifty Music
Jack Hardy — The Hunter — The Hunter — Great Divide Records
Ballaké Sissoko — Esperanza — Sou Kora (Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Emile Parisien & Vincent Peirani) — No Format!
Harry Nilsson — Snow - Alternate Version — Harry / Nilsson Sings Newman — SME
Steve Miller Band — Winter Time — Book Of Dreams — CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)
Angelique Kidjo — Zan Vevede (O Holy Night) — World Christmas — Blue Note Records
Gilberto Gil — Boas Festas — World Christmas — Blue Note Records
Yomo Toro — Cascabel (Jingle Bells) — World Christmas — Blue Note Records
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy — Christmas Is Starting Now — It Feels Like Christmas Time — Savoy Jazz
Baloji — L'hiver Indien — Kaniama: Yellow Version — Bella Union
Run–D.M.C. — Christmas In Hollis — Tougher Than Leather (Expanded Edition) — SME
Joseph Spence — Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town — Living On The Hallelujah Side — Rounder
Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli — Christmas Swing — Roots Guitar Essentials — Columbia River Entertainment
Tino Rossi — Mon étoile — Petit Papa Noël & chants de Noël (Christmas Songs) — 2 Productions Ltd
Regina Spektor — My Dear Acquaintance [A Happy New Year] - iTunes Live Session Performance — Gift Wrapped: Regifted — Sire/Warner Records
Meklit — Stars in a Wide Field — A Piece of Infinity — Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
David Byrne — I Met The Buddha at a Downtown Party — Who Is The Sky? — Matador
Vince Guaraldi Trio — Greensleeves — A Charlie Brown Christmas — Fantasy Records
The Flaming Lips — A Change at Christmas (Say It Isn't So) — Cool Christmas — Warner Records Label
The Kinks — Father Christmas — We Wish You a British Christmas — Sanctuary Records
Nick Lowe — Christmas at the Airport — Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection for All the Family — Yep Roc Records
Eyasu Teklemariam — Yedesta Let — A Very Ethiopian Christmas — Tek Ministries
Cesaria Evora — Natal — World Christmas — Blue Note Records
Jungle Fire — Jingle Fire — Jingle Fire — Nacional Records
Wayne Horovitz & Robin Holcomb — Mah L'kha Ha-Yam Variation — The Best of Festival of Light — Six Degrees Records
Kathleen Bielawski — December Will Be Magic Again — This Winter Wild — Frozen Music Productions
Phil Kline — Unsilent Night — Unsilent Night — Cantaloupe Music
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