Tunes for the holidays
December 1, 2024 8:15 AM Subscribe
What are your favorite non-mainstream Spotify holiday music playlists? Celtic? Blue Grass, fiddle? Choir? Jazz?
I'm looking for playlists that don't contain the usual 'Feliz Navidad', 'Elvis singing Blue Christmas' popular holiday renditions. Doesn't need to be strictly Christmas music. Covers of popular songs is fine as long as they aren't the ones played at the supermarket.
Happy holidays everyone!
I'm looking for playlists that don't contain the usual 'Feliz Navidad', 'Elvis singing Blue Christmas' popular holiday renditions. Doesn't need to be strictly Christmas music. Covers of popular songs is fine as long as they aren't the ones played at the supermarket.
Happy holidays everyone!
I enjoy a bit of Christmas K-Pop (크리스마스 케이팝) during the holiday season.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 8:39 AM on December 1, 2024 [1 favorite]
posted by soundofsuburbia at 8:39 AM on December 1, 2024 [1 favorite]
The Milk Carton Kids just released a Christmas album this month. It's good in a Simon and Garfunkel kind of way.
On a different plane, Doctor Octoroc's 8-bit Jesus is also good!
posted by Acari at 8:56 AM on December 1, 2024 [1 favorite]
On a different plane, Doctor Octoroc's 8-bit Jesus is also good!
posted by Acari at 8:56 AM on December 1, 2024 [1 favorite]
Try searching Hipster Holidays, this is one example
posted by paradeofblimps at 8:58 AM on December 1, 2024
posted by paradeofblimps at 8:58 AM on December 1, 2024
I put together a playlist of choral music, including favourite descants.
posted by apcmwh at 9:08 AM on December 1, 2024 [1 favorite]
posted by apcmwh at 9:08 AM on December 1, 2024 [1 favorite]
Anything from before 1900. Liturgical music, Gregorian chant, medieval tunes. Many Monk orders put out CDs of holiday music.
posted by Czjewel at 9:42 AM on December 1, 2024 [1 favorite]
posted by Czjewel at 9:42 AM on December 1, 2024 [1 favorite]
My best friend has a big holiday library. Notably Ski Trails, featuring Jo Stafford - 40s band style. Ski Trails is not a holiday album, just those winter faves. The playlist is mixed. And a playlist of long pieces of music in case you want to let it play. Thanks for asking, I love Christmas and holiday music.
posted by theora55 at 9:50 AM on December 1, 2024 [1 favorite]
posted by theora55 at 9:50 AM on December 1, 2024 [1 favorite]
Can I plug my own? It has some of the standard hits but also early music, a cappella, bluegrass, shape note, Georgian folk singing etc. Spotify link here!
posted by capricorn at 10:00 AM on December 1, 2024 [3 favorites]
posted by capricorn at 10:00 AM on December 1, 2024 [3 favorites]
The Roches We Three Kings is wonderful.
Pink Martini has an eclectic album of Christmas music that is nice.
Mannheim Steamroller did a bunch of Christmas stuff.
We also have a compilation with lots of old-school Christmas stuff, (Eartha Kitt, Aretha, I think, Maybe some Harry Connick Jr., but can't find it for a name).
posted by Windopaene at 10:29 AM on December 1, 2024 [2 favorites]
Pink Martini has an eclectic album of Christmas music that is nice.
Mannheim Steamroller did a bunch of Christmas stuff.
We also have a compilation with lots of old-school Christmas stuff, (Eartha Kitt, Aretha, I think, Maybe some Harry Connick Jr., but can't find it for a name).
posted by Windopaene at 10:29 AM on December 1, 2024 [2 favorites]
Stax Christmas
James Brown Funky Christmas
Sharon Jones Holiday Soul Party
posted by greta simone at 11:46 AM on December 1, 2024 [3 favorites]
James Brown Funky Christmas
Sharon Jones Holiday Soul Party
posted by greta simone at 11:46 AM on December 1, 2024 [3 favorites]
Matthew Perpetua (of music blog FluxBlog etc) has a really great playlist of Christmas R&B, funk and reggae. Also available as a Apple Music playlist.
posted by pipeski at 1:15 PM on December 1, 2024
posted by pipeski at 1:15 PM on December 1, 2024
He also has a great 'Jazzy Christmas, Baby' playlist (Apple version here).
posted by pipeski at 1:17 PM on December 1, 2024 [1 favorite]
posted by pipeski at 1:17 PM on December 1, 2024 [1 favorite]
hymnsofheresy on tumblr made a bunch of christmas playlists a couple years ago. I especially like joy to the world, a playlist of christmas songs from all around the world.
posted by extramachine at 2:38 PM on December 1, 2024 [2 favorites]
posted by extramachine at 2:38 PM on December 1, 2024 [2 favorites]
Classical music streams from radio stations:
WQXR - really lovely, interesting selections, they also have a Christmas songs stream
Your Classical (MPR) - more popular selections than WQXR
Apple Classical also has a nice Christmas playlist
posted by Lycaste at 4:52 PM on December 1, 2024 [2 favorites]
WQXR - really lovely, interesting selections, they also have a Christmas songs stream
Your Classical (MPR) - more popular selections than WQXR
Apple Classical also has a nice Christmas playlist
posted by Lycaste at 4:52 PM on December 1, 2024 [2 favorites]
Can I plug my own?
I also have one - it's got a couple standards (I have a soft spot for Barbara Streisand's rendition of "Jingle Bells" from childhood), but I've also got Julian Casablanca, The Eels, a Chieftains song about fantasizing about just beating up your annoying relatives the day after Christmas because you've HAD IT, and Daveed Diggs' song about getting a puppy for Hannukkah. (Yes, my Christmas playlist has a couple Hannukkah songs.)
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:07 PM on December 1, 2024
I also have one - it's got a couple standards (I have a soft spot for Barbara Streisand's rendition of "Jingle Bells" from childhood), but I've also got Julian Casablanca, The Eels, a Chieftains song about fantasizing about just beating up your annoying relatives the day after Christmas because you've HAD IT, and Daveed Diggs' song about getting a puppy for Hannukkah. (Yes, my Christmas playlist has a couple Hannukkah songs.)
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:07 PM on December 1, 2024
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posted by eirias at 8:26 AM on December 1, 2024 [2 favorites]