Monday, November 28, 2005
CM2: Chris Mikesell's Christmas Mix
Over at The Master's Artist, J. Mark Bertrand talks about preparing holiday mix CDs. While I haven't made Halloween or Thanksgiving discs, I have done Christmas and Easter (Easter's up to a 2-CD cantata). None of these Christmas songs are available on iTunes, but the discs the tracks are from are well worth the investment. All are by Christian artists (or artists who are Christians) with non-secular themes.
My Christmas Mix:
Yeah, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is on there twice: I really like the arrangement off Noel and David Edwards includes the less-popular Civil War verses (Didn't know that Longfellow wrote the carol about the American Civil War? Now you do).
And while I said you couldn't miss getting the entire albums, I can't actually vouch for Paul Johnson's Christmas Guitars or Joyful Christmas. What I've heard of PJCG I really like (I may end up getting the whole shebang this year); the Puff Johnson track off JC is the only one I'm actually familiar with.
If you want more avant garde tracks, you can't go wrong with Sixpence None the Richer's "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and the Lost Dogs' "Chipmunk Song" off Happy Christmas #2.
My Christmas Mix:
- Babe in the Straw
Derri Daugherty, Riki Michelle, Steve Hindalong
Noel - The World Was in His Hands
David Edwards
Christmas Songs Old and New
This song is available for free download from Edwards' website. Enjoy! - A Christmas Song for All Year 'Round
Randy Stonehill
Welcome to Paradise (WtP is about halfway down the page) - I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Jerry Chamberlain, Sharon McCall, Riki Michelle, Derri Daugherty
Noel - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Paul Johnson
Christmas with the Hepcats
(see Paul Johnson's Christmas Guitars)
Hear this song here (about halfway down the page) - By Way of the Sea
David Edwards
The Collected Archives (disc two bonus track) - Angels We Have Heard on High
Carolyn Arends, Stephen Murray, Jenny Gullen
Noel - Miriam
David Edwards
Christmas Songs Old and New
(if you pay attention to how the free song links at Edwards' website are named, maybe you can hear this one for free, too) - Annunciation Medley
(Joy To the World/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/Angels We Have Heard on High)
Paul Johnson
Christmas with the Hepcats
(see Paul Johnson's Christmas Guitars) - I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
David Edwards
Christmas Songs Old and New - What Child Is This
Puff Johnson & Choir
Joyful Christmas
Yeah, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is on there twice: I really like the arrangement off Noel and David Edwards includes the less-popular Civil War verses (Didn't know that Longfellow wrote the carol about the American Civil War? Now you do).
And while I said you couldn't miss getting the entire albums, I can't actually vouch for Paul Johnson's Christmas Guitars or Joyful Christmas. What I've heard of PJCG I really like (I may end up getting the whole shebang this year); the Puff Johnson track off JC is the only one I'm actually familiar with.
If you want more avant garde tracks, you can't go wrong with Sixpence None the Richer's "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and the Lost Dogs' "Chipmunk Song" off Happy Christmas #2.
Mikesell
1 Snarky Remarks:
Anonymous, at 12:10 PM
JM :o)