The Musik Lounge, Vol. 128: Christmas Special

Merry holidays y’all from the lounge! After having fun with a full christmas music show last year I figured I’d see if I could dig up enough gems to run it again - and I found enough and had so much diggin for these that this will be a tradition going forward around these parts. Allow this to light up your festivities this week! I’ll be back the 4th of January for a special extended show staring at Noon running through the sounds of 2025 that had my ears. Thank you for riding with me!

Tracklist

BPA “Simply Crackin”

DJ Harrison “Defrost”

The Allergies ft. Andy Cooper “Flavour”

Ill Considered “Good King Wenceslas”

Al Green “It Feels Like Christmas”

Pasquale Grasso “White Christmas”

Madison McFerrin “Alone On Christmas”

aron! Ft. Hohnen Ford “Cozy You”

Duke Ellington “Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)”

Eric Chacón “Jingle Bells”

Clouds Taste Satanic “You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch”

Thurl Ravenscroft “You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch”

Sean Price “How Sean P! Stole Christmas”

Emmaline “You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch”

Terrace Martin “Cinnamon Spice”

Black Spade “Dis Christmas (W/O U)”

Sevaskar “Happy Merry Chaos”

Nina Simone “I Am Blessed (Wax Tailor Remix)”

Ezra Collective “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”

Norah Jones “Christmas Glow”

Kait Dunton “Joy To The World”

Mayer Hawthorne “Merry Christmas Party”

Carla Thomas “Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas”

James Brown “Signs of Christmas”

Amerigo Gazaway “Santa’s Workshop”

Amanda Whiting “Little Elfie”

1982, Kali, Reks, JFK & Teyana Taylor “Christmas In Boston”

Kenny Burrell “White Christmas”

Duke Pearson “Go Tell It To The Mountain”

Billie Holiday “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm”

Sun Ra “It’s Christmas Time”

Nappy Roots ft. Rachel Washington “Nappy Holidays”

Booker T & The M.G.’s “Winter Wonderland (Alt. Take)”

Sia “Snowman”

The Puppini Sisters “Here Comes Santa Claus”

Walt Weiskopf “Wonderful Christmastime”

Louis Armstrong “A Visit From St. Nicholas (‘Twas The Night Before Christmas)”

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