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    Christmas,  Irish

    The Greatness of Fairytale of New York

    If you celebrate Christmas like me, and you haven’t even started to think about buying your first gift, worry not. You are not alone! Year after year, I let the pre-Christmas stress build like a killer Nor’easter. Not quite sure…

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    Brett Dennen’s Holiday Tune

    Not your typical happy-go-lucky holiday tune. Rather, one that takes a gander at the world today, and unapologetically tells it like it is. This kid is refreshing. Links: Buy his latest: So Much More | Official Site

  • Christmas,  Miscellaneous

    A Temptations Christmas

    I watched my 3 year old watch Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer tonight for the very first time. I was thrown into a time machine and got a bit nostalgic along the way. So suffice it to say that the Christmas…

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    Christmas with Cockburn

    [See this 2008 post for the show.] Since we’re on the final stretch to Christmas, I thought I would sneak out a few of my essential tunes courtesy of my favorite Canadian, Bruce Cockburn. In 1994, the Columbia Records Radio…

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    Christmas at IckMusic

    Here’s my first batch of extra special Christmas music selections to carry you through this holiday season. Hands down my favorite Christmas song and my favorite performance of the song: The Temptations: Silent Night (mp3) – buy A twisted instant…

  • Christmas,  Indie

    Happy Merry Christmas Funtime

    For a light-hearted approach to Christmas music, we have to return to Grandaddy, with their Christmas classic, “Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland.” Here’s an excerpt: in the meadow we can build a snowmanand pretend that he is Alan Parsonshe’ll…