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What's New?Well, the big day is approaching, and this year's list of new Christmas releases is growing - lotsa vinyl reissues, mainly (see below). I'll do my best to keep up - both on this website and over at Facebook. The biggest news so far? For me, it's Ben Folds' first-ever Christmas album, Sleigher. We're also getting exciting new albums from Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom (members of Galaxie 500, Luna, and Spacemen 3) and self-proclaimed Norwegian super-group the Sunturns; the first Hollyberries single in more than a decade; marquee releases from big names Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Clarkson, and Little Big Town; a massive Jethro Tull boxed set; first-time vinyl from James Brown; cool colored vinyl from Mark Lanegan, Brenda Lee, and Phantom Planet; new collections from Bing Crosby and the Carpenters; yet another Bear Family compilation; and an expanded release from funk legends Tower Of Power.

This page is a curated list of the year's best and/or most notable Christmas music - which is to say, hardly exhaustive. I focus on "legacy artists," so I encourage you to visit my festive friends like Mistletunes, Christmas Underground, and Christmas A Go Go - they have their fingers on the pulse!

What am I missing, fellow Christmas fanatics? Drop me a line... Of course, happy holidays, stay safe, be sure to vote, and follow me over at The Facebook!

Randy Anthony

Ben Folds
Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom
Hollyberries
Sunturns
Tower Of Power
Carpenters

This Just In!This Just In!

Record Store DayRecord Store Day

Black Friday (November 29) is also Record Store Day, so visit your local record store to shop for dozens of limited edition releases - most on vinyl, many with extra tracks or previously unreleased material. Here's a list of the Christmas records, but note that they are all "RSD First" releases. This means that Record Store Day is your first chance to pick them up, but they will be widely available later - though possibly in other formats - meaning, not cool, colored vinyl....

ReissuesReissues & Compilations

New AlbumsNew Albums

SinglesSingles & Tracks

Christmas TreePrevious Years. We've been compiling this "what's new?" list for a while, going back to 2003 (Gary Hoey, Jackson 5), 2004 (Chris Isaak, Dwight Twilley), 2005 (Diana Krall, Brian Setzer), 2006 (Aimee Mann, Bootsy Collins), 2007 (Smithereens, Darlene Love), 2008 (Weezer, Pretenders), 2009 (Bob Dylan, Los Straitjackets), 2010 (James Brown, Shelby Lynne), 2011 (Killers, Carole King), 2012 (Rod Stewart, Polyphonic Spree), 2013 (Salsoul Orchestra, Nick Lowe), 2014 (Blue Rodeo, Earth Wind & Fire), 2015 (Sharon Jones, Brian Setzer), 2016 (Loretta Lynn, Frankie Valli), 2017 (Gwen Stefani, Beatles), 2018 (Eric Clapton, Old 97's), 2019 (Los Lobos, Ramsey Lewis), and 2020 (Goo Goo Dolls, Buck Owens), 2021 (Amanda Shires, Lucinda Williams), 2022 (Kat Edmonson, Andy Partridge), and 2023 (Cher, Joel Paterson).

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