What's New In 2024?
the best and brightest new Christmas releases
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Christmas is upon us, and this year's list of new releases is still growing! As I write this, most of the new physical releases - vinyl, CD, and cassette - are nestled snug in their racks. But in the digital realm, we'll see many more throughout the season - right up to the big day, in fact. On this page, you'll find a curated list of the year's best and/or most notable Christmas music - which is to say, hardly exhaustive. It includes reissues and compilations, new albums, and singles and tracks, plus my personal Top 10 Albums and Top 25 Singles.
Be aware that I focus on "legacy artists," so I encourage you to visit my festive friends like Mistletunes, Christmas Underground, and Christmas A Go Go who have their fingers on the pulse. In the meantime, what am I missing, fellow Christmas fanatics? Drop me a line... Of course, happy holidays, stay safe, and follow me at Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!
Randy Anthony
This Just In!
- Jean Caffeine / Another Crying Christmas
- Kim Kardashian / Santa Baby
- Gladys Knight featuring Javen / Joy Of Christmas
- Augustana Choir / Christmas Music
- various artists / An Arbor Christmas Volume 25
- Nova Nabi / Chaos Before Christmas
- Blue Wave Theory / Sleigh The Waves
- Victoria Monét / A Jaguar II Christmas: The Orchestral Arrangements
- Pinkerton Raid / Jagged Vacance: Winter Songs By Other People
- Reindeer Tribe / Feliz Navidad
- Soul Shop / In The New Old-Fashioned Way
- Super 8 / Goes Xmas!
- Winterval / Sad Christmas Songs (EP)
- Birdcloud / Cool Christmas
- Tommy Byrne / Christmas Angel
- Final Witness / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Gerhardt / Santa Is No Friend Of Mine
- GloRilla & Kehlani / Xmas Time
- Ella Henderson / Filthy Richmas
- Brian Hyland / A Little Bit Of Christmas Time
- Chaz Kangas / Santa's A Spy
- Anthony Krizan & Paul Nelson / All I Got For Christmas Was The Blues And A Broken Heart
- The Midway / Sick And Tired Of Christmas
- Philly Specials featuring Bon Jovi / Run Rudolph Run
- Ralphie's Red Ryders / Black Bart
Top 10 Albums
As the Carpenters used to say, we've only just begun. But, here's my take on the best Christmas albums of 2024 - though earth-shaking releases could drop at any moment. Still, these were tough choices. As has been the case in recent years, there's been a deluge of good-to-classic album reissues - mostly on vinyl - including fine platters by JD McPherson, Ray Charles, Keb' Mo', Andrew Bird, Mark Lanegan, Kate Bush, Nick Lowe, Joel Paterson, and Fred Schneider. But, as usual, I am less than excited about most of the new stuff, including high-profile albums by Alicia Witt, Clay Aiken, Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Hudson, Steve Perry, Kelly Clarkson, and Little Big Town. Yawn. But, you know, eye of the beholder and all that - so here they are, in alphabetical order by artist.
James Brown / The Complete James Brown Christmas
Compiled in 2010 by Universal's generally laudable Hip-O division, The Complete James Brown Christmas was originally issued on two compact discs, and it culled every single holiday track the Godfather of Soul ever waxed for King Records. This included three albums - James Brown & His Famous Flames Sing Christmas Songs (1966), Soulful Christmas (1968), and Hey America It's Christmas (1970) - plus assorted singles, b-sides, and rarities. This year, it gets reissued on three LP's by boutique vinyl specialist Jackpot Records. Either way, The Complete James Brown Christmas is, in a word, perfection. Another fine vinyl reissue this year is Brenda Lee's A Rockin' Christmas, which compiles her complete Decca Christmas recordings - on pink vinyl! It mirrors her CD compilation, Rockin'
Around The Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings (1999). And then, we also get new collections by the Carpenters, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra - so there's no shortage of ways to spend your excess cash!
Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom / A Peace Of Us
Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Dean Wareham is the founder of the semi-legendary jangle pop band, Galaxie 500, which recorded a trio of influential albums as the alternative rock movement was coalescing. In 1992, Wareham started a new band, Luna, that worked a more chill, sophisticated, even continental vibe - often characterized as dream pop. Singer and bass player Britta Phillips joined in 2000, and the two eventually became a duo - musically and maritally - about the time Luna broke up. Dean & Britta have recorded several Christmas songs over the years in various formats, and all of them are included on A Peace Of Us, the duo's first Christmas album. They've worked before with electronic artist Sonic Boom (aka Pete Kember of
Spacemen 3), and he gets equal billing here. The album includes four previously released tracks and 10 new songs including unusual covers like Dan Berman's "Snow Is Falling In Manhattan," Randy Newman's "Snow," Eddy Arnold's "Christmas Can't Be Far Away," and Merle Haggard's "If We Make It Through December." Get vinyl at Bandcamp and digital at Amazon and around the web.
Ben Folds / Sleigher
Back in the 90's, I viewed Ben Folds and his group, the Ben Folds Five (consisting of just three guys), as a bunch of smartass whippersnappers. Over the ensuing three decades, I've come to see that not only was I wrong, but Ben Folds is a singer, songwriter, and pianist of immense talent across a daunting range of musical styles. He is a smartass, though, and humor is often part of his music - frequently alongside deep pathos. That could be said of his previous holiday singles, "Lonely Christmas Eve" (2000) and "Bizarre Christmas Incident" (2002), and it's all over his first-ever holiday album, Sleigher. It includes a few nifty covers, a couple of dreamy instrumentals, and a goof about artificial intelligence that you only need to hear once. But, it's the four remaining original songs that form the heart of the album. Christmas time finds us "dazed from the last weird trip 'round the sun," and that's when Ben Folds really digs deep. Sleigher is available on CD, vinyl, and digital at Amazon and Bandcamp, while Barnes & Noble has an exclusive red vinyl edition.
Jethro Tull / The Christmas Album: Fresh Snow At Christmas
I'm not the biggest Jethro Tull fan, and I'm definitely not the biggest fan of their 2003 Christmas album. It's got an interesting new song or two, plus new versions of multiple songs from earlier in their career, most notably "A Christmas Song" (1968) and "Ring Out Solstice Bells" (1976). But, their new deluxe treatment of that album is genuinely impressive. Fresh Snow At Christmas is a massive four-disc (plus DVD) reissue including the entire album in both its original mix and a new remix, and then live performances from 2006 and 2008. And, the DVD is pretty much the whole thing all over again, but in high-resolution audio. They've also released a double-LP vinyl edition with just the 2024 remix. In the same vein, Kate Bush has released an illustrated "Polar Edition" of her 2011 album, 50 Words For Snow, a sort of Christmas-adjacent meditation on winter.
Phantom Planet / Maybe You Still Call It Christmas (EP)
At one point, I thought Phantom Planet was going to save the world. Seriously. I was young and stupid, but their mix of classic power pop sensibilities with alternative rock ennui seemed like it could unite us in a meaningful way. I was wrong, and Weezer was better, but I still love Phantom Planet - even if they went largely moribund for the last two decades. Around 2020, however, they came back to life, and in 2023, they gave us "Maybe You Still Call It Christmas," a new digital single that was easily the best holiday song of their career. This year, we get a new EP with last year's poignant title track and three new songs. It was initially released exclusively on 12-inch vinyl in two cool colors and a limited edition of just 500. Later in the season, Phantom Planet released a new version of "Maybe You Still Call It Christmas" with singer Sarah McLachlan, added it to the EP, and released it for download and streaming.
Sunturns / Christmas III
The Sunturns are a self-proclaimed Norwegian super-group featuring members of five bands you haven't heard of - unless you're from Norway, and maybe even if you are. They are, indeed, devoted to making Christmas music, and Christmas III is their (surprise, surprise) third such effort, following the sunny Christmas (2011) and somewhat darker Christmas II (2015). (Both albums were reissued in tandem by their new record company, London-based Fika Recordings.) Broadly speaking, I find their music to be a bit twee and precious, but when they catch a good beat and a fetching melody, the Sunturns can capture my heart. Or, as they say, "That's what you get when you teach a Norwegian how to play guitar." On Christmas III, I'm particularly fond of relative rockers "Crash Course Christmas" and "Back In Town," the mid-tempo "First Winter," the cute but adventurous "Turtle Neck," and the tender ballad "The Day Before The Day." Get vinyl on Bandcamp and digital on Amazon and around the web.
Tower Of Power / It's Christmas
One of those sprawling soul/funk outfits that proliferated in the 1970's, Oakland-based Tower Of Power was responsible for hits like "You're Still A Young Man," "So Very Hard To Go," and their statement of purpose, "What Is Hip." Their horn section was so renowned that they became a cottage industry as session men. Amazingly, the band has persisted all the way to the present day, led by founding member Emilio Castillo. This year's new release, It's Christmas, started off in 2023 as a CD EP (now deleted) sold exclusively through the band's website. This year, it's been expanded into a full album, with four new songs and beefed-up packaging, including CD, colored vinyl, and digital options. It's Christmas consists mostly of traditional holiday standards, and it has a fairly mainstream, if soulful, sound - sometimes veering too far into "smooth jazz" territory for my tastes. There's only one full-blown original song, "It's Christmas (A Long Way From Home)" - a ballad - plus a nod to Hanukkah with a funky take on "Maoz Tzur" (aka "Rock Of Ages"). So, on the whole, I'd give it a solid B-minus - a minor work from a major group, but a must-own for fans of the genre.
The Weeklings / Christmas
The Weeklings are four guys from New Jersey who, quite plainly, love the Beatles. They play both kinds of music: covers of Beatle songs and original songs written in the style of the Beatles. They are also four accomplished musicians with résumés dotted by names like the Electric Light Orchestra, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and (wait for it) Paul McCartney. More to the point, the Weeklings also love Christmas, and they've released four holiday singles over the past few years - songs like "Revolution Wonderland," which recasts "Winter Wonderland" in the style of the Beatles' "Revolution" (with elements of both versions, for you Beatle fanatics). All four are included on the band's first full-length holiday album, simply titled Christmas, along with 12 more tracks; five of those tracks, however, are short interludes, which leaves us with seven new, full, fab songs. Available at Amazon for download or streaming and on compact disc.
various artists / The Very Best Of Hi-Fi Christmas Party
Vandelay Records is an ephemeral power pop label centered around producer and musician Dan Pavelich, a member of the Bradburys and the Click Beetles. The label is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where Pavelich also operates Shabby Road, a recording studio.
Since 1999, Vandelay has released just a dozen or so records, most of them featuring Pavelich. But, four of those records were Christmas compilations including Hi-Fi Christmas Party (2002), Hi-Fi Christmas Party Volume 2 (2006), and Hi-Fi Christmas Party Volume 3 (2010), plus Christmas Without Cancer (2013). All were released only on compact disc, and they featured power pop icons like Lisa Mychols, Dom Mariani, the Spongetones, the Grip Weeds, the Jigsaw Seen, Bill Lloyd, Don Dixon, Marti Jones, Jim Babjak of the Smithereens, and Joey Molland of Badfinger. More recently, Vandelay has partnered with Futureman Records, a more prolific Detroit-based label that releases power pop both old and new. This year, they give us The Very Best Of Hi-Fi Christmas Party, a digital album featuring roughly half of the tracks from the Hi-Fi Christmas Party discs. The three original discs are very good - if occasionally too homemade for my tastes - but if you are disinclined to chase down the CD editions, this new Futureman release is an easy way to catch up. Most of the aforementioned names are represented, and 100% of the proceeds benefit the Versiti Blood Research Institute in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
various artists / 1960's Christmas Classics
Last year, Sony released three whole volumes of 1950's Christmas Classics, clearing well more than a hundred dusty tracks out of their vaults - many of which had never been reissued in the digital age. Sony owns the masters of Columbia, RCA, and their legions of associated labels, so those are some big, deep vaults. This year, we get 1960's Christmas Classics, which I hope is the first of a series. Sony did that last year - released the first volume without calling it the start of a series, then dropped two more volumes later in the season. So far, there's been no word on that, but they did release 1940's Christmas Classics Vol. 1... Anyway, be aware, most of the music in the series to date leans heavily towards what we now call "easy listening," which is hardly my speed. But, there have been some truly "hip" gems amidst the dross, including rare tracks by Barry Richards, the Chambers Brothers, and Bud Logan on 1960's Christmas Classics, and some Raymond Scott tracks on 1940's Christmas Classics. Nearly all of the songs will be new to most listeners. Most of them were, in fact, new to me - and you may have noticed that I'm fairly obsessive about this stuff. Anyway, like last year, these collections are available only for download and streaming, and Sony continues to reissue all sorts of deep catalog titles. There are way too many to mention, but they've restored complete albums by Sammy Kaye,
the Three Suns, Slim Whitman, and Andy Williams, among others (see list below).
Honorary Top 10 Album: Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas Volume IV
I did my best to support this project the last few years as they released the first three volumes, all of them stuffed to the gills with great indie rock holiday music from artists like Swansea Sound, the Pearlfishers, Suzzy Roche, Crocodiles, Helen Love, Shinyribs, Eddi Reader, Sunturns, Lisa Mychols, and the Futureheads. I mean, well over 100 tracks supporting Crisis, a UK charity working to support the homeless - what's not to like? Curator Kevin McGrath said the third volume was supposed to be the last, but - surprise! - we get one more. It came along late in the season, and I didn't want to kick any of my other picks off the list, so I am making it an "honorary" album - if only for its good intentions. This fourth and final (or so he says) volume is the biggest yet, topping out at 65 tracks with artists as notable as the Raveonettes, Whyte Horses, April March, the Hannah Barberas, and TV Smith, former leader of punk icons the Adverts.
Top 25 Singles & Tracks
It's been a busy year on the singles scene! It was tough just choosing 25, but here are my choices for the best newly released singles of 2025 - in alphabetical order by artist.
- The Autumn Defense / Please Come Back To Me (On The Eve Of Christmas)
- Bamboos / Hot Christmas
- Bodywash / Last Christmas
- Bella Brown & The Jealous Lovers / Always Christmas Eve
- A Certain Ratio / Now And Laughter
- The Cords / Favourite Time
- Dawes / Christmas Tree In The Window
- DeRobert & The Half-Truths / Peace On Earth
- Dollyrots / I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
- Ghouls / Will We Even Have A Christmas Time?
- Ginge / Underneath The Table (A Christmas Song)
- Jaimee Harris & Jared Tyler featuring Amy Helm / Light Of The Stable
- Hollyberries / The Girl On Candy Cane Lane
- Linda Lindas / Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
- The Living Pins / Christmas Here To Stay
- Loser Company / Christmas Mourning
- Movieland / I Got This For You (For Christmas)
- Roe / Christmas Once Again
- Rude Girl Revue / Behind Every Santa, There's A Mrs. Claus
- Say She She / Purple Snowflakes
- Slow Salvation / The Ghost Of Last Christmas
- Sofia Talvik / AT Christmas
- Vista Blue / I Don't Know, Margo
- Steven Wilson / December Skies
- Zolas / Anything Can Happen On The Holiest Of Days
Reissues & Compilations
- Matt Andersen / Spirit of Christmas (2010)
- Chet Atkins / Christmas With... (1961)
- Augustana Choir / Christmas Music (1960)
- Band Aid / Do They Know It’s Christmas? (EP) (2024) / CD / vinyl
- Barenaked Ladies / Barenaked For The Holidays (2004) / red & white vinyl / green vinyl
- Baseballs / Good Ol' Christmas (2012)
- Beach Boys / Christmas Album (1964)
- Brook Benton / Beautiful Memories of Christmas (1983)
- Arthur Lynds Bigelow / Christmas Carillon (1955)
- Arthur Lynds Bigelow / Ring! Christmas Bells (1956)
- Andrew Bird / Hark! (2020)
- Kenny Bowers / Little Star Of Bethlehem (And The Toy Box) (1957)
- Boyz II Men / Christmas Interpretations (1993) / digital
- Bright Eyes / Christmas (2002)
- James Brown / The Complete James Brown Christmas (2010)
- Building Rockets / Saves Christmas! (EP)
- Kate Bush / 50 Words For Snow: Polar Edition (2011)
- Mariah Carey / Merry Christmas: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (1994) / zeotrope vinyl / cassette / audiophile
- Sabrina Carpenter / Fruitcake (EP, 2023) / CD / vinyl
- Carpenters / Christmas Once More (2024) / vinyl / gold vinyl / SHM CD
- Ray Charles / The Spirit Of Christmas (1985)
- Cher / Christmas: Exclusive Vinyl (2023)
- Cher / Christmas: Deluxe Edition (2023)
- Chipmunks / Christmas With... Vols. 1 & 2 (2024)
- Christmas In England: Carol Service In A Country Church Album (1957)
- Chuck Wagon Gang / Christmas With... (1965)
- Chuck Wagon Gang / Going Home For Christmas (1970)
- Kelly Clarkson / When Christmas Comes Around... Again (2021)
- Rosemary Clooney / Christmas With... (1978)
- Willie Colón / Asalto Navideño Vol. II (1973)
- Harry Connick Jr. / When My Heart Finds Christmas (1993)
- Ray Conniff / We Wish You A Merry Christmas (1962)
- Crash Test Dummies / Jingle All The Way (2002)
- Bing Crosby / Ultimate Christmas (2024) / gold vinyl / splatter vinyl / red vinyl / digital deluxe edition
- A Christopher Cross Christmas (2007)
- Bobby Darin / The 25th Day of December (1960)
- Darling West / Lights (2023)
- Dennis Day Sings Favorite Christmas Songs (1952)
- Erasure / Snow Globe (2013)
- Everly Brothers / Christmas With... (1962)
- Ella Fitzgerald / Wishes You A Swinging Christmas: Deluxe Edition (2024) / gold vinyl / green vinyl / digital
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong / Wish You A Swinging Holiday (2024) / vinyl
- Ghostface Killah / Killah Christmas (2022) / green vinyl / red vinyl
- Robert Glasper / In December (EP, 2023)
- Good Lovelies / Evergreen (2019)
- Grandma Moses / Christmas With... (1958)
- Amy Grant & Vince Gill / When I Think Of Christmas (2024)
- Ken Griffin / The Organ Plays At Christmas (1955)
- Vince Guaraldi / A Charlie Brown Christmas (picture disc, 1965) / gold vinyl / red vinyl / green vinyl
- Henry Hadaway / Turned On Christmas (1982)
- DJ Harrison / A DJ Harrison Xmas (2010)
- Edwin Hawkins / Christmas Album (1985)
- The Heathen And The Holy / Christmas Glory (2023)
- Bobby Helms / A Bobby Helms Christmas (EP, 2024)
- Holidelic & Everett Bradley / Live At Joe's Pub (2023)
- Human Nature / Christmas Album (2013)
- Infamous Stringdusters / Dust The Halls: An Acoustic Christmas Holiday! (2020)
- Burl Ives / A Holly Jolly Christmas (EP, 2024)
- Mahalia Jackson / Christmas Classics (2024)
- Jamestown Revival / Songs That Sleigh (2022)
- Jethro Tull / The Christmas Album: Fresh Snow At Christmas / vinyl
- Jack Jezzro / Christmas Guitar (2005)
- Judds / Christmas Time (1987)
- Sammy Kaye / Christmas Serenade (1951)
- Keb' Mo' / Moonlight, Mistletoe, And You (2019)
- Toby Keith / Christmas To Christmas (1995)
- Kingston Trio / Winter Thoughts (1960)
- John Klein / A Christmas Sound Spectacular (1959)
- John Klein / Let's Ring The Bells All Around The Christmas Tree (1964)
- Lighthouse Singers / Christmas Carols (1955)
- Mark Lanegan / Dark Mark Does Christmas (2020)
- Laufey / A Very Laufey Holiday (expanded EP, 2023)
- Brenda Lee / A Rockin' Christmas (2024)
- Dick Leibert / The Happy Hits Of Christmas (1963)
- Dick Leibert / Sing And Rejoice! Christmas Carols (1952)
- Sam Levine / Dixieland Christmas (1996)
- Ottmar Liebert / Christmas + Santa Fe (2000)
- Nick Lowe / Quality Street (2013)
- Leonard MacClain / Joy To The World (1956)
- Father Sydney MacEwan / Christmas Carols (1956)
- Michelle Malone & The Hot Toddies / Christmas With... (2022)
- Michelle Malone & The Hot Toddies / Toddie Time (2023)
- Mariners / Christmas 'Round The World (1952)
- Dean Martin / Dino's Christmas (2024) / red vinyl
- Maureen McGovern / Christmas With... (1990)
- Sarah McLachlan / Wintersong (2006)
- JD McPherson / Socks (2018)
- Mitchell Boychoir / Christmas Carols (1950)
- Moe / Season's Greetings (2002)
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Sings Christmas Carols: Expanded Edition (1957)
- New Edition / Christmas All Over the World (1985) / red vinyl
- Olivia Newton-John / Angels In The Snow (2024) / digital
- Oh Hellos / Family Christmas Album Vol. 2 (2023)
- Padre Choristers / Christmas At Mission Santa Barbara (1953)
- Joel Paterson / Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar (2018)
- Point of Grace / A Christmas Story: 25th Anniversary (1999)
- Gregory Porter / Christmas Wish: Deluxe (2023)
- Elvis Presley / From Elvis At Christmas (2024)
- Elvis Presley / Songs For Christmas (2008)
- Bob Ralston / Christmas Hymns & Carols (1966)
- Evgenya Redko / Odė Kalėdoms (2022)
- André Rieu / Merry Christmas (1982)
- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles / Christmas With... (1963)
- Kenny Rogers / Christmas In America (1989)
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Turned On Christmas (1986)
- Fred Schneider & The Superions / Destination Christmas (2010)
- Bobby Sherman / Christmas Album (1970)
- Sia / Everyday Is Christmas (2017)
- Frank Sinatra / Ultimate Christmas (gold vinyl, 2017) / silver vinyl
- Slowey & The Boats / Merry Christmas Vols. 1 & 2 (2020)
- Keely Smith / A Keely Christmas (1960)
- Michael W. Smith / Every Christmas (2023)
- Smoke Fairies / Wild Winter (2014)
- Soul Shop / Christmas Alone With You (2014)
- Phil Spitalny / Christmas Carols By The Hour Of Charm (1951)
- Spotnicks / In Winterland (1966)
- Sufjan Stevens / Silver & Gold: Songs For Christmas Vols. 6-10 (2012)
- Merry Christmas, Baby / Rod Stewart (2012) / blue vinyl
- Lindsey Stirling / Snow Waltz: Deluxe Edition (2022)
- Lindsey Stirling / Warmer In The Winter (2017)
- Barbra Streisand / A Christmas Album (1967) / green vinyl / white vinyl / digital
- Barbra Streisand / Christmas Memories (2001) / pink vinyl / red vinyl
- Donna Summer / Christmas Spirit (1994)
- Three Suns / Christmas Party (1952)
- Three Suns / Sounds Of Christmas (1955)
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra / Christmas in July (2024)
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra / The Lost Christmas Eve (2004)
- Randy Travis / Songs Of The Season (2007)
- University of Redlands Choir / A Christmas Festival (1963)
- Billy Vaughn / Christmas Songs (1978)
- Ventures / In Christmas (1965)
- Kitty Wells / Christmas Day (1962)
- Lew White / Six Of The Best-Known Christmas Carols (1939)
- Slim Whitman / Christmas With... (1980)
- Slim Whitman / I'll Be Home For Christmas (1981)
- Wild Child / Christmas Mixtape Volumes I & II (2024)
- Andy Williams / Christmas Present (1974)
- Hugo Winterhalter / Christmas Magic (1953)
- Michelle Wright / A Wright Christmas And More (2005)
- soundtrack / How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
- soundtrack / The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
- various artists / All Time Christmas Favourites (2024) / red vinyl
- various artists / Beginning To Look Like Christmas (2024)
- various artists / Blues, Blues Christmas Volume 7 (2024)
- various artists / Brah, Humbug! Xmas in NOLA (2022)
- various artists / The Christmas Album (2024)
- various artists / Christmas Classics (2024)
- various artists / Christmas Hits (2024)
- various artists / A Christmas Honky-Tonk: Hillbilly Holiday Hits (2024)
- various artists / A Damaged Christmas Gift For You (2009)
- various artists / Get Ready For A Groovy And Bluesy Christmas (2024)
- various artists / Glad Tidings From Sun Records (2024)
- various artists / Here Comes Santa Claus (1958)
- various artists / Holly Jolly Christmas (2024)
- various artists / It's A Cool, Cool Christmas (2000)
- various artists / Jazz For Christmas (2019)
- various artists / Lost Christmas Classics (2024)
- various artists / Merry Christmas (2024)
- various artists / 1940's Christmas Classics Vol. 1 (2024)
- various artists / 1960's Christmas Classics (2024)
- various artists / Now That’s What I Call Christmas 2024 / special edition / vinyl
- various artists / Punk Goes Christmas (2013)
- various artists / The Reggae Christmas Collection (2024)
- various artists / Soul Christmas (1968)
- various artists / Swing Into A Rockin' Christmas (2023)
- various artists / Very Best Of Hi-Fi Christmas Party (2024)
- various artists / A Wonderful Christmas (2024)
New Albums
- Mindi Abair / I Can't Wait For Christmas
- Ryan Allay / Joy And Wonder
- Arcadian Wild / Happy Golden Days
- Clay Aiken / Christmas Bells Are Ringing
- Allen & Bright / Christmas Vol. 3
- Kalen Allen / Christmas Memories
- Anna Ash, Brian Whelan & Darla Hawn / Christmas Baby One More Time (EP)
- Band Of Other Brothers / This Year At Christmas
- Gabby Barrett / Carols and Candlelight
- Dana Benedict & Dustin Stonebrook / I'll Be Home For A Merry Little Christmas (EP)
- Keiran Berry / Yuletide Tunes
- Nick Bhalla / Saint Nick
- David Bisbal / Todo Es Posible en Navidad
- Forest Blakk / Oh Joy! (It's Christmas Time) (EP)
- Susie Blue & The Lonesome Fellas / Susie's Blue Christmas (expanded) (2022)
- Blue Wave Theory / Sleigh The Waves
- Reno Bo / The Snowsuit
- Boiler Beach / Merry Merry
- Joe Bonamassa / Lonely Christmas Eve
- BoroTone Music / Christmas Anarchy
- BoroTone Music / Holiday Havoc
- Sandra Boynton / Cows And Holly / digital
- Rick Braun / It's Christmas
- Wesley Bright / Christmas Soul (EP)
- Cake In Space / Christmas In Space
- California Snow Story / Christmas Dreams
- Nick Capaldi / 12 Christmas Kisses / CD and vinyl
- Carpenters Legacy / Christmastime With You
- Elizabeth Chan / Shatterproof (EP)
- Chapel Hart / Hartfelt Family Christmas
- Sydnie Christmas / Christmas At Christmas (EP)
- Cleaners From Venus / Winter EP
- Stella Cole / Snow
- Jacob Collier / Three Christmas Songs (EP)
- Combustible Nuts! / Ruin Christmas Songs!
- Combustible Nuts! / You Get Ska For Christmas!
- Comet Gain / Wintertime Ghosts
- Dan + Shay / It's Officially Christmas
- Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom / A Peace Of Us / vinyl
- Die Strömms / Happy Folkin' Holidays
- Dollyrots / A Very Dollyrots Christmas Vol. 2 (EP)
- Dave Douglas / Gifts
- Matt Dusk / Christmas On Cherry Lane (EP)
- Dave Eggar & Quilted Lunchbox / Tidings Of Macabre Joy (EP)
- Nadia Eide / Winter Light
- Brett Eldredge / Merry Christmas (Welcome To The Family) / autographed CD / vinyl / red vinyl
- Kellylee Evans / Winter Song / CD / vinyl
- Falcons Of Haunt, et al. / Trippin' The Yuletide
- Jimmy Fallon / Holiday Seasoning / signed CD / deluxe vinyl / red vinyl
- The Farmer & Adele / Christmas Comes Just Once A Year
- Kris Farrow / Merry Krismas (EP)
- Flake / Feiert Weihnachten / CD / vinyl
- Jack Freeman / The Gift (EP)
- Ben Folds / Sleigher / red vinyl
- Zachary Friederich / Christmastime Is Here (EP)
- Vetle Granås / A Christmas Like This
- Lee Greenwood / Christmas Classics
- Tony Guerrero / The Christmas EP
- Caylee Hammack / Blue Christmas (EP)
- Albert Hammond / Christmas / vinyl
- Walker Hayes / Christmas Vacation (EP)
- Hellbites / Ruins Christmas
- Home Free / Any Kind Of Christmas / vinyl
- Jennifer Hudson / The Gift Of Love / Target exclusive CD
- Eric Hutchinson / Blue Christmas
- Invictus Media Arts / Afro Beat Noir Christmas
- Jessicka / It's Christmas
- Kevin Jonas Sr. / Ready Set Glow (EP)
- Coco Jones / Coco By The Fireplace (EP)
- George Kahn Jazz & Blues Revue / Holiday Soirée / CD / vinyl
- Simone Kopmajer / Home For Christmas
- Lyn Lapid / Winter Wishes (EP)
- Grahame Lesh / A California Christmas (EP) / signed gold vinyl
- Ben Levin / A Holiday Blues Revue
- Little Big Town / The Christmas Record
- G. Love & Special Sauce / Fishing For Christmas
- Romero Lubambo & Pamela Driggs / Christmastime In Rio
- Make Like Monkeys / This Way To Xmas
- Amanda McBroom / Wintersong
- Erin McKeown / F U Too! More Anti-Holiday Songs
- Mike & The Meteors /Surfing With The Snowman
- Victoria Monét / A Jaguar II Christmas: The Orchestral Arrangements
- Megan Moroney / Blue Christmas... Duh (EP)
- Judith Owen / Swings Christmas
- Carly Paoli / Christmas Collection
- Phantom Planet / Maybe You Still Call It Christmas (EP) / vinyl
- Steve Perry / The Season 3 / vinyl
- Richard Peterson Orchestra / Plays Christmas
- Philly Specials / Christmas Party / digital
- Pinkerton Raid / Jagged Vacance: Winter Songs By Other People
- Plumb / It's Christmastime
- William Prince / The Sound of Christmas (EP)
- Laura Pursell / Need A Little Christmas (EP)
- Mason Ramsey / Merry Christmas Baby (EP)
- Reindeer Tribe / Feliz Navidad
- Donald Robinson & artists / Sowing The Spirit Of Christmas
- Gaspard Royant / All The Best For Christmas
- Salem Ilese / 12 Months Of Christmas (EP)
- Lea Salonga / Sounding Joy: The Holiday Album
- Martin Sasse / Swinging Christmas
- Schick Sisters / A Sisters Christmas
- A Tyler Shaw Christmas / vinyl
- Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra / Swingin’ Through The Holidays (EP)
- Rodney Skinner / Christmas Chronicles
- Ashley Slater / Merry Jazzmas!
- Maverick Smith / Christmas (EP)
- Soul Shop / In The New Old-Fashioned Way
- Jordin Sparks / Joy (EP)
- Zachary Stevenson / A Holly Jolly Christmas
- Lindsey Stirling / Home For The Holidays (DVD)
- Ruben Studdard / My Favorite Holiday (EP)
- Sunturns / Christmas III / vinyl
- Super 8 / Goes Xmas!
- MaRynn Taylor / Christmas Is (EP)
- Thalia / Navidad Melancólica / red vinyl
- Lizzie Thomas / This Christmas (EP)
- Mickey Thomas / A Classic Christmas
- Tower Of Power / It's Christmas / vinyl / digital
- Track Dogs / A Christmas Card (EP)
- Unthanks / In Winter
- Valerie June / Gifts, Presents, And Treats (EP)
- Lola Violet / Magic In The Season
- Vista Blue / We Don't Know, Margo (EP)
- Jessica Vosk / Sleigh
- Weeklings / Christmas / CD
- Koe Wetzel / Wetzel's Wonderland Chapter 2 (EP)
- J. White / A J. White Christmas
- Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O / Tree Jazz: The Shape Of Christmas To Come
- CeCe Winans / Joyful, Joyful: A Christmas Album
- Winterval / Sad Christmas Songs (EP)
- Alicia Witt / I Think I'm Spending Christmas with You
- Wizards Of Winter / Live
- David Woodard / Around The Power Pop Tree
- Yächtley Crëw / It's Christmas Time / CD
- YungBart / Holiday Season / vinyl
- Emily Zeck / Coastal Country Christmas (EP)
- Jess Zimmerman Band / A Very Merry Christmas / CD
- various artists / Alice Cooper's A Taste Of Christmas Pudding 2024
- various artists / An Arbor Christmas Volume 25
- various artists / Bleu Reine presents La Compile de Noël 4
- various artists / A Brasilian Christmas
- various artists / Growin' Up Holiday (EP)
- various artists / Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas Volume IV
- various artists/ HBM Presents: Sleigh The Holidays Volume One
- various artists / Hit The North Pole: A Festive Charity Compilation For The Palestine Children's Relief Fund
- various artists / Mark Murtha's Christmas Party In Kansas City / CD
- various artists / Melancholy Mistletoe: Warner Music Nashville Holiday Vol. 2
- various artists / R#XMS Vol. 2
- various artists / Season For A Smile Vol. 2
- various artists / Very Best Of Hi-Fi Christmas Party
- various artists / We Wish You A Merry Gothmas / vinyl
Singles & Tracks
- ABBA / Happy New Year (1980)
- ABBA / Little Things (2021)
- Trace Adkins / Naughty List
- Herb Alpert / White Christmas
- Mark Ambor / Run Rudolph Run
- Annihilators / Silver Bells
- Nicole Atkins & Teddy Morgan / The Sweetest Season
- Autumn Defense / Please Come Back To Me (On The Eve Of Christmas)
- Back Porchestra & The Christmas Jug Band / Holiday From The Holiday
- Bamboos / Hot Christmas
- Bat For Lashes / Christmas Day
- Chris Batten & The Woods / Christmas (Here With You)
- Beach Boys/ Little Saint Nick (1963)
- Chuck Berry / Run Rudolph Run (1958)
- Keiran Berry / We're Bringin' Back Christmas
- Nick Bhalla / Christmastime Is Here
- Birdcloud / Cool Christmas (2012)
- Stephen Bishop / In The Limelight (1974)
- David Blaize / This Christmas
- Mary J. Blige / Christmas Without You
- Susie Blue & The Lonesome Fellas / Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me (2022)
- Blues Magoos / Jingle Bells (1967)
- Bodywash / Last Christmas
- Boneshakers / All I Want For Christmas
- Bossa Nova Beatniks / Light A Fire Tonight (It's Christmas)
- Boy Detective / I Renounce Verdukianism!
- Bella Brown & The Jealous Lovers / Always Christmas Eve
- April Brucker / Merry Christmas (I’m So Glad I Didn't Marry You!)
- Jordana Bryant / Home for Christmas
- Michael Bublé / Maybe This Christmas
- Michael Bublé & Carly Pearce / Maybe This Christmas
- Michael Bublé & Carlos Rivera / Maybe This Christmas
- BumbleWasps / Don't Fuck With Christmas
- Molly Burch / It's Christmas Time (Again)
- Tommy Byrne / Christmas Angel
- Trey Calloway / Christmas With You
- Mariah Carey / All I Want For Christmas Is You
- Eric Carmen / Brand New Year (alternate mix, 2013)
- Kylie Cantrall / Red Christmas
- A Certain Ratio / Now And Laughter
- Elizabeth Chan / Jingle Bells
- Elizabeth Chan / Mary, Did You Know
- Elizabeth Chan / A (Metal) Christmas Song
- Tom X. Chao / It's Too Early To Celebrate Christmas
- Cher & Kelly Clarkson / DJ Play A Christmas Song
- Chapel Hart / Come On Santa (Ready For Christmas Now)
- Simon Chesterfield / Last Train To Christmas
- Chicago / Let It Snow (live)
- City Cycles / Santa's Magic
- Kelly Clarkson / You For Christmas
- JD Clayton / Your Favorite Christmas Song
- Taylor Curtis & Matt Richardson / Raining On Christmas Eve
- Nat King Cole / Christmas Song (1946)
- The Cords / Favourite Time
- Corners Of Sanctuary / Christmas Fairytale
- Crash Adams / Good All Year
- Damnwells / Xmas Eve
- Kai Danzberg / A Lonely Christmas Night
- Dasha / Driving Home For Christmas
- David J / Christmases When You Were Mine
- Dawes / Christmas Tree In The Window
- DeRobert & The Half-Truths / Peace On Earth
- Madi Diaz / Kid On Christmas
- Dollyrots / I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
- Don't Call Me Ishmael / One More Sleep 'til Christmas
- Doro / Rock 'n' Roll X-mas Party
- Dovile And The Moonbacks / This Side Of Xmas
- Errol Dunkley / Blue Christmas
- El Vez & The Centuries / Christmas Time Again
- El Vez / Little Drummer Boy (2002)
- El Vez / The Dreydel Song (2002)
- El Vez / La Piñata (2002)
- El Vez / En El Barrio At Christmas Time (2002)
- El Vez / I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (2002)
- Brett Eldredge / Season Of Lights And Wonder
- Brett Eldredge featuring Kelly Clarkson / Sweet December
- Brett Eldredge featuring Idarose / Who Will You Be Kissing on New Year's Eve?
- Emmaline / 'Zat You, Santa Claus?
- Sara Evans / Children Go
- Evening Shades / Last Christmas
- Evergreen Terrace / Jail On Christmas
- Final Witness / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Ella Fitzgerald / Sleigh Ride (1960)
- Ian Flanigan / Blue Christmas
- Belle Frantz / If We Make It Through December
- Freedom Fry / My Evergreen
- Steve Forbert / In The Bleak Midwinter (1988)
- Gastr Del Sol / The Bells Of St. Mary's (1996)
- Gerhardt / Santa Is No Friend Of Mine
- Ghouls / Will We Even Have A Christmas Time?
- Billy F. Gibbons / Jingle Bell Blues (2021)
- Madisyn Gifford / Merry Christmas, Go Away
- Ginge / Underneath The Table (A Christmas Song)
- Girl Named Tom / Tonight Is Christmas Eve
- GloRilla & Kehlani / Xmas Time
- Andrew Gold / Thank You For Being A Friend (Christmas mix) (1978)
- Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra / Let It Snow / vinyl
- Ariana Grande / Santa Tell Me (2014)
- The Grapes & Friends / Christmas In June
- Grapes Of Grain / Christmas Grapes
- Conan Gray / Holidays
- The Great Kat / O Tannenbaum
- Riley Green / Christmas To Me
- Tom Grennan / It Can't Be Christmas
- Griff and Michele / Christmas Smile
- Josh Groban & The War And Treaty / Do You Hear What I Hear?
- August Hall with Léanie Kaleido / Christmas Ends Too Soon
- Hans / Camp As Christmas
- Soren Hansen / Christmas Time
- Jackson Harden / Christmas Eve Can Kill You
- Jaimee Harris & Jared Tyler with Amy Helm / Light Of The Stable
- Mayer Hawthorne / Merry Christmas Party!
- Head East / Hey Santa Claus
- Head East / Please, Please, Please, Please, Please
- Head East / Zat You, Santa Claus?
- Coleman Hell / Grandma's House
- Ella Henderson / Filthy Richmas
- Jennifer Love Hewitt / Christmas Magic
- Holiday Crowd / Winterland
- Hollyberries / The Girl On Candy Cane Lane
- Hot & Sassy / Christmas Strutt (1980)
- Kate Hudson / Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Sierra Hull / The First Snowfall
- Alis Huws / River
- Andrew Hyatt / Little Things
- Andrew Hyatt / Boxing Day
- Brian Hyland / A Little Bit Of Christmas Time (2023)
- Burl Ives / A Holly Jolly Christmas (1964)
- Bill Janovitz/ Christmas Eve
- Jingle Punx / All I Want For Christmas Is You
- Paige King Johnson / Boots Under My Tree
- Kaya Jones / Wrap Me For Christmas
- Barb Jungr / Hallelujah
- Chaz Kangas / Santa's A Spy
- Kap Bambino / Red Water (Christmas Mourning)
- Kim Kardashian / Santa Baby
- Diane Keaton / First Christmas
- Kesha / Holiday Road
- Kestrels / Last Christmas
- Kibble / Head Like A Holy Night
- Curtis King, Jr. / Christmas From The Heart
- Randall King / I'll Be Home For Christmas
- King Hannah / Blue Christmas
- Gladys Knight featuring Javen / Joy Of Christmas
- Diana Krall / The Man With The Bag (2001)
- Billy J. Kramer / Christmas Kinda Feeling
- Krayolas / Giddy Up Santa
- Anthony Krizan & Paul Nelson / All I Got For Christmas Was The Blues And A Broken Heart
- Lady Gaga / Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Laibach & Silence / White Christmas
- Laufey / Christmas Magic / vinyl
- Laufey / The Christmas Waltz (2023)
- Laufey / Winter Wonderland (2023)
- Le Flex / This Christmas Time
- Brenda Lee / Noche Buena Y Navidad
- Brenda Lee / Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (1958)
- Les Pommes De Lune / La Révolution De Lutins
- Linda Lindas / Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
- Living Pins / Christmas Here To Stay
- John Lodge featuring Jon Davison / Love Will Conquer All
- Los Bitchos / Los Chrismos (2022)
- Loser Company / Christmas Mourning
- Seth MacFarlane & Liz Gillies / White Christmas
- Mangled Carpenter / I Saw Three Ships (2022)
- Steve Marriott / Run Rudolph Run (1976)
- Sandy Martin / Christmas Time Cookies
- Slim Martin/ Mele Kalikimaka (circa 1960)
- Roger McGuinn / Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring
- Joey McIntyre & Shoshana Bean / Brand New Christmas
- Erin McKeown / Kamala Ye Faithful
- Sarah McLachlan / Find Your Voice
- Punky Meadows / Wrap Me Up / compact disc
- Jaden Michaels / Sugar High
- Miel San Marcos / Emanuel
- The Midway / Sick And Tired Of Christmas (2022)
- Modern Talking / It's Christmas (1987)
- Ricky Montgomery with Noah Floersch / This December
- Mary Moore / Santa Baby
- Mother Mother / Silent Night
- Movieland / I Got This For You (For Christmas)
- Nahscha / Rockin' Around The Pole Again (from "Mean Girls")
- Nation Of Language / Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
- Sara Noelle / Little Dove
- Nova Nabi / Chaos Before Christmas
- Om featuring Ryan Hanson / We Three Kings
- Orebolo / Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
- Angelo Outlaw / The Christmas Song
- Parker Woodland / Holidays In Austin
- Zacchae'us Paul / Christmas Time Is Here
- Pentatonix / Meet Me Next Christmas
- Phantom Planet with Sarah McLachlan / Maybe You Still Call It Christmas
- Philly Specials & Bon Jovi / Run Rudolph Run
- Philly Specials, Boyz II Men & Travis Kelce / It’s Christmas Time (In Cleveland Heights)
- Philly Specials & Mt. Joy / Santa Drives An Astrovan
- Philly Specials, Stevie Nicks & Jason Kelce / Maybe This Christmas
- Makenzie Phipps / O Holy Night
- Ava Della Pietra / Reindeer Rebellion
- Pinemoon / Christmas Together
- Pleasure Systems/ Merry Christmas
- Connor Price / Gift And A Curse
- Sean Prince / How Sean P Stole Christmas (2012)
- Laura Pursell / Three Miles From Christmas Eve
- Charlie Puth / December 25th
- Qualities featuring Sun Ra / It's Christmas Time (1961)
- Kat Quinn / Santa's Makin' Moves
- Ralphie's Red Ryders / Black Bart
- Rebekkah The Band / Christmas Must Be Tonight
- Ella Reid / That's A Holiday
- John C. Reilly / It's Christmas Today
- Reverse Pathogen / Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
- Charly Reynolds / A Little Christmas
- Max Richter / River
- Owen Rivera / I Fall In Love With Christmas
- Roamers / Broke For Christmas
- Eric Roberson / The Greatest Gift
- Eric Roberson / Santa Claus Is Coming
- Rock For Children / My Christmas List
- Roe / Christmas Once Again
- Jillian Rossi / Ms. Claus
- Gaspard Royant & Aurélie Saada / Wishing You A Merry Christmas
- Rude Girl Revue / Behind Every Santa, There's A Mrs. Claus vinyl
- Ruelle / Christmas Waltz
- Ruelle / Little Drummer Boy
- Brett Ryder / Countdown To Christmas
- Saint West / The Man You Wanted (This Christmas)
- Saweetie / Dear Big Santa
- Say She She / Purple Snowflakes / vinyl
- Calum Scott & Christina Perri / Kid At Christmas
- Hillary Scott featuring Eisele Kaye / Hard To Wait For Christmas
- Vân Scott / Christmas Letter (What I Could Write)
- Sea Cadets / Every Single Bauble
- Doug Seegers & Linda Varg Run Run Rudolph
- Shandy featuring Don Powell from Slade / Christmas Time (2023)
- Ed Sheeran / Under The Tree
- Blake Shelton / Go Tell It On The Mountain
- Bobby Sherman / Jingle Bell Rock
- Showaddywaddy / Hey, Mister Christmas (1974)
- Frank Sinatra / Silent Night (1957)
- Sixpence None The Richer / I Believe In Father Christmas
- Freya Skye / Winter Dream
- Slow Salvation / The Ghost Of Last Christmas
- Cameron Smith / By Next Christmas
- Margo Smith / We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1983)
- Smithfield / Hey Rudolph
- Jordin Sparks / S-N-O-W
- Louisa Stancioff / Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Louisa Stancioff / Last Christmas
- Staves / Sitting By The Fire
- Stevie Bill / Winter Is The Best Season For Biking
- Curtis Stigers / Lighten Up (It's Christmas)
- Bartees Strange / Xmas
- Amy Stroup / Kindess Of All Kinds
- Surfrajettes / Marshmallow March (2022)
- Swansea Sound / (I Wanna Wear A) MIrrored Hat Like Slade
- T. Rex / Xmas Riff-Born To Boogie (1972)
- Sofia Talvik / AT Christmas
- Thee Holy Brothers / The Holy In Everything
- Toddy / Hold On Holly (I Want Your Mom)
- Tokio Hotel / Your Christmas (2023)
- Toyah / I Believe In Father Christmas (1982)
- Tucka / This Year For Christmas
- V & Bing Brosby / White Christmas / zeoptrope / CD
- Walk Off The Earth / Santa Pick Up The Phone
- Otis Walker Band / Christmas In The South
- Otis Walker Band / Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'
- Ricky Warwick & Joe Elliott / All I Want For Christmas... Is Christmas!
- Waterfront / Last Christmas
- John Waters / Jingle Bells / vinyl
- Mike Watt & the Bobblymen / Surfin' With The Claus (2023)
- West Rose / Wrap It Up
- River Westin / Another Christmas Crying
- Wham / Last Christmas (limited edition, 1984) / black vinyl / white vinyl / zeotrope vinyl / CD single
- Whatitdo Archive Group / Wild Man
- Steven Wilson / December Skies
- Winten / Holidays
- Artimus Wolz & Brooksofyork / Bitch Ass Santa
- Artimus Wolz & Brooksofyork / Death For Christmas
- Young Jesus / Christmas Day
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Winterlong (1969)
- Zolas / Anything Can Happen On The Holiest Of Days
- Mitch Zorn & Dawson Gray / Please Come Home For Christmas
- various artists / Snowflake Christmas Singles (set of four)
Previous 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).