SotD: It's Love, It's Christmas, Bill Evans
youtu.be/7OkeRC2ZlMk?...
Bill Scott singing a chirstmas carol, words and music by Bill Evans. From a compilation put together by his son, Bill Evans-Very Early Volume 1. It almost works!
youtu.be/7OkeRC2ZlMk?...
Bill Scott singing a chirstmas carol, words and music by Bill Evans. From a compilation put together by his son, Bill Evans-Very Early Volume 1. It almost works!
It's Love, It's Christmas
YouTube video by Bill Evans - Topic
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
SotD: It's Love, It's Christmas, Bill Evans
youtu.be/7OkeRC2ZlMk?...
Bill Scott singing a chirstmas carol, words and music by Bill Evans. From a compilation put together by his son, Bill Evans-Very Early Volume 1. It almost works!
youtu.be/7OkeRC2ZlMk?...
Bill Scott singing a chirstmas carol, words and music by Bill Evans. From a compilation put together by his son, Bill Evans-Very Early Volume 1. It almost works!
SotD: The Christmas Song, Jimmy McGriff
youtu.be/7EoP8moCvfM?...
Not sure how or when this was released. It's not on the original 63, Christmas with McGriff. Maybe it was part of some reissue. Whatever, this rhumbaesque take is my current favorite version.
youtu.be/7EoP8moCvfM?...
Not sure how or when this was released. It's not on the original 63, Christmas with McGriff. Maybe it was part of some reissue. Whatever, this rhumbaesque take is my current favorite version.
Jimmy McGriff - The Christmas Song
YouTube video by DumbleAmps
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
SotD: The Christmas Song, Jimmy McGriff
youtu.be/7EoP8moCvfM?...
Not sure how or when this was released. It's not on the original 63, Christmas with McGriff. Maybe it was part of some reissue. Whatever, this rhumbaesque take is my current favorite version.
youtu.be/7EoP8moCvfM?...
Not sure how or when this was released. It's not on the original 63, Christmas with McGriff. Maybe it was part of some reissue. Whatever, this rhumbaesque take is my current favorite version.
Gabrielle Aplin - Just Like Christmas (Low Cover)
YouTube video by Gabrielle Aplin
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
SotD: Halsway Carol, The Furrow Collective
thefurrowcollective.bandcamp.com/track/halswa...
From their 2022 EP, The Longest Night. Happy solstice!
thefurrowcollective.bandcamp.com/track/halswa...
From their 2022 EP, The Longest Night. Happy solstice!
Halsway Carol, by The Furrow Collective
from the album The Longest Night
thefurrowcollective.bandcamp.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
SotD: Halsway Carol, The Furrow Collective
thefurrowcollective.bandcamp.com/track/halswa...
From their 2022 EP, The Longest Night. Happy solstice!
thefurrowcollective.bandcamp.com/track/halswa...
From their 2022 EP, The Longest Night. Happy solstice!
SotD: Cats in the Christmas Tree, Melissa Carper
youtu.be/Te3I5ynJJmA?...
From her new album, A Very Carper Christmas. C&W bossa nova. I like the whole vibe of flat, festive resignation that Carper creates here.
youtu.be/Te3I5ynJJmA?...
From her new album, A Very Carper Christmas. C&W bossa nova. I like the whole vibe of flat, festive resignation that Carper creates here.
Cats in the Christmas Tree
YouTube video by Melissa Carper - Topic
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
SotD: Cats in the Christmas Tree, Melissa Carper
youtu.be/Te3I5ynJJmA?...
From her new album, A Very Carper Christmas. C&W bossa nova. I like the whole vibe of flat, festive resignation that Carper creates here.
youtu.be/Te3I5ynJJmA?...
From her new album, A Very Carper Christmas. C&W bossa nova. I like the whole vibe of flat, festive resignation that Carper creates here.
SotD: Merry Christmas Loopy Lu, The Kaisers
youtu.be/qNJ7J42Bn4o?...
A terrific beatlesque/merseybeat christmas pastiche from the scottish retro popsters. Originally released in 1996, though I think it's been reissued several times since.
youtu.be/qNJ7J42Bn4o?...
A terrific beatlesque/merseybeat christmas pastiche from the scottish retro popsters. Originally released in 1996, though I think it's been reissued several times since.
Merry Christmas Loopy Lu-THE KAISERS
YouTube video by beatandpop
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
SotD: Merry Christmas Loopy Lu, The Kaisers
youtu.be/qNJ7J42Bn4o?...
A terrific beatlesque/merseybeat christmas pastiche from the scottish retro popsters. Originally released in 1996, though I think it's been reissued several times since.
youtu.be/qNJ7J42Bn4o?...
A terrific beatlesque/merseybeat christmas pastiche from the scottish retro popsters. Originally released in 1996, though I think it's been reissued several times since.
SotD: Super Sunny Christmas, Redd Kross
youtu.be/KM4IWH9_r-8?...
From 1991, Redd Kross celebrates christmas in the southern hemisphere, though it looks like this all fits with the forecast for our christmas here this year!
youtu.be/KM4IWH9_r-8?...
From 1991, Redd Kross celebrates christmas in the southern hemisphere, though it looks like this all fits with the forecast for our christmas here this year!
Super Sunny Christmas - Redd Kross
YouTube video by otonoami
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
SotD: Super Sunny Christmas, Redd Kross
youtu.be/KM4IWH9_r-8?...
From 1991, Redd Kross celebrates christmas in the southern hemisphere, though it looks like this all fits with the forecast for our christmas here this year!
youtu.be/KM4IWH9_r-8?...
From 1991, Redd Kross celebrates christmas in the southern hemisphere, though it looks like this all fits with the forecast for our christmas here this year!
SotD: Boxcars, Joe Ely
youtu.be/1AsJ13Q-94k?...
As great as the live versions are, this studio track from 1978's Honky Tonk Masquerade remains my all time favorite take on this terrific Butch Hancock song.
youtu.be/1AsJ13Q-94k?...
As great as the live versions are, this studio track from 1978's Honky Tonk Masquerade remains my all time favorite take on this terrific Butch Hancock song.
Boxcars
YouTube video by Joe Ely - Topic
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
SotD: Boxcars, Joe Ely
youtu.be/1AsJ13Q-94k?...
As great as the live versions are, this studio track from 1978's Honky Tonk Masquerade remains my all time favorite take on this terrific Butch Hancock song.
youtu.be/1AsJ13Q-94k?...
As great as the live versions are, this studio track from 1978's Honky Tonk Masquerade remains my all time favorite take on this terrific Butch Hancock song.
SotD:Bhagavan Decreed, The Flatlanders
theflatlanders.bandcamp.com/track/bhagav...
Joe Ely was in one of my all-time favorite bands, The Flatlanders. It's a tangled story, but they made a bunch of recordings in 1972 for a debut...
theflatlanders.bandcamp.com/track/bhagav...
Joe Ely was in one of my all-time favorite bands, The Flatlanders. It's a tangled story, but they made a bunch of recordings in 1972 for a debut...
Bhagavan Decreed, by The Flatlanders
from the album The Odessa Tapes
theflatlanders.bandcamp.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SotD:Bhagavan Decreed, The Flatlanders
theflatlanders.bandcamp.com/track/bhagav...
Joe Ely was in one of my all-time favorite bands, The Flatlanders. It's a tangled story, but they made a bunch of recordings in 1972 for a debut...
theflatlanders.bandcamp.com/track/bhagav...
Joe Ely was in one of my all-time favorite bands, The Flatlanders. It's a tangled story, but they made a bunch of recordings in 1972 for a debut...
SotD: Dallas From a DC-9 At Night, Joe Ely
youtu.be/M30z7xsiGHc?...
Video of a live performance in Lubbock on 5/11/80. In addition to Ely, that's Jesse Taylor/guitar, LLoyd Maines (Natalie’s dad)/ pedal steel, Ponty Bone/accordion, and I don't know who the drum and bass players are.
youtu.be/M30z7xsiGHc?...
Video of a live performance in Lubbock on 5/11/80. In addition to Ely, that's Jesse Taylor/guitar, LLoyd Maines (Natalie’s dad)/ pedal steel, Ponty Bone/accordion, and I don't know who the drum and bass players are.
Joe Ely Dallas from a DC-9 at Night
YouTube video by oglepro
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 4:31 AM
SotD: Dallas From a DC-9 At Night, Joe Ely
youtu.be/M30z7xsiGHc?...
Video of a live performance in Lubbock on 5/11/80. In addition to Ely, that's Jesse Taylor/guitar, LLoyd Maines (Natalie’s dad)/ pedal steel, Ponty Bone/accordion, and I don't know who the drum and bass players are.
youtu.be/M30z7xsiGHc?...
Video of a live performance in Lubbock on 5/11/80. In addition to Ely, that's Jesse Taylor/guitar, LLoyd Maines (Natalie’s dad)/ pedal steel, Ponty Bone/accordion, and I don't know who the drum and bass players are.
SotD: Better Rooms, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
youtu.be/x3ow0w5Tfio?...
Hadn't thought about them in ages, but I really like a lot of stuff by these Welsh oddball popsters. From their 1997 album, Barafundle. "There's better foods in better feasts and better kings in better lands."
youtu.be/x3ow0w5Tfio?...
Hadn't thought about them in ages, but I really like a lot of stuff by these Welsh oddball popsters. From their 1997 album, Barafundle. "There's better foods in better feasts and better kings in better lands."
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Better Rooms...
YouTube video by Eric Pember
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
SotD: Better Rooms, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
youtu.be/x3ow0w5Tfio?...
Hadn't thought about them in ages, but I really like a lot of stuff by these Welsh oddball popsters. From their 1997 album, Barafundle. "There's better foods in better feasts and better kings in better lands."
youtu.be/x3ow0w5Tfio?...
Hadn't thought about them in ages, but I really like a lot of stuff by these Welsh oddball popsters. From their 1997 album, Barafundle. "There's better foods in better feasts and better kings in better lands."
SotD: II. Yellow, Jim McNeely, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Bigband
youtu.be/BEoEGm1Tc5A?...
From the album released last April, Primal Colors. McNeely was a jazz pianist, composer, arranger who died this September. Really love the orchestrations.
youtu.be/BEoEGm1Tc5A?...
From the album released last April, Primal Colors. McNeely was a jazz pianist, composer, arranger who died this September. Really love the orchestrations.
II. Yellow
YouTube video by Jim McNeely - Topic
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
SotD: II. Yellow, Jim McNeely, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Bigband
youtu.be/BEoEGm1Tc5A?...
From the album released last April, Primal Colors. McNeely was a jazz pianist, composer, arranger who died this September. Really love the orchestrations.
youtu.be/BEoEGm1Tc5A?...
From the album released last April, Primal Colors. McNeely was a jazz pianist, composer, arranger who died this September. Really love the orchestrations.
SotD: Hymn for John Lee Hooker, Amina Claudine Myers
youtu.be/ApmwpOvmBjo?...
A lovely piece for solo piano from the 83-year-old jazz pianist's recent album, Solace of the Mind.
youtu.be/ApmwpOvmBjo?...
A lovely piece for solo piano from the 83-year-old jazz pianist's recent album, Solace of the Mind.
Hymn for John Lee Hooker
YouTube video by Amina Claudine Myers - Topic
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
SotD: Hymn for John Lee Hooker, Amina Claudine Myers
youtu.be/ApmwpOvmBjo?...
A lovely piece for solo piano from the 83-year-old jazz pianist's recent album, Solace of the Mind.
youtu.be/ApmwpOvmBjo?...
A lovely piece for solo piano from the 83-year-old jazz pianist's recent album, Solace of the Mind.
SotD: Dance The Night Away, The Mavericks
youtu.be/-UajuBAUkBs?...
From 1998, a goofy video of an early hit. This song is so great.
RIP Raul Malo
youtu.be/-UajuBAUkBs?...
From 1998, a goofy video of an early hit. This song is so great.
RIP Raul Malo
The Mavericks - Dance The Night Away
YouTube video by TheMavericksVEVO
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
SotD: Dance The Night Away, The Mavericks
youtu.be/-UajuBAUkBs?...
From 1998, a goofy video of an early hit. This song is so great.
RIP Raul Malo
youtu.be/-UajuBAUkBs?...
From 1998, a goofy video of an early hit. This song is so great.
RIP Raul Malo
SotD: Valdez In The Country, George Benson
youtu.be/tHayeYDI5Uc?...
From Benson's 1977 album, In Flight. Phil Upchurch is playing bass on this cover of a Donny Hathaway original.
youtu.be/tHayeYDI5Uc?...
From Benson's 1977 album, In Flight. Phil Upchurch is playing bass on this cover of a Donny Hathaway original.
GEORGE BENSON Valdez In The Country
YouTube video by Nova Mur
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
SotD: Valdez In The Country, George Benson
youtu.be/tHayeYDI5Uc?...
From Benson's 1977 album, In Flight. Phil Upchurch is playing bass on this cover of a Donny Hathaway original.
youtu.be/tHayeYDI5Uc?...
From Benson's 1977 album, In Flight. Phil Upchurch is playing bass on this cover of a Donny Hathaway original.
SotD: Freedom Highway, The Staple Singers
youtu.be/V99Eu3dWjO8?...
Upchurch was the bass player on the Staples iconic 1965 live album.
RIP Phil Upchurch
youtu.be/V99Eu3dWjO8?...
Upchurch was the bass player on the Staples iconic 1965 live album.
RIP Phil Upchurch
Freedom Highway
YouTube video by The Staple Singers - Topic
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
SotD: Freedom Highway, The Staple Singers
youtu.be/V99Eu3dWjO8?...
Upchurch was the bass player on the Staples iconic 1965 live album.
RIP Phil Upchurch
youtu.be/V99Eu3dWjO8?...
Upchurch was the bass player on the Staples iconic 1965 live album.
RIP Phil Upchurch
SotD: Water, Steve Cropper, Pop Staples, Albert King
youtu.be/UmYZqfKVP28?...
From their 1969 album, Jammed Together. One of the few, maybe the only, tracks I've come across where Cropper is singing lead vocals. Cropper wrote this with Eddie Floyd.
youtu.be/UmYZqfKVP28?...
From their 1969 album, Jammed Together. One of the few, maybe the only, tracks I've come across where Cropper is singing lead vocals. Cropper wrote this with Eddie Floyd.
Steve Cropper, Pop Staples, & Albert King - Water
YouTube video by Alexis L.
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
SotD: Water, Steve Cropper, Pop Staples, Albert King
youtu.be/UmYZqfKVP28?...
From their 1969 album, Jammed Together. One of the few, maybe the only, tracks I've come across where Cropper is singing lead vocals. Cropper wrote this with Eddie Floyd.
youtu.be/UmYZqfKVP28?...
From their 1969 album, Jammed Together. One of the few, maybe the only, tracks I've come across where Cropper is singing lead vocals. Cropper wrote this with Eddie Floyd.
SotD: Check Out Your Mind, Jazz Soul Seven
youtu.be/COXYiilEIH4?...
I probably listened to Phil Upchurch as much as Steve Cropper growing up, I just didn't know about him until much later. A guitar/bass session musician, also a composer, arranger and producer.
RIP Phil Upchurch
youtu.be/COXYiilEIH4?...
I probably listened to Phil Upchurch as much as Steve Cropper growing up, I just didn't know about him until much later. A guitar/bass session musician, also a composer, arranger and producer.
RIP Phil Upchurch
Check out Your Mind
YouTube video by Jazz Soul Seven - Topic
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
SotD: Check Out Your Mind, Jazz Soul Seven
youtu.be/COXYiilEIH4?...
I probably listened to Phil Upchurch as much as Steve Cropper growing up, I just didn't know about him until much later. A guitar/bass session musician, also a composer, arranger and producer.
RIP Phil Upchurch
youtu.be/COXYiilEIH4?...
I probably listened to Phil Upchurch as much as Steve Cropper growing up, I just didn't know about him until much later. A guitar/bass session musician, also a composer, arranger and producer.
RIP Phil Upchurch
SotD: Merry Christmas Baby, Booker T and the MG's
youtu.be/nORscq51EVs?...
Been listening to Steve Cropper play guitar for as long as I can remember. His parts were often perfect, he had a knack for crafting just the right passage. Also a great producer, arranger, and songwriter.
RIP Steve Cropper
youtu.be/nORscq51EVs?...
Been listening to Steve Cropper play guitar for as long as I can remember. His parts were often perfect, he had a knack for crafting just the right passage. Also a great producer, arranger, and songwriter.
RIP Steve Cropper
Merry Christmas Baby
YouTube video by Booker T. & the M.G.’s - Topic
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
SotD: Merry Christmas Baby, Booker T and the MG's
youtu.be/nORscq51EVs?...
Been listening to Steve Cropper play guitar for as long as I can remember. His parts were often perfect, he had a knack for crafting just the right passage. Also a great producer, arranger, and songwriter.
RIP Steve Cropper
youtu.be/nORscq51EVs?...
Been listening to Steve Cropper play guitar for as long as I can remember. His parts were often perfect, he had a knack for crafting just the right passage. Also a great producer, arranger, and songwriter.
RIP Steve Cropper
SotD: All Love Must Die, Marissa Nadler
freemusicarchive.org/music/Mariss...
From WFMU's Free Music Archive, a live, in studio, recording from 2011. I don't know much about Nadler, though she's been around for a while, but i heard this song recently and thought it was terrific.
freemusicarchive.org/music/Mariss...
From WFMU's Free Music Archive, a live, in studio, recording from 2011. I don't know much about Nadler, though she's been around for a while, but i heard this song recently and thought it was terrific.
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
SotD: All Love Must Die, Marissa Nadler
freemusicarchive.org/music/Mariss...
From WFMU's Free Music Archive, a live, in studio, recording from 2011. I don't know much about Nadler, though she's been around for a while, but i heard this song recently and thought it was terrific.
freemusicarchive.org/music/Mariss...
From WFMU's Free Music Archive, a live, in studio, recording from 2011. I don't know much about Nadler, though she's been around for a while, but i heard this song recently and thought it was terrific.
SotD: I Can Never Say, The Pretty Things
youtu.be/_PaUxGuBObM?...
The Pretty Things were a band I heard about but never heard much of. I don't know the reasons but they didn't tour the US at the height of the British Invasion and never had much of a presence here after.
RIP Viv Prince
youtu.be/_PaUxGuBObM?...
The Pretty Things were a band I heard about but never heard much of. I don't know the reasons but they didn't tour the US at the height of the British Invasion and never had much of a presence here after.
RIP Viv Prince
I Can Never Say (Remastered)
YouTube video by The Pretty Things - Topic
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
SotD: I Can Never Say, The Pretty Things
youtu.be/_PaUxGuBObM?...
The Pretty Things were a band I heard about but never heard much of. I don't know the reasons but they didn't tour the US at the height of the British Invasion and never had much of a presence here after.
RIP Viv Prince
youtu.be/_PaUxGuBObM?...
The Pretty Things were a band I heard about but never heard much of. I don't know the reasons but they didn't tour the US at the height of the British Invasion and never had much of a presence here after.
RIP Viv Prince
SotD: Minute papillon, WORLD BRAIN
worldbrain.bandcamp.com/track/minute...
From the Berlin group's 2024 album, Open Source. You can hear the Stereolab, but it still manages to be their own thing. I'm really fond of this track.
worldbrain.bandcamp.com/track/minute...
From the Berlin group's 2024 album, Open Source. You can hear the Stereolab, but it still manages to be their own thing. I'm really fond of this track.
Minute papillon, by WORLD BRAIN
from the album Open Source
worldbrain.bandcamp.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
SotD: Minute papillon, WORLD BRAIN
worldbrain.bandcamp.com/track/minute...
From the Berlin group's 2024 album, Open Source. You can hear the Stereolab, but it still manages to be their own thing. I'm really fond of this track.
worldbrain.bandcamp.com/track/minute...
From the Berlin group's 2024 album, Open Source. You can hear the Stereolab, but it still manages to be their own thing. I'm really fond of this track.
SotD: Feed The Fire, Helen Sung
helensung.bandcamp.com/track/feed-t...
From Sung's 2021 album, Quartet+. Sung's arrangement of the Geri Allen classic. Featuring the Harlem Quartet. Terrific arrangement and performance.
helensung.bandcamp.com/track/feed-t...
From Sung's 2021 album, Quartet+. Sung's arrangement of the Geri Allen classic. Featuring the Harlem Quartet. Terrific arrangement and performance.
Feed the Fire, by Helen Sung
from the album Quartet+
helensung.bandcamp.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
SotD: Feed The Fire, Helen Sung
helensung.bandcamp.com/track/feed-t...
From Sung's 2021 album, Quartet+. Sung's arrangement of the Geri Allen classic. Featuring the Harlem Quartet. Terrific arrangement and performance.
helensung.bandcamp.com/track/feed-t...
From Sung's 2021 album, Quartet+. Sung's arrangement of the Geri Allen classic. Featuring the Harlem Quartet. Terrific arrangement and performance.
SotD: Kick Out The Jams, Jeff Buckley
youtu.be/JGai5sYt1i4?...
Back in the day I somehow missed Buckley's awesome cover of the MC5 classic. Live performance at Columbia Records Radio Hour, 06/04/1995.
youtu.be/JGai5sYt1i4?...
Back in the day I somehow missed Buckley's awesome cover of the MC5 classic. Live performance at Columbia Records Radio Hour, 06/04/1995.
Kick Out the Jams (Live At Columbia Records Radio Hour, New York, NY, June 4, 1995)
YouTube video by Jeff Buckley - Topic
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
SotD: Kick Out The Jams, Jeff Buckley
youtu.be/JGai5sYt1i4?...
Back in the day I somehow missed Buckley's awesome cover of the MC5 classic. Live performance at Columbia Records Radio Hour, 06/04/1995.
youtu.be/JGai5sYt1i4?...
Back in the day I somehow missed Buckley's awesome cover of the MC5 classic. Live performance at Columbia Records Radio Hour, 06/04/1995.
SotD: King Of Kings, Jimmy Cliff
youtu.be/tpjfPOY3ujg?...
Clip from the 1964 BBC documentary, This Is Ska (that is now on my watch list). Great performance and i love the dancing and all the shots of the audience.
RIP Jimmy Cliff
youtu.be/tpjfPOY3ujg?...
Clip from the 1964 BBC documentary, This Is Ska (that is now on my watch list). Great performance and i love the dancing and all the shots of the audience.
RIP Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff - King Of Kings
YouTube video by Kevin Hobbs
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
SotD: King Of Kings, Jimmy Cliff
youtu.be/tpjfPOY3ujg?...
Clip from the 1964 BBC documentary, This Is Ska (that is now on my watch list). Great performance and i love the dancing and all the shots of the audience.
RIP Jimmy Cliff
youtu.be/tpjfPOY3ujg?...
Clip from the 1964 BBC documentary, This Is Ska (that is now on my watch list). Great performance and i love the dancing and all the shots of the audience.
RIP Jimmy Cliff