By Bloodshot Records
We’re barely to Halloween, but startlingly the holidays are right around the corner. Featuring unique originals and faithful covers of traditional songs, Bloodshot Records’ 13 Days of Xmas collects holiday-themed material from label and non-label acts alike.
One such non-label act James Elkington (The Zincs, Steve Gunn, Richard Thompson, Jeff Tweedy) took on the Watersons’ “Christmas Is Now Drawing Near At Hand,” premiered over at NPR Music.
The album can be pre-ordered here.
The track list:
1. Murder By Death – “O Holy Night”
2. Barrence Whitfield and the Savages – “Papa Barrence’s Christmas”
3. Jon Langford and His Men of Gwent – “Christmas Carol, Christmas Ray”
4. Ruby Boots – “I Slept Through Christmas”
5. Ha Ha Tonka – “The List”
6. James Elkington – “Christmas Is Now Drawing Near at Hand”
7. Dex Romweber Duo – “Dark Christmas”
8. Kelly Hogan – “Blue Snowfall”
9. Devil in a Woodpile – “The Pagans Had It Right”
10. Zach Schmidt – “I’m Drunk Again This Christmas”
11. All Our Exes Live in Texas – “How to Make Gravy”
12. Ron Gallo – “White Christmas”
13. The Yawpers – “Christmas in Oblivion”
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Comments welcome.
Posted on October 24, 2017