IODA Promonet podcast: episode 8 celebrating Hanukah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas.

1.
Billy Paul Williams
"The Kwanzaa Song" (mp3)
from "The Reindeer Room Volume 3: Not So Silent Night"
(Kriztal Entertainment Group, Inc.)

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2.
Stanley Adams and Sid Wayne
"Matzoh Balls" (mp3)
from "Chanukah Carols"
(Jewish Music Group)

Chanukah Carols is a hilarious, legendary revision of Jewish-American humor!
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3.
The Klezmatics
"Hanukah Tree" (mp3)
from "Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah"
(Jewish Music Group)

Woody Guthrie, father of American folk music, writer of "This Land Is Your Land," also wrote Hanukkah songs! These songs were uncovered after 30 years and recorded by The Klezmatics.
The Klezmatics play soul-stirring Jewish roots music for our time, recreating klezmer in arrangements and compositions that combine Jewish identity and mysticism with a contemporary zeitgeist and a postmodern aesthetic.
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4.
The Klezmatics
"Spin Dreydl Spin" (mp3)
from "Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah"
(Jewish Music Group)

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5.
The Mole
"Do You Hear What I Hear?" (mp3)
from "Ho Ho Ho"
(reapandsow, Inc.)

the mole (hip hop/psych-hop)
nomadic composer/vocalist and motion recordings founder, the mole, makes what he calls "whirled fusion" music or "psychedelic hip hop." notorious not only for his daring musical recordings (such as his critically acclaimed interactive "choose your own adventure" album), he is a sight to behold in a live setting. when the mole performs he is a colorful blur of absurd costumes, ridiculous dance moves and energy-pumped vocal delivery!
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6.
Kristine W
"Mr. Christmas" (mp3)
from "Hey Mr. Christmas"
(Fly Again)

With 11 #1 Billboard Club Play Chart hits and over 300,000 back catalog units Soundscanned to date, International Dance Diva Kristine W. serves up some sizzling holiday cheer with “Hey, Mr. Christmas.” This EP features 2 brand new soon-to-be classics, “Hey, Mr. Christmas” and “Everyday’s a Holiday” written by Kristine and England's famed songwriting and production team, Love To Infinity.
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7.
Dean Martin
"Jingle Bells (Dan The Automator Remix)" (mp3)
from "Christmas Remixed - Holiday Classics Re-Grooved"
(Rock River Music)

Great remixes of holiday classics featuring Dan the Automator, Beef Wellington, Hardkiss, and more.
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8.
Forgiveness
"Ana B'korainu" (mp3)
from "Forgiveness: Traditional Jewish Prayers With Contemporary Electronic Music"
(Jewish Music Group)

Forgiveness features electronic music combining ancient High Holiday/Yom Kippur prayers of the Sephardic Jews.
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9.
DJ Crimbo, MC Elfman
"12 Days" (mp3)
from "The Christmas Box Set"
(Christmas Recordings)

DJ Crimbo & MC Elfman have teamed up and given some Christmas classics a update!! Here, for the first time, you can hear this brilliant and marvelously fun collection of songs, in stereophonic format.
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IODA Promonet podcast: episode 7 - Holiday Celebration feat. Little Drummer Boy, Silent Night, Jingle Bells, Nutcracker March, and more.

1.
Thomas Marriott, Bill Anschell, Jeff Johnson, John Bishop
"Christmas Time is Here" (mp3)
from "The Cool Season - An Origin Records Holiday Collection, Vol. 2"
(Origin Records)

The latest holiday collection from Origin Records, "The Cool Season" is an accessible, modern offering for the Christmas season. With pianist Bill Anschell, Thomas Marriott on trumpet, bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer John Bishop, the quartet journeys through all shades of winter with arrangements on such classics as "Christmas Time Is Here," and "Winter Wonderland," season-themed standards like Alec Wilder's "Blackberry Winter," and even a remake of Willie Nelson's "Pretty Paper," adding a new twist to the holiday-country hit. A perfect stocking stuff for anyone who needs their stockings stuffed!
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2.
Stacey Kent
"The Christmas Song" (mp3)
from "The Christmas Song"
(Candid Productions)

Stacey now boasts six best-selling albums, a string of BBC Jazz awards and the 2004 Backstage Bistro Award. Since the release of her very first album, Close Your Eyes (1997), Stacey has achieved, without compromise, both critical and popular success, with her fresh and heart-felt interpretations of the finest love songs of the twentieth century.
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3.
Pat Surface
"A Christmas Story (Luke 2:8-15)" (mp3)
from "Home For The Holidays"
(Spiritwood Music)

Christmas CD with a blend of vocals and instrumentals - jazz guitar, violin, acoustic guitar.
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4.
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
"Nutcracker March" (mp3)
from "A Song of Christmas"
(Four Winds Entertainment, Inc.)

Four Winds Entertainment is proud to present the long awaited new recording "A Song of Christmas" by America's premier brass ensemble Pittsburgh Symphony Brass, led by Grammy winner George Vosburgh. The album is filled with joyful Holiday favorites, as well as glorious Christmas works of old, played as only PSB can.
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5.
Charles Afton
"Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy" (mp3)
from "The Reindeer Room II"
(Kriztal Entertainment Group, Inc.)

Welcome to the "The Reindeer Room Volume II" - a place where the world's foremost chillout artists and producers have turned your holiday favorites inside out. This is perfect seasonal music for the new millennium. Whether you're entertaining guests or just lounging around the Christmas tree with family and friends, The Reindeer Room Volume II provides the quintessential background for your holiday activities.
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6.
The GrooveBarbers
"Jingle Bells" (mp3)
from "Kids' Club - Holiday Fun Volume 1"
(Rock River Music)

Holiday favorites recorded especially for kids and discerning parents featuring Lisa Loeb and more!
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7.
The New Bethlehem Ensemble
"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (mp3)
from "A White Christmas"
(Ultraviolet Productions)

The New Bethlehem Ensemble performs classic holiday carols in their intimate, unique style.
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8.
Sounds Of Blackness
"Silent Night" (mp3)
from "The Night Before Christmas 2"
(Atomic K Records)

2nd Amazing Christmas CD by the Grammy Award Winning Sounds Of Blackness
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9.
Paul Austin Kelly, Paul Austin Kelly
"I'm Getting Nuttin' for Christmas" (mp3)
from "Don't Want No Bones for Christmas"
(Walking Oliver Productions)

Christmas music was never this much fun! Paul Austin Kelly brings exuberance, retro-cool and his celebrated tenor voice to this superbly crafted dance-along, sing-along recording of popular Christmas songs - a mixture of musical magic destined to become a classic!
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10.
Asylum Street Spankers
"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" (mp3)
from "A Christmas Spanking"
(Yellow Dog Records)

For those who like their holiday spirits on the saucy side, Austin's foremost purveyors of acoustic swing, naughty blues, and retro hipster jive deliver a good spanking to an eclectic selection of seasonal fare.
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11.
etypejazz
"Little Drummer Boy" (mp3)
from "HOHO Volume Two"
(Etype Music)

Swingin' groovin Christmas album from the South Australian jazz quintet.
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