Thank you to all the artists for colouring & warming this Christmas season. Thank you visitors. Thank you for your comments & tips. See you on the other side. Stay safe. December 31 by Emme
Just a few hours before it's Christmas, right on time to discover two very original songs from young people from around the Conservatory in Antwerp. First one is 'Alone For Christmas' bij the Dut...
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Over to our correspondent in the field of all things Americana (country, bluegrass, blues, soul, r&b, etc), mr Ton 'T55 ' Ensing. Short notes on four great songs: You might know Gary Louris ...
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You know the drill. Stubby makes a mix. He stuffs it with stuff you probably missed this year (I know I did). Great songs, recent, some from the past. And you get until January 7 to download, f...
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Fairytale of New York isn't the only Christmas song the recently passed Shane MacGowan wrote, with his band The Popes, he released 'Christmas Lullaby' in 1996. On this site , I found backgroun...
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Sung by one of Québec's most iconic bands, Beau Dommage's '23 décembre' ('December 23rd') is a 1950s neighbourhood portrait of pre-teens off from school until January 7th. It references work...
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For all ye non-Dutchies: So-Fi (who was one of the stars on the first Christmas A Go Go evening in Paradiso) makes a seasonal video every year , with help from her dad. All these clips are HIGHL...
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In France it's big news: French new wave/ pop idol Etienne Daho made a Christmas song - in French. Great! It's part of an extra Deluxe edition of, 'Tirer La Nuit Sur Les Étoiles - Only For You...
After almost 50 years in The Damned, their guitar player Captain Sensible can still surprise us. In 1983 he made the cult Xmas single 'One Christmas Catalogue'. Now he's back with some old punk...
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"Les Rats d'Swompe came together to introduce people to the sound of the traditional violin, the call and response songs and the musicality of yesteryear. Based in Ottawa, they are five plaid ...
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Christmas Eve is nigh and the well of really good original 2023 Christmas songs is more and more running dry. The right time to take stock and see which Christmas songs stood out this year. Compl...
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Continuing our short notes on new(ish) songs: Joni Mitchell's River in Norwegian, gentile & jazzy? But of course: Nokre ler og nokre gret by Jul på Sunnmørsk From the second Christmas albu...
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This new Christmas song from Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul is actually not new, but a cover of their own track HAHA, which was on their massive successful debut album Topical Dancer from 2022...
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The flow of Christmas songs on platforms such as Bandcamp and SoundCloud seems almost endless. But it still remains a good search for what is really worth it. Five short notes. RYANN BARNES f...
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Awarding-winning folk music singer-songwriter Natalie Byrns from Montréal, Québec, has a Christmas song from 2013, 'Noël sous les draps' ('Christmas in bed'), that is still as fresh as new ...
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BRANDON IS AN AMERICAN LIVING IN THE NETHERLANDS. HE'S A PHOTOGRAPHER AND WRITER. RECENTLY, HE TWEETED (X'D?) A PICTURE OF A CHRISTMAS ALBUM BY GEORGE BAKER . AN EXCHANGE FOLLOWED. LONG STORY SHO...
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So, how was it? The second edition of the Christmas A Go Go Spectactular in the Amsterdam Paradiso had all the classics. Joni Mitchell's River, on solo piano, by STEPHANIE STRUIJK. A very t...
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Some Christmas presents are unpacked a little late at our office, because this one was already released on December 8, but what a treat it is! Silent Runners from Amsterdam were founded in 2015 ...
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Local Love is a Christmas compilation, on cassette (one available here , if you're quick) and the streaming platforms , featuring bands from Italy, Denmark, US of A and elsewhere. Christmas mus...
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CAGG Team loves to feature Dutch artists making Christmas music - Clean Pete , The Heck , Rick Buur , Non-Traditionals , Fay Lovsky ...and that's just a handful of fellow Dutchies that shone on t...
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Did you know that according to a recent survey in Belgium, 60% of Belgians cannot name a single Belgian Christmas song? That's because there's never been any kind of Belgian Christmas hit. Chri...
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This is the second post with Christmas prison songs (part 1 HERE ). The best known songs, John Prine's Christmas in Prison, The Youngsters' Christmas in Jail and Paul Kelly's How To Make Gravy ar...
SABERTOOTH UNICORN, or as we like to say around the Christmas A Go Go offices, 'THE TOOTH', is the one band that can only be mentioned here in all caps. We're dedicated followers ever since the...
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For the 12th year in a row Vancouver based label KingFisher Blues release a special Christmas 7 inch. Each record has a cover of what they call a "holly jolly winter building". Here you can fi...
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How 'bout some GUITARS?! Metal up your Christmas, anyone? How about some Buried in Coal, a 'Post-Metal Christmas Family Band' that just released their 2nd seasonal album. Says BiC's Seth Scantle...
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