Peace, Love & Magic from Stu, Kathy & Brittany Reid

& Luna! 1 - PHOEBE BRIDGERS - If We Make It Through December 15 - THE BURNING HELL - Everybody’s Home For The Holidays For most everyone, the ol’ Merle Haggard chestnut is hitting way to close to home this year. Hang in there. “Mathias Kom’s Holy Hullabaloo” is the album. It’s a ton or two o’ seasonal fun. 2 - MELANIA TRUMP - Jolly Christmas Greeting 16 - CALEXICO - Sonoran Snoball 3 - THE DOLLYROTS - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 2020’s “Seasonal Shift” is Xmas music from Tucson, but this cut travelled all over the world before it was done. I think we can now proclaim these Californians the official pop-punk band of Christmas. Download their 12-track Christmas album “A Very Dollyrots Christmas” on Bandcamp today. It’s free if you’re a cheap bastard. 17 - TAMI NIELSON - TwangTrust I.D. 18 - TAMI NIELSON - Pretty Paper 4 - THE FLESHTONES - Hooray for Santa Claus Tami’s “Chickaboom” was way up there on our official best-of-2020 list. Milton DeLugg & the Little Eskimos did the original on the soundtrack to the 1964 camp classic “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”. The Fleshtones did it on their 2008 “Stocking Stuffers” disc but this year 19 - MARGO PRICE - River both versions came on a green vinyl 45 with accompanying DVD of the movie for Record Store Day! Is “Die Hard” a Christmas movie? Is “River” a Christmas song? What dumb questions... 5 - THE MYRRHDERERS - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 20 - BEN CAPLAN - O Holy Night Maybe the best band AND album name ever. The other 4 tracks on this North Pole punk supergroup’s All Agnostic’s favourite religious Christmas carol. This is amazing. “The Myrrhderers Sleigh Christmas” EP are way punkier but we like this one best. 21 - BEN CAPLAN - TwangTrust Christmas Greeting 6 - NICOLE ATKINS - Every Single Christmas Even though this Jersey girl wrote (most of) this song, JD McPherson recorded (and finished writing) the 22 - MURDER BY DEATH - Holiday Road song first on his “Socks” LP a couple years back. Here’s Nicole’s brand new version. Collect ‘em all! I expected MBD’s seasonal outting to be way darker than it is. “Lonesome Holiday” is almost jolly! 7 - SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS - Surfing on Christmas Day 23 - JERRY JEFF WALKER - Here Comes Santa Claus / Up On The Housetop New from the SCOTS for 2020. “Christmas Gonzo Style”. We lost Mr. Bojangles himself this year. Phooey.

8 - MILLIE SMALL - I’ve Fallen in Love with a Snowman 24 - BILLY JOE SHAVER - Feliz Navidad The 15 year old Jamaican who brought us “My Boy Lollipop” in 1964, died this year at age 72. Even the eternal Billy Joe was no match for the crap show that is 2020. Here’s a peppy little sugarplum to remember him by from 2005’s “The Real Deal” featuring Flaco Jiminez on accordian. 9 - SWEET LIZZY PROJECT - It’s Christmas (Everything Will Be Alright) The Mavericks Cuban pals brought us a swell Xmas EP this year. Maybe the best live stream band around! 25 - ELI ‘PAPERBOY’ REED - Last Christmas Everytime I hear a new version of this song I love it a little more. You done good, George Michael. 10 - NICK LOWE & LOS STRAITJACKETS - Let It Snow I think this new version by Mr. Reed is my new favourite. 11 - LEAF RAPIDS - Blue Christmas 26 - JOHN PRINE - A John Prine Christmas Intro live at The StuDome last Christmas (*sigh*), song from Live at the Roslyn. Beer sponsors = better recording. 27 - JOHN PRINE - Silent Night All Day Long 12 - FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE - Valley Winter Song I met John Prine at the 1989 Winnipeg Folk Festival. I got him to sign a copy of the very first Oh Boy Records R.I.P., Adam Schlesinger. From 2003’s “Welcome Interstate Managers”. What a crap year... record - a red vinyl 45 of “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” b/w “Silent Night”. We talked about our mutual love for Christmas music. “He talked Christmas music with John Prine.” That’s tombstone worthy, right there. 13 - ANDREW BIRD - Christmas in April Our first Covid-19 Christmas song. From the brand new “Hark”. 28 - DAVID OLNEY - Good King Wenceslas Another tragic loss this year. Interviewed him once at the Folk Fest too. Super-sweet fella. 14 - RED MOON ROAD - A Simple Kind of Christmas Wow, this year sucked. We have a lot of hugs saved up for you this time next year. See you then. Our second Covid-19 Christmas song. Title cut to local proto-pop avant-folk trio’s 2020 Xmas release.