Listen to Paste Holiday Radio

Look, no one is cooler than John Lennon, and his version of “Happy Xmas/War is Over” is swell. It’s just that we’ve heard it every year, over and over, on every radio station in America. It’s time for Burl Ives and Brenda Lee and Bing Crosby and yes, even John Lennon and Paul McCartney to share the mic with some fresh voices. For the next three weeks, Paste Radio becomes Paste Holiday Radio, featuring Christmas and Hanukkah tracks from folks like Over the Rhine, Death Cab For Cutie and Parenthetical Girls. Some of the tracks are brand new songs like Rosie Thomas’ “Why Can’t it Be Christmas All Year Long” and Sixpence None the Richer’s “The Last Christmas.” Others are re-workings of traditional songs like Ivy’s “Christmas Time is Here” or Bright Eyes “Blue Christmas.” And some, are just good December tunes like Fleet Foxes “White Winter Hymnal.” Check it all out at PasteRadio.com and give us your requests in the comments section at the bottom of the page. We’ll be adding songs all month long.

In Rotation at Paste Holiday Radio
Aimee Mann - I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up For Christmas
Billy Pilgrim - Away In A Manger
Blitzen Trapper - Christmas is Coming Soon
Boxmasters - Happy X Mas
Brandi Carlile - The Heartache Can Wait
Brian Wilson - Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Bright Eyes - Blue Christmas
Bruce Cockburn - Cry Of A Tiny Babe
Bruce Cockburn - Early On One Christmas Morn
Claire Holley - Joy To The World
Clay Cook - Credit Card Song
Colbie Caillat - Mistletoe
Coldplay - Have Yourself A Merry Christmas
Death Cab For Cutie - Christmas Baby Please Come Home
Emmylou Harris - Little Drummer Boy
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Gillian Welch - Winter s Come And Gone
Ivy - Christmas Time Is Here
Jennifer Daniels - Mary's Song
Jesse Malin - Xmas
James Brown - Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto
Johnny Cash - Away In A Manger
Julian Koster - O Come All Ye Faithful
Louis Armstrong - Zat You Santa Claus The Heavy Remix
Meiko - Maybe Next Year Xmas Song
Mindy Smith - I Know The Reason
Mindy Smith - My Holiday
Over The Rhine - Here It Is
Over The Rhine - Last Night On Earth Again
Over The Rhine - Snow Angel
Over the Rhine - Mary's Waltz
Parenthetical Girls - Festive Friends Forever
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
Pedro The Lion - The Longest Winter
Rosie Thomas - Christmastime Is Here
Rosie Thomas - Let It Snow
Rosie Thomas - Why Can t It Be Christmastime All Year Long
Royal Crown Revue Featuring Vicky Tafoya - Baby It s Cold Outside Royal Crown Revue
Run D.M.C. - Christmas In Hollis
Shawn Colvin - In The Bleak Mid Winter
Shawn Colvin - Love Came Down At Christmas
Sheryl Crow - O Holy Night
Sheryl Crow - The Christmas Song Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire
Sixpence None The Richer - Angels We Have Heard on High
Sixpence None The Richer - The Last Christmas
Steve Earle - Christmas In Washington
Sufjan Stevens - Come On Let's Boogie to the Elf Dance
Sufjan Stevens - It's Christmas Let s Be Glad
Sufjan Stevens - Once in David's Royal City
The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Go Tell It On The Mountain Featuring Tom Waits
The Flaming Lips - Christmas at the Zoo
The Flaming Lips - White Christmas
The Fleshtones - Hurray For Santa Claus
The Ocean Blue - Frigid Winter Days
They May Be Giants - Feast of Lights
U2 - New Year's Day
Van Hunt - Who Will Love Me In Winter
Yo La Tengo - Winter A Go Go