William Dart finds the Christmas spirit in recent music from Taylor Swift and Pentatonix along with true Christmas soul from the late greats Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding.
Cover image of Aretha Franklin's album 'This Christmas'. Photo: Rhino Records
Music Details
ARTIST: Jon Bon Jovi
TITLE: Please Come Home for Christmas
ALBUM: Please Come Home for Christmas
COMPOSER: Brown, Redd, Adams
LABEL: Mercury
ARTIST: Buck Owens & His Buckaroos
TITLE: Christmas Shopping
ALBUM: Christmas Shopping
COMPOSER: Owens
LABEL: Sundazed
ARTIST: Norah Jones
TITLE: Christmas Don't Be Late
ALBUM: I Dream of Christmas
COMPOSER: Bagdasarian
LABEL: Blue Note
ARTIST: Norah Jones
TITLE: The Christmas Waltz
ALBUM: I Dream of Christmas
COMPOSER: Cahn, Styne
LABEL: Blue Note
ARTIST: Taylor Swift
TITLE: Christmas Tree Farm (Old Timey Version)
ALBUM: (single)
COMPOSER: Swift
LABEL: Republic
ARTIST: John Zorn
TITLE: Winter Wonderland
ALBUM: A Dreamer's Christmas
COMPOSER: Bernard, Smith
LABEL: Tzadic
ARTIST: Alicia Keys
TITLE: Please Come Home for Christmas
ALBUM: Santa Baby
COMPOSER: Brown, Redd, Adams
LABEL: Alicia Keys Records
ARTIST: The Springfields
TITLE: Jingle Bells
ALBUM: The Christmas Album
COMPOSER: Pierpont
LABEL: Island Def Jam
ARTIST: Ronnie Hawkins
TITLE: Christmas Must Be Tonight
ALBUM: Christmas Must Be Tonight
COMPOSER: Robertson
LABEL: Transgressive
ARTIST: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
TITLE: Santa Baby
ALBUM: Baby It's Cold Outside
COMPOSER: Javits, Springer
LABEL: Stax
ARTIST: Oxford Out of the Blue
TITLE: Santa Baby
ALBUM: (single)
COMPOSER: Javits, Springer
LABEL: Oxford Out of the Blue
ARTIST: Pentatonix feat. Lang Lang
TITLE: Jingle Bells
ALBUM: Holidays Around the World
COMPOSER: Pierpont
LABEL: RCA
ARTIST: Otis Redding
TITLE: White Christmas
ALBUM: Soul Christmas
COMPOSER: Berlin
LABEL: Atco
ARTIST: Aretha Franklin
TITLE: Joy to the World
ALBUM: Miracle on 34th Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
COMPOSER: Watts
LABEL: Fox
ARTIST: Louis Armstrong & Sullivan Fortner
TITLE: A Visit from St Nicholas
ALBUM: Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule
COMPOSER: Moore, Fortner
LABEL: Verve
