Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast Tinsel Tunes
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The Tinsel Tunes podcast goes into great detail about Christmas music. Full of fun and interesting facts, it will get you into the Christmas Spirit!
Hear about classics, modern songs, songs you love, and even those songs that you dislike. We go deep into the history of Christmas songs, explore the compositions, and play lots of music!
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64: A Very First to Eleven Christmas
This month, Duane and Scott listen to the First to Eleven album “A Very First to Eleven Christmas”
Songs played:
The Most Wonderful time of the year
All I want for christmas is you
Feliz Navidad
Underneath the tree
Santa tell me
Christmas C’mon
This Season
Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree
Santa Baby
Last Christmas
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nsU4GMbxY8_UnN59fMO5NBD8CsC0HOgvI -
63: Christmas Songs About Trains
This month, Duane and Scott listen to Christmas songs about trains.
Article on the History of trains and Christmas
Songs played on this episode:
Tom Hanks and the children cast - The Polar Express Theme
Blake Shelton - Santa's Got a Choo Choo Train
Sarah Connor - Christmas Train (Destination Hope)
Patty Loveless - Santa Train
James Coffey - Magical Christmas Train
Roger Miller - Old Toy Trains
Carey Bell - Christmas Train 1996
Brett Dennen - Christmas Train
The Tractors - Santa Claus Is Coming (In a Boogie-Woogie Choo-Choo Train)
Bet Smith and the Currie Brothers - That Christmas Train
Paul Kelly and Vika Bull - Christmas Train -
62: Angels We Have Heard on High
This month, Duane and Scott discuss the carol "Angels We Have Heard on High".
Versions of the song played on this episode:
Angels We Have Heard on High (fingerstyle guitar)
Les Anges dans nos Campagnes (version complète)
Angels from the Realms of Glory by Matthew Green’s Orchestral Rainbow
Angels from the Realms of Glory, David Archuleta and the Tabernacle Choir
Angels from the Realms of Glory (1967 version)
Gloria (Piano version) by Hymns, Chorales & Classics On Piano
Punk version by Reliant K
Acapella version by Home Free
Metal version by Dan Vasc
Ska version by On the Upbeat
Rock version by Bayside
Country version by Josh Turner
Chiptune version by Peter Hunter
Instrumental version by the Piano Guys
Big Band/Rockabilly version by Brian Setzer Orchestra -
61: New Christmas Music for 2023
This month, Duane and Scott listen to some new (and new to them) Christmas Music submitted to them by artists in 2023.
Songs played:
1. Jingle Punx punk cover of Last Christmas by Wham:
https://jinglepunx.bandcamp.com/track/last-christmas-wham-cover
2. Christmas Cheer by Rob Lawlor:
https://robertlawlor.bandcamp.com/track/christmas-cheer
3. Santa's Takin' Over the Town by Rehya Stevens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQfo7ek8Kws
https://rehyastevens.com
4. Recipe for a Merry Christmas Eve by Alicia Stockman:
https://aliciastockman.bandcamp.com/track/recipe-for-a-merry-christmas-eve
https://aliciastockman.com/recipe-epk
5. Christmastime in Maine by Kevin Scott Hall and Judy Pancoast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_caQzjJySyo
https://open.spotify.com/track/0qEaAJp6TKdYcpB1MfwmHA
6. Oh Chanukah by Sukey Malloy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOkkLXkk6Ks
https://www.sukeymolloy.com/shop/sukey-music/
7. Ugly Sweater Time by The Sweaterettes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjE6GNepR-o
https://thesweaterettes.hearnow.com/ugly-sweater-time
https://www.instagram.com/uglysweaterpartyla/
8. O Come, O Come, Emanuel by Joe Beier:
https://joebeier.bandcamp.com/track/o-come-o-come-emanuel
9. What's a Christmas Eve Without My Baby? by Lee Langdon:
https://leelangdonmusic.bandcamp.com/track/whats-a-christmas-eve-without-my-baby
https://linktr.ee/leelangdon
10. Christmas Wish by Gregory Porter:
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60: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
This month, Duane and Scott look at the carol "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear".
Songs played in this episode:
Choral version by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Noel version by St Michael's Singers
Orchestral version by The London Symphony Orchestra
Barbershop version by Julien Neel
Acapella by Home Free
Reggae version by CHRISTAFARI
Country version by Highway 101
Hard Rock version by The Beautiful Distortion
Chiptune version by MixSound
Solo guitar instrumental by R.L. Solberg
Duet version by The Hound and the Fox
For copyright reasons, we couldn't play these versions, but you should definitely check them out:
Ella Fitzgerald
Anne Murray
Frank Sinatra
Johnny Mathis
Burl Ives
Josh Groban -
59: What's This?
This month, Duane and Scott review the song "What's This?" from the Nightmare Before Christmas with special guest Jack Ford from the Total Christmas Podcast.
Songs played:
What's This? (Official Soundtrack Version)
"The Simpsons" theme song
“Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Tchaikovsky
Pirates of Penzance
Love Shack by the B-52’s
Danny Elfman sings "What's This?" live at Lincoln Center
Fall Out Boy (from Nightmare Revisited)
Other versions of "What's This?" that were played:
Orchestral version by Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France
Acapella by Voiceplay
Rock by NateWantsToBattle
Solo Piano by Natalya Plays Piano
Ukelele by Thomas Benjamin Wild
Metal by Lauren Babic
Jazz by Disney Dave
Club remix by FThisRemix
Female singer by Caroline Makes Music
Chiptune by Professor Shyguy