Christmas Cheer Coverfolk: Seasonal Songs of Drinking
A spot of computer troubles have temporarily postponed what was intended to be a comprehensive survey of this year’s newly released single-artist Holiday albums. But on this day in 1933, the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was passed and ratified, ending national Prohibition, and paving the way for a return to the Christmas tradition of drinking with good company. And so a hastily-constructed thematic feature is born.
Join us, as we lift a glass to the season and the day with a decidedly mixed-bar set of songs celebrating holiday drinking. We’ll be back later this week with more coverfolk cheer as we continue our ongoing celebration of Christmas 2012.
- The Grizzly Folk: The Wassailing Song (trad.) [2008]
- Kate Rusby: Here We Come A Wassailing (trad.) [2008]
- Kate Miller-Heidke: White Wine In The Sun (orig. Tim Minchin) [2010]
- Jill Sobule: Merry Christmas From The Family (orig. Robert Earl Keene) [1995]
- The Decemberists: Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas) (orig. John Denver) [2006]
- Stars: Fairytale Of New York (orig. The Pogues) [2009]
- Mikey Chuck Rivers: Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Silent Night (orig. Scott H. Biram / trad.) [2010]
- Beta Radio: Auld Lang Syne (trad.) [2011]
Download the Cover Lay Down Drinking at Xmas mix in one convenient zip file!
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December 6th, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Great theme. Cheers!