The Wildwoods, a folk/Americana trio from Lincoln, Nebraska, have released a new EP of Christmas songs for the 2024 holiday season. Christmas Through the Years features the Wildwoods' original song "Somewhere in the Snow", a wonderful cover of Fleet Foxes "White Winter Hymnal", and three traditional Christmas songs, "White Christmas", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", and "Christmas Time is Here".
Astute readers of Merry & Bright may recall that we featured the Wildwoods' Christmas song debut in 2023, for their release of "Somewhere in the Snow". We are thrilled that they have come back in 2024 with the EP.
"White Christmas" is an adaptation for folk trio of The Drifter's version, and it's exquisite. "White Winter Hymnal" gloriously shows their talents as performers and arrangers, putting a Wildwoods touch on the Fleet Foxes song, with vocals that are beautiful and tightly complementary with their instruments. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is soft, sublime, and touches the heart.
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Christmas Through the Years is available to stream on all the usual streaming services.
Christmas Through the Years Spotify link
Thanks for everything you do helping make the season a little bit more Jolly for so many of us!
ReplyDeleteJust an FYI, the Spotify link is wonky. S/B https://open.spotify.com/album/33yvJv6xTKe5K4YElUItqQ