Happy Indie Christmas--A Bandcamp Selection

I went holiday song fishing at bandcamp, and here is my Christmas catch.


By Half-handed Cloud--the label is Sounds Familyre.






Legit worship music.

Merry Yacht-Rocking Michael McDonald Christmas

Michael McDonald has one of the most famous voices on the planet. He has been in the biz for thirty-years and he still has the pipes.  Just check out that discography.  McDonald has had a resurgence of popularity among some young people today because of the internet comedy show Yacht Rock that originally aired in June 2005 on Channel 101, a film festival put on by Dan Harmon--the creator of the best comedy on television.  I like to imagine that this fantastic web comedy was in part responsible for the epic 2009 McDonald collab with indie-rockers Grizzly Bear.


So, if you have not seen Yacht Rock yet now is as good a time as any.  Here are the two first episodes.  Episode two is one of my favorites:

And here is a link to the others. They are also on YouTube.


And now for the Christmas music.  Amazon has two free McDonald tunes you can sincerely or ironically rock at your Christmas party; your friends will have fun guessing which.


Michael McDonald - "Come, O Come Emanuel/ What Month Was Jesus Born"


Michael McDonald - "Wexford Carol"