An all killer, no (stocking) filler yuletide offering from touring musician and Christmas mix aficionado Cyrus Bayandor.
Over the course of 90 minutes, Bayandor dives into festive tracks of the lesser-sung variety, carols and the odd cinematic sample from Fargo and The Night of the Hunter. It’s a mash-up of drama and surprise, funk and groove, merry and Christmas.
On the mix, Bayandor said, “Nothing says Christmas like Steve Buscemi covered in blood. Merry Christmas everyone y Feliz Navidad.”
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Bessie Jones on her childhood christmases (Alan Lomax archive, 1961)
Sarah Davachi – Garlands
John Fahey – Good King Wencelas
Kitty Wells – Christmas Ain’t like Christmas anymore
Lena Horne – Little Drummer Boy
Butterbeans & Susie – Papa Ain’t No Santa Claus (and Mama Ain’t No Christmas Tree)
Walter Davis – Santa Claus
Fernando Albuerne – Blancas Navidades
Eddy Arnold – I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Carter Burwell – Money burying scene from ‘Fargo’
Kim Gray – Santa Knows (I’ve Been Bad)
The Cleaners From Venus – Christmas In Suburbia
Club Sofa – This Hanukkah
Steady Holiday – Christmas Time is Here
Ana Toral Camague & unidentified singers – La Pepe, La Juana, La Pili (Alan Lomax archive, 1952)
Elvis Presley – If I Get Home on Christmas Day
Bessie Jones on her new shoes (Alan Lomax archive, 1961)
Sarah Davachi – Garlands
Low – Just Like Christmas
La Sonora Matancera ft. Celia Cruz – Feliz Navidad
Hector Lavoe – Esta Navidad
Gabriel Romero – Maldita Navidad
Carlos Argentino – Llegaron Las Navidades
La Sonora Matancera, Willy el Baby, Caito Díaz – Tu y Yo en Navidad
Valentin Elizalde – En Esta Navidad
Scene from ‘Night Of The Hunter’ (1955)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe – O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Bruna Bazil – Jingle Bells - Alan Lomax archive (1962)
Steady Holiday – Always Christmas
Richard & Linda Thompson – We Sing Hallelujah
Scene from ‘Love Affair’ 1939
ballboy – Merry Christmas To The Drunks, Merry Christmas To The Lovers
Odetta – Go Tell It On The Mountain
Ewan MacColl – Christmas Rhyme (Alan Lomax archive) 1957 or 58.
Eddie Lewis – In The Bleak Midwinter
Paul Robeson – Silent Night
Chavela Vargas – Amarga Navidad
José Francisco de Guadalupe Mojica – Noche de Paz
Sarah Davachi – Garlands
