If you haven't been able to tell from the eleven Yule Tunes mixes I put together this year (easily found in one spot on the Yule Tunes Page), I picked up a fair bit of holiday music this year.
From that haul, here are some tracks and albums I recommend...
A mix of unusual instrumentation and arrangements to add some spice to your holiday festivities—featuring bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, dulcimer, sitar, theremin and more...
| # | Artist | Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Snake Charmer | Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Bagpipes |
| 2 | GurdyBird | God Rest Ye Merry, Wicker Men |
| 3 | Sean Thomson | Here We Come A-Wassailing |
| 4 | Butch Ross | Trepak (The Russian Dance) |
| 5 | Thor Harris | Carol of My Balls |
| 6 | Uncle Fido | Ding Dong! Merrily on High |
| 7 | Said Fantasy | Greensleeves |
| 8 | Secret Chiefs 3 | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus |
| 9 | The Cavernous | We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
| 10 | Earl the Bard | Good King Wenceslas |
| 11 | Japan Theremin Old School | Ave Maria |
| 12 | Paddy Finnegan’s Green Machine | Auld Lang Syne |
A lively mix of songs with instrumentation and arrangements that hearken back to centuries long ago.
| # | Artist | Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Hart feat. Katinka Vindelev | Be Merry, Swete Lorde |
| 2 | GreenMatthews | Bring Us In Good Ale |
| 3 | Rowan : Morrison | Corpus Christi Carol |
| 4 | Nativity Songs | Boar’s Head Carol |
| 5 | Earl the Bard | Щедрик (Shchedryk) |
| 6 | Paddy Finnegan’s Green Machine | O Tanenbaum |
| 7 | Onyx Brass | Wexford Carol |
| 8 | The Young Tradition with Shirley and Dolly Collins | Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day |
| 9 | Rowan : Morrison | Als I Lay on Yoolis Night |
| 10 | Earl the Bard | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen |
| 11 | Nativity Songs | O Come, O Come Emmanuel |
| 12 | GreenMatthews | The Coventry Carol |
A mix of chiptune covers of Xmas classics for those nostalgic for when SNES cartridges were wrapped under the tree.
| # | Artist | Track |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LarryInc64 | Sleigh Ride |
| 2 | Rush Coil | O Christmas Tree |
| 3 | 8 Bit Weapon | Nutcracker |
| 4 | RushJet1 | Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel |
| 5 | 8-Bit Arcade | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus |
| 6 | ovenrake | Deck the Halls |
| 7 | EvilWezil | Carol of the Bells |
| 8 | Brett Moots | All I Want for Xmas is You |
| 9 | LarryInc64 | Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy |
| 10 | 8 Bit Weapon | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen |
| 11 | RushJet1 | Silent Night |
| 12 | Rush Coil | Auld Lang Syne |
