NW Honky Tonk Holiday Episode Playlist – Dec 22, 2020

Jamie has a pre-recorded holiday episode for your listening pleasure this Tuesday!

Pull up your cozy chair, turn on the ole’ Netflix fireplace, pour yourself some egg nog and enjoy homespun holiday music by your favorite artists. Featuring a few tunes to celebrate Hanukkah, Solstice, and Kwanzaa as well as a whole host of Christmas songs.

Hard Candy Christmas – Dolly Parton

It Won’t Seem Like Christmas (Without You) – Elvis Presley

Aspenglow – John Denver

The Holly and the Ivy/The Hillview Slide – Cherish the Ladies

Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus – George Jones & Tammy Wynette

Happy Joyous Hanukkah – Indigo Girls

Spirit in the Dark – Aretha Franklin

Santa Claus is Coming to Town – Chris LeDoux

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee

Christmas Country Style – The Statler Brothers

When They Ring Those Christmas Bells – Freddy Fender

Merry Christmas Darling – Brandy Clark & Charlie Worsham

Pretty Paper – Roy Orbison

Light One Candle – Peter, Paul and Mary

Sleigh Ride/Jingle Bells – Michael Martin Murphy

Feliz Navidad – Jose Feliciano

I Won’t Decorate Your Christmas Tree – Loretta Lynn

One Happy Christmas – Tammy Wynette

Merry Christmas from the Family – Robert Earl Keen

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow – Charley Pride

Winter Wonderland – Barbara Mandrell

Beautiful Star of Bethlehem – Patty Loveless

Christmas In Prison – John Prine

Kentucky Homemade Christmas – Kenny Rogers

O Holy Night – Tracy Chapman

Do You Hear What I Hear – Vince Gill

Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) – Elvis Presley

Santa Baby – Eartha Kitt

White Christmas – The Forester Sisters

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Rosanne Cash

Didn’t my Lord Deliver Daniel – Alvin Ailey

Joy to the World – Johnny Cash

We Wish You a Merry Christmas – John Denver and the Muppets

Good Old Fashioned Country Christmas – Buck Owens & Susan Raye

The Wexford Carol – The Chieftains, Nanci Griffith, Derek Bell, Martin Fay, Sean Keane, Kevin Conneff, Matt Molloy, Paddy Moloney

Little Drummer Boy – Emmylou Harris

Christmas Lullaby – Doc Watson

What Child is This – The Judds

Mercy Now – Mary Gauthier

Thanks for listening to Portland Radio Project! Hopefully we got a few of your favorites in the mix.

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Happy holidays from all of us. Wishing you, and all of us, love, hope, justice and peace in this year and next.