Good contemporary Xmas music?

[Jimmy Higgins]

It's alive and it's coming to kill us all... the onslaught of Christmas music that is so horrendous that even the funny Xmas songs of our childhood make us want to tear our eyes out of their sockets and stuff them into our ear canals.

So the question is, who is producing good Xmas music these days? There has to be someone!

I've found Over The Rhine, who have two Xmas albums,has gotten it right by mainly being piano and jazzy, which is the solemn tone needed for good Xmas music. Don't get me wrong, there are good upbeat Xmas songs, but either I'm getting old or the new ones lack the presentation of say a Dolly Parton's Winter Wonderland or *insert name*'s Felix Navidad song.

So, is anyone else producing Xmas music in the last ten years that doesn't lead to you needing to replace the Home Theater receiver that you just plowed a sledgehammer through?

 

[braces_for_impact]

It's alive and it's coming to kill us all... the onslaught of Christmas music that is so horrendous that even the funny Xmas songs of our childhood make us want to tear our eyes out of their sockets and stuff them into our ear canals.

So the question is, who is producing good Xmas music these days? There has to be someone!

I've found Over The Rhine, who have two Xmas albums,has gotten it right by mainly being piano and jazzy, which is the solemn tone needed for good Xmas music. Don't get me wrong, there are good upbeat Xmas songs, but either I'm getting old or the new ones lack the presentation of say a Dolly Parton's Winter Wonderland or *insert name*'s Felix Navidad song.

So, is anyone else producing Xmas music in the last ten years that doesn't lead to you needing to replace the Home Theater receiver that you just plowed a sledgehammer through?

Mannheim Steamroller comes to mind.

There's also https://goo.gl/qyXCec

 

[The Colourful Jester]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KqSljlG4Qg

I take it the above misses the point?

Cyndi Lauper has a good Xmas album. The song below should be more in line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmzrqy6Ndfc

 

[OLDMAN]

Pentatonix had a great album last year.

 

[beero1000]

Pentatonix had a great album last year.

+1

I have a soft spot for good a cappella. They release some every year too, I remember a version of "Little Drummer Boy" a few years ago that I liked.

 

[Underseer]

"Good contemporary Christian music" is an oxymoron.

The best Christian music is old timey hymns or gospel (the African-American variety, natch).



You don't seriously think Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree holds a candle to the above, do you?

 

[Patooka]

We always play this Christmas themes song at my place every Christmas:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wzdDf_ORqY[/youtube]

 

[bilby]

I dunno if 1989 counts as 'Contemporary', but it's got to beat the 1950s and '60s pap that dominates the airwaves in December:

Definitely NSFW. Also NSFAWCOTBB*

Show

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af7LwnA913g[/YOUTUBE]

*Not Safe for Anywhere Within Cooee of the Bible Belt