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I love traditional Christmas music as much as anybody, but it’s also fun to hear Christmas music performed on non-traditional instruments! Here are a couple of selections of such:

Another song I feature annually: Dan Fogelberg’s Same Old Lang Syne. For my thoughts on this song, I refer you to this old post. Suffice it to say that this song’s bittersweet nature appeals to me more and more with … Continue reading →

Oddly, I cannot conceive of the Christmas Season without The Nutcracker, and yet to this day, I have never attended a live performance of the ballet. This is something I very much need to correct one of these years! But … Continue reading →

A Star Trek holiday classic!

Sometimes the definitive version of a song really is the first one. Here’s Judy Garland.

Wow…today is the birthday of the Chairman of the Board himself, Mr. Frank Sinatra! He would have been 104 today. What a star he was! There’s never been a time when his voice wasn’t a part of my life. One … Continue reading →

It snowed at Casa Jaquandor today! Not an awful amount, just six or seven inches or so. Nothing to get nervous about. But that kind of conjures up a mood for a sleigh ride, right? Here are a few versions!

Today’s featured piece is apparently really obscure, and it really shouldn’t be. At all. Ralph Vaughan Williams is one of the most revered British composers of the 20th century, and a lot of his music is not only frequently heard … Continue reading →