UKNY For December 23
A bounty of Christmas pastries at Ottolenghi in Spitalfields, London (photo by Cyndi Goretski)
On this eve of Christmas Eve, UKNY at 11 tonight is sweetened with mince pies and plum puddings, with nothing but songs of the season, both Yuletide and just plain wintry.
Expect sentiments that swing between effervescent and melancholy, both brand new and vintage, courtesy of Confidence Man, the Staves, Taken By Trees, Emma Tricca, Laura Marling, Aztec Camera, Cocteau Twins, Tracey Thorn, and much more.
And you can listen to all of our specialty shows' Christmas fare on-demand throughout this holiday week in FUV's Weekend Archives.
Songs played:
1. Confidence Man, “Santa’s Coming Down the Chimney,” single
2. Saint Etienne, “I Don’t Intend to Spend Christmas Without You,” A Glimpse of Stocking
3. The Joseph and Mary Chain, “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” It’s Not Like Christmas
4. Aztec Camera, “Walk Out to Winter (unreleased John Brand single mix), High Land, Hard Rain
5. Taken by Trees, “Holiday,” single
6. The Staves, “Home Alone, Too,” Home Alone, Too
7. The Beths, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” single
8. Bessie Smith, “At the Christmas Ball,” Blues, Blues Christmas
9. Cocteau Twins, “Frosty the Snowman,” Snow EP
10. Tracey Thorn, “Like a Snowman,” Tinsel and Lights
11. Cat Power, “What the World Needs Now,” single
12. Emma Tricca, “Winter, My Dear,” St. Peter
13. Laura Marling, “Goodbye England (Covered in Snow),” I Speak Because I Can
14. Herbie Hancock w/Corinne Bailey Rae, “River,” River: The Joni Letters
15. Vince Guaraldi, “Greensleeves,” A Charlie Brown Christmas
