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Music Monday: Holiday

Dan Polletta hosts a special holiday edition of Music Monday with Mike James of Loop:Coffee, Art and Records, in Tremont; local musician Ryan Humbert and area music journalist Annie Zaleski.  Tune in for holiday tunes from Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Shonen Knife, Tift Merritt.

 

Link to Spotify playlist of songs from this program

 

Music heard on this show:

The Waitresses     "Christmas Wrapping"
Buck Owens         "Santa Looked a lot Like Daddy"
Bob Dylan            "Must Be Santa"
Slack Jaw             "Christmas in Painesville"
The Youngsters    "Christmas in Jail"
Marty Stuart         "Even Santa Gets the Blues"

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings    "Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects"
Chris Stamey & Cathy Harrington     "What I Want for Christmas"
Alan Madej    "Holiday"
Tift Merritt    "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
Kylie Minogue    "It's the Most Wonderful Time of Year"

Shonen Knife    "Space Christmas"
Raulo Malo       "Marshmallow World"
Squeeze             "Christmas Day"
Brenda Lee       "Papa Noel"
Over the Rhine    "If We Make it Through December"
XTC (Three Wise Men)    "Thanks for Christmas"

 

 

Mike James, WRUW's Defend Cleveland Show & Loop:Coffee, Art and Records, in Tremont, Ohio

Ryan Humbert, musician

Annie Zaleski, freelance writer, editor, blogger, journalist

Dave DeOreo is coordinating producer for Ideastream Public Media’s arts and culture team.