The holiday classics as sung by Nat King Cole, Sinatra and various choirs are all well and good, but if you’re looking for contemporary updates of your holiday favorites, this selection of MP3 albums has something to suit every taste.
As an added bonus, many of the tracks are included in the Amazon Prime Music library, so Prime members can stream them or add them to their music libraries for free!
Christmas A-Go-Go – How about a honky tonk, hot rodder holiday, with artists like Keith Richards, Bob Seger, The Kinks and The Ramones?
No Ho Ho – Alternative Christmas Holiday Anthems – an Alt-Rock take on Christmas. Includes Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses and Iggy Pop’s sepulchral take on White Christmas.
A Very Special Christmas – Volume 1 – The album that launched the trend of contemporary music stars doing updated covers of holiday classics. Includes such artists as U2, Eurythmics, The Pointer Sisters, Bruce Springsteen and Run DMC.
It Feels Like Christmas Time – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – Have a swingin’ holiday with BBVD’s big band and lounge music versions of holiday standards.
Christmas Caravan – Squirrel Nut Zippers – A collection of mostly original, jazzy, Spike Jones -inspired holiday songs.
A Very She & Him Christmas – She & Him is the duo that features TV’s Zooey Deschanel on vocals. A folky album tinged with country and bluegrass.
Punk Rock Christmas – More like a mix of punk and alternative, featuring artists like 45 Grave, Unwritten Law, Reel Big Fish, UK Subs, Suicide Machines and Battalion of Saints.
Boogie Woogie Christmas – Brian Setzer Orchestra – Includes that wonderful, jazzy rendition of Jingle Bells you’ve heard in so many holiday movies!
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