731Intro: “Burn and Shine” by The Elms2“The * That Moved Around the Night” by Half-Handed Cloud. 3“Merry Christmas Eve” by Better Than Ezra. 4“Sometimes You Have to Work on Christmas (Sometimes)” by The Long Winters. 5“O Holy Night” by My Morning Jacket. 6“Just Like Christmas” by Low. 7“Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas?” by The Staple Singers. 8“Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming” by Feist. 9“Tell It on the Mountain” by Duvall. 10“Why Can’t It Be Christmastime All Year” by Rosie Thomas. 11“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” by Friction Bailey, Jars of Clay, Magnificat, Pedro the Lion. 12“It’s Christmas So We’ll Stop” by Frightened Rabbit. 13“Benjamin, Santa’s on to You” by Wee Turtles. 12“Holiday Road’” by Matt Pond PA. 13“Do You Hear What I Hear?” by Bodies of Water. 14“Christmas Eve Night” by Danielson. 15“White Christmas” by The Cotton Jones Basket Ride. 16“Darlin’ (Christmas is Coming)” by Over the Rhine. 17“A Christmas Song” by Denison Witmer. 18“Christmas Kiss” by The Mary Hamhocks.19“Little Star” by Andrew Dost. 20“Shepherd’s Song” by The Prayers & Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers. 21“Christmas Time is Here Again” by My Morning Jacket. 22“Calling on Mary” by Aimee Mann. 23“Mary’s Song” by Liz Janes. 24“Hey Guys! It’s Christmas Time!” by The Polyphonic Spree. 25“Silent Night” by The Polyphonic Spree.
It’s Hard to Find a Friend music blog is releasing a Christmas benefit album, Peace on Earth: A Charity Holiday Album. Peace on Earth is sold as a digital download via E-Junkie for $7, and every penny goes toward Toys for Tots.The album is made up of eighteen tracks, and include artists such as Rosie Thomas, TW Walsh, Chris Walla, Great Lake Swimmers, The Long Winters, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.
“No one is receiving a single penny from the sales of this project except the children who are benefited by Toys for Tots. The artists created these songs on their own time, resources, and talents for no compensation. Please thank them by picking up some of their records.” (It’s Hard To Find A Friend)
Peace on Earth: A Charity Holiday Album tracklist:
1. Prayers & Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers – Shepherd’s Song
2. Quiet Company – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
3. Great Lake Swimmers – Gonna Make it Through This Year
4. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin / Sweetwater Abilene – The Wheels Are Off
5. Chris Walla – Coventry Carol
6. David Karsten Daniels – In The Bleak Midwinter
7. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
8. The Winston Jazz Routine – Through the Snow
9. Via Audio – My Boo
10. The Long Winters – Sometimes You Have to Work on Christmas (Sometimes)
11. TW Walsh – Drop the Bomb
12. Ohtis – American Christians
13. Aaron Robinson – End of the Year
14. The Cotton Jones Basket Ride (Michael Nau of Page France) – White Christmas
15. American Music Club – Please Please
16. Johnny Bertram – Merry Christmas (You Won’t Get What You Want)
17. Rosie Thomas – Christmas Time is Here
18. Sleeptalker – This is Christmas
