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HARK! The Holiday Music Podcast

Jan 27, 2016

This week, we address the dearth of hymns currently on our list with the help of listener lavendernebula, who pointed us to "Night of Silence", a modern companion to the classic "Silent Night".


Jan 20, 2016

Last week was a tough week, and this episode starts out pretty heavy. To take our minds off of the real world, we listen to some Christmas music from two animated worlds - "Sailor Moon Christmas" and "I'm Giving Santa a Pikachu This Christmas". We loved these characters as kids - do the Christmas albums hold up? Results...


Jan 13, 2016

While we readjust after the holidays to life back at our home in Vancouver, this week's songs have us looking other cities. By request, we cover "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues and "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" by Tom Waits, two songs of urban strife that aren't so holly or jolly, but range...


Jan 6, 2016

This episode - marking the first full year of HARK! - arrives on Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day. While not a big deal in much of North America, it's celebrated to much fanfare in many places in the world, including Spain and Latin America - giving us a good excuse to add the first two Spanish-language holiday...