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HARK! The Holiday Music Podcast

Sep 28, 2016

Happy Rosh Hashanah! In honor of the new year, this week we listened to two Hanukkah songs released in the past year. The result was some smooth and chilled-out holiday delights: "8 Days (of Hanukkah)" by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and "Outside of December" by The Leeves and Matisyahu. Shanah tovah!


Sep 21, 2016

Hey, remember the 90s? If you're roughly our age and were required to line dance in gym class or ever attended a wedding, you're about to. We're covering two Christmas versions of dance craze songs: "Macarena Christmas" by Los del Rio and "XMas Slide" by Xpress Band. Thank you to Sarah for the request!


Sep 14, 2016

This week, we cover two songs in a language new to the list - but pulled from albums we've visited many times before. "O Tannenbaum" and "Stille Nacht" mark our first songs in German, just in time for Oktoberfest. Hear Nat King Cole, a chorus of Muppets, and one of HARK's co-hosts attempt to pronounce and sing this...


Sep 8, 2016

There's a door at the back of your mind. Do you open it? A strange little boy approaches you to tell you he sleeps in cars because he's bad. How quickly do you phone for help? These and other questions asked and, more or less, answered in this spoken word episode of HARK, featuring "Faith In Santa" performed by...