How does a white guy from Detroit end up playing Latin music? Pianist Arthur Hanlon, one of the stars of the HBOMax concert film Piano Y Mujer, talks about that and his relationship to Motown in this week's conversation. We talk about the EP he released before Christmas, A Holiday Christmas Piano, and the roles Facebook and COVID played in making it happen. Along the way, we also talk about earlier Christmas releases and how Christmas music fits into Hanlon's big picture.
This week, we also look at one of the bigger songs of the 2021 holiday season, "Merry Christmas" by Ed Sheeran and Elton John, and the song that beat them to become number one on the British pop charts at Christmas.
During our post-Christmas break, we went live on the IHeartRadio platform and Amazon's podcast platform. Now, you can ask Alexa and Siri to play the Twelve Songs of Christmas podcast and let them pop it up on your voice-controlled personal assistant.
A Punk Rock Christmas with The Myrrhderers
Cheap Trick
Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas with Larry Weinstein
The Polyphonic Spree
George Winston
Christmas on Death Row
Lindsey Stirling
Christmas mp3 blogs with FaLaLaLaLa.com's King of Jingaling
The Bird and The Bee
A Chiptune Christmas with Doctor Octoroc
ZE Records' "A Christmas Record" with Michael Zilkha
Calexico
Peter Orullian
11 Acorn Lane
An Indie Rock Christmas with Gareth Jones
Jacqui Naylor
Steve Lukather
New Orleans' Panorama Jazz Band (an encore presentation)
Sufjan Stevens' "Music for Christmas" with Chris Marchand
A Latin Ska Christmas with Mento Buru
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