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December, especially as it starts to wind down and the new year looms overhead, starts to get busy.  There are at least ten separate ‘holiday’ days in and around the month of December.   It’s easy to identify the start of the holiday season.  It is when the stores start running sales to pull consumers in.   It is when people start caring for others more, with an increase in volunteer work or simply donating to a worthy charity.   It is when every musician totes out his or her own version of holiday songs and the airwaves becomes saturated with good cheer.

With an entire month of holiday classic carols, modern pop and country covers, irreverent novelty songs and familiar instrumentals, people could lose their minds trying to find something original.   Well, that’s where we here at bkI come in.  It is time to instill a little harmonic vicissitude.

What is harmonic vicissitude?  Well, glad you asked.   It is the concept that music is ever changing and that it is good to break out of the same old rut once in a while.  It is the idea that, if you keep your mind and eyes open, you might find enjoyment in some musical variants you may not have considered before.   During a season where the same old thing is toted out time and time again, it certainly doesn’t hurt to tweak the programming a bit.

What sort of musical mutations do we have for you?  Submitted for your approval below is a list of ten random holiday songs, given in no particular order.  Some you may identify as classics while others you might not recognize…but all are unique in its own fashion.  So, get comfortable and get a cup of your favorite holiday drink while listening to the following offerings. »Read More