Bill Adler's Christmas Jollies: 32 Songs to Beat The Holiday Blues
By Rob Kenner | Dec 13, 2011 | 2:23 pm | Permalink
Ras Pidow "Winter Storm" (1992)
The hallucinatory rareness of snow in Jamaica inspires some vivid meditation in Ras Pidow's “Winter Storm" from 1992. “I sit alone with folded arms,” intones the late Rasta elder (over a cut of Bob Marley's "Coming In From The Cold"). “Now I have seen the winter storm.” I was turned onto this track by reggae maven Doug Wendt.
Mike December 14th, 2011 at 03:14 AM
How come the songs are shorter than what they should be?
Rob Kenner December 14th, 2011 at 07:49 AM
Because Popeye is a man of few words. Seasin's Greetinks!
Aaron Talbert December 16th, 2011 at 09:44 AM
Big Up Bill Adler's Christmas Jollies - a musical sleigh ride through a world of musical styles.
Dave B December 25th, 2011 at 08:56 PM
An enjoyable blend of styles & genres here. To add the feel of sun-drenched islands to Christmas Jollies, I'm listening to "Aloha, Merry Christmas From Hawaii," a song written & recorded recently by my (Brooklyn-based) nephew. If you want to hear it it's on SoundCloud at: http://bit.ly/tsa9xB There are also some interesting covers of more traditional Christmas songs at Coverville (a cover-song podcast): http://coverville.com/archives/podcast/coverville-825-the-2011-christmas-cover-show/
jim December 28th, 2011 at 01:08 PM
Where can I buy Bill Adler's 2011 Christmas Jollies? Does he sell them?
Geneva Gandolphino January 10th, 2012 at 10:04 PM
Where can I buy this album?