The Sounds of Christmas
Ken Kessler from the online Christmas music station The Sounds of Christmas talks about the station, Christmas (and holiday and seasonally-themed) music and related topics.
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas welcomes you to the new season, and introduces you to the singers and bands that have made it possible (along with easy instructions on the three simple ways you can listen)!
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas wraps up the ten-day countdown of the most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from from Christmas 2024!
In this episode, Ken thanks you for listening and wishes you a Merry Christmas!
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas continues the countdown of the ten most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from November of 2022!
In this episode, Ken talks to Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist and music director Al Pitrelli about music, touring and the legacy of Paul O'Neill!
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas continues the countdown of the ten most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from August of 2021!
In this episode, Ken talks Elvis Presley and his Christmas music legacy!
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas continues the countdown of the ten most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from September of 2022!
In this episode, Ken is joined by Gerry D from the Totally Rad Christmas podcast and Scott from the Holly Jolly X'masu podcast to weigh in on a list of the "Best 80s Christmas songs", and then they com...
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas continues the ten-day countdown of the most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from the end of last year!
This one was simply me giving my thanks for everyone that listened to this podcast, and my wish for a very Happy New Year!
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas continues the ten-day countdown of the most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from February of 2025!
In this episode, Ken talks about Mel Tormé, the Christmas Song and his other contributions to the Christmas music canon!
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas continues the ten-day countdown of the most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from March of 2021!
In this episode, Ken talks about the Christmas music legacy of Nat King Cole!
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas continues the countdown of the ten most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from February of 2022!
In this episode, Ken talks about a list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members that recorded, according to a list, the great Christmas songs of all time! And then, of course, he weighs in with his on list!
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas continues the countdown of the ten most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from April of 2021!
In this episode, Ken talks about the song “Baby It’s Cold Outside”, along with some of the controversy around it, the War On Christmas (there isn't one) and the ridiculous claims that there's a movement afoot t...
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas begins the ten-day countdown of the most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast with this one from almost three years ago!
In this episode, Ken delves into the music of the Night Before!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas checks in with a quick episode to tell you about the upcoming podcast countdown, highlighting the top ten most-listened-to and most-downloaded episodes of the Sounds of Christmas podcast (all leading up to the new season of the Sounds of Christmas station, which starts on November 1)!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks to Kristin from the Holidays After Dark podcast, Collin from Scrooge: A Christmas Carol podcast and Bob from the Festive Foreign Film Fans podcast about some of our favorite Halloween Songs!
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Podcast
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks to Gerry D from the Totally Rad Christmas podcast and Robert from the Behind The Bells podcast about some of our favorite Halloween Songs!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the upcoming switch to the Sounds of Halloween!
Second Hand Songs list of Ghostbusters' covers
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the upcoming switch to the Sounds of Halloween!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks to writer, film critic and podcaster Alonso Duralde about his new book Have Yourself A Movie Little Christmas (Revised and Updated) and lots of movies (including It's A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story and Die Hard)!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas revisits the myth of Christmas Creep!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas runs down most (or at least a lot of) this year's upcoming Christmas concert tours!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas tries to explain and unravel the many different Christmas music charts that Billboard has published over the years!
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