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.
Episodes
Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the passing of Dolly Parton, and the Christmas Music legacy she has left behind!
Donate to Dolly's library program:
Dolly's Imagination Library - https://imaginationlibrary.com
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the big news about Vince Guaraldi and his iconic album "A Charlie Brown Christmas"!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the upcoming 20th season of the Sounds of Christmas - how the station got started and what's planned for the new season!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas shares details about the second round of his Christmas In July event - the Sounds of Christmas From A to Z: The Artists Edition! The Sounds of Christmas station will be playing nearly every artist we've ever played, in alphabetical order!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the passing of music industry legend Clive Davis and his connections to Christmas music!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas celebrates Leon Day and shares details about the schedule for the rest of 2026 for the Sounds of Christmas station and podcast (including 10 spoilers for the Sounds of Christmas From A To Z that starts next week)!
Christmas In July episode from 2021 - https://soundsofchristmas.buzzsprout.com/1658629/8814858-christmas-in-july!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas shares details about his upcoming annual Christmas In July event - the Sounds of Christmas From A to Z!
Show links:
Listen to the Sounds of Christmas station - https://www.soundsofchristmas.com/listen-now.html
Find the Sounds of Christmas podcast - https://linktr.ee/socmusic
Connect with the Sounds of Christmas on social media - https://linktr.ee/socmusicconnect
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas is joined by Collin from Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Podcast to talk about the 1964 TV-movie A Carol For Another Christmas, including its Christmas music connection and its incredible all-star cast!
Connect with Collin on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scroogepod.bsky.social
Listen to Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/@ScroogePod
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the latest Christmas songs that have been added to the National Recording Registry (and what other Christmas music is already in there)!
Nominate songs to the National Recording Registry: https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/nominate/
Previous podcast episodes on Christmas music and the National Recording Registry:
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about Halloween music and upcoming celebrations for Halfway to Halloween!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about Michael Jackson, the recent movie and his connections to Christmas Music!
Unreleased Michael Jackson music:
Hollywood Reporter story
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas runs down a long list of Christmas albums that are having significant anniversaries this year!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talking about the passing of Moya Brennan, and her Christmas music legacy (and much more)!
Moya's Bandcamp:
Nollaig Gaelach (2023 Christmas Album)
An Irish Christmas (2005 Christmas Album)
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about getting a little Christmas Spirit, even in March, with his spin on social media's 10 Day Challenge!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2026 Nominees' List and which one (or ones) have released Christmas music!
Vote for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the career of Neil Sedaka, and while he wasn't known for his Christmas music, he did leave us a significant release (actually, he left two)!
Neil Sedaka links:
Neil's YouTube channel
Neil's album The Miracle of Christmas
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas revisits a recent episode, talking about Christmas releases from Lady Gaga, Bryan Adams and Christina Aguilera, and why he thinks they were released too late!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about Christmas music at the Grammys and at the Academy Awards!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about when he believes artists should plan on releasing new Christmas music!
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks about Meat Loaf's Christmas connections, including his long-rumored Christmas album and the Christmas songs that he did release (sort of)!
Article where Meat Loaf talks about his Christmas Album
Songs performed on WPLJ:
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Run Rudolph Run
Silent Night
Blue Christmas
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