Holly Jolly X'masu
Welcome to Holly Jolly X'masu, your podcast destination for Japanese Christmas music.
Episodes
Welcome to episode 133 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about the 1963 album, "$100 Million Christmas In Stereophonic Sounds," featuring Hiroshi Ishimaru conducting the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.
I hope you enjoyed Hiroshi Ishimaru's "$100 Million Christm...
Welcome to episode 132 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this New Year's Eve bonus episode, I talk about the 1979 album, "Christmas Carol With Go Go," by Korean guitarist Ra Eum Pa.
I hope you enjoyed "Christmas Carol With Go Go." It's been a rough week so I had to ru...
Welcome to episode 131 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this special Christmas Day episode, I talk about the truly amazing 1971 album by the Warner Beatniks, "Rock Christmas Rock."
I hope you enjoyed "Rock Christmas Rock," and that you were able to make it part of your...
Welcome to episode 130 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about the Kodama Press sonojournal, "X'mas Dance Music," featuring Yasushi Ashida and his Mellow Notes.
I hope you enjoyed listening to and learning what little I was able to uncover about Yasushi Ashida. The music...
Welcome to episode 129 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about the Tokyo Ocean Orchestra's 1971 album, "White Christmas."
I hope you enjoyed the enigmatic Tokyo Ocean Orchestra as much as I do. I really love this, not just because it's an 8-track, b...
Welcome to episode 128 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this special X'mas Stars On 78 episode, I talk about a selection of my Christmas 78s.
I hope you enjoyed this look at older Japanese Christmas records. The work and care that goes into these really make me appr...
Welcome to episode 127 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about Takeshi Terauchi's 1983 album, "Electric Merry Christmas."
I hope you've enjoyed learning about Takeshi Terauchi's life and career, and listening to his Christmas music. The term "...
Welcome to episode 126 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about Takeshi Terauchi's 1979 album, "Let's Go! Terry X'mas."
I hope you're enjoying my coverage of Takeshi Terauchi. If you like Christmas Rock, you can't go wrong with Terry. "Let's Go! Te...
Welcome to episode 125 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about Takeshi Terauchi's Christmas music from the 1960's.
I hope you enjoyed this first episode about the God of Electric Guitar. His records were some of my favorites early on, and I still listen...
Welcome to episode 124 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about Hiroko Williams' 2016 album, "My Room For Christmas."
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Welcome to episode 123 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about Mami Horie's 2010 album, "The Swingin' Christmas."
Welcome to episode 122 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about the 1997 compilation, "Winter Gift Pops."
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Welcome to episode 121 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about Yasuko Agawa's 1990 album, "Come In Christmas."
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Welcome to episode 120 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about Yuzoh Kayama's 1983 album, "White Christmas."
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Welcome to episode 119 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about a selection of Christmas singles from the 1980s.
Welcome to episode 118 of Holly Jolly X'masu! For my fifth annual Christmas in July episode, I'll once again be covering a mix of tropical, summery, and out-of-season Christmas songs from a variety of artists.
Welcome to episode 117 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about the Christmas music from the obscure Group Sounds band, Takehisa Kono and the Highways.
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Welcome to episode 116 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about the 1970 album, "X'mas Golden Hits," by the Candle-Light Orchestra and the Singers Three.
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Welcome to episode 115 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about the 1962 compilation, "Young Christmas."
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Welcome to episode 114 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I talk about the 1963 album, "Merry Christmas Everyone – Folk Dance Party," produced by Teruaki Kawamura and the Japan Recreation Association.
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