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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks to independent artist Rehya Stevens about her latest single, “Love Party”, and the road she took to get there (which actually went through South Park). They also talked about Christmas music, why some people seem to hate it, and some of the reasons they love it. Plus, Rehya share some details about her brand new Christmas album, which will be out sometime this Fall!

Rehya’s website: https://www.rehyastevens.com

Stream or download “Love Party” here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/rehyastevens/love-party

Check out “Love Party” on Rehya’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0aOZMjBBCY

Listen to the Sounds of Christmas station: https://www.soundsofchristmas.com/listen-now.html

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Author: Ken Kessler
Title:

Rehya Stevens’ Love Party AND New Christmas Music

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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas talks to Suzanne from Suzanne’s Band, in a twist on the previous episode, where, this time, they talk about Christmas songs and if there’s one particular artist that is more associated with it than others.

Suzanne’s website: https://suzannesband.com

Also find Suzanne here: https://www.flowcode.com/page/suzannesband

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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: Signature Christmas Artists
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas is joined by Sarah from Christmas Spirit News and Kristin from the Holidays After Dark podcast for a conversation about Signature Christmas songs. They talk about artists with easily recognizable signature Christmas songs, and artists that, while they’ve recorded lots of Christmas music, have no particular song that could be considered their signature Christmas song!

Find Sarah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Spirit_Xmas

Find Kristin and her podcast: https://holidaysafterdark.com/

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Title: Signature Christmas Songs
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the passing of Tony Bennett, and the amazing catalog of Christmas music he has given us.

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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: The Christmas Music Legacy of Tony Bennett
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 Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas announces a sequel to the Christmas In July programming special event. This Tuesday, the Sounds of Christmas From A To Z Part Two begins, playing the majority of the Sounds of Christmas library from A to Z once again, but this time, it will be alphabetical by artist instead of by song!

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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: The Sounds Of Christmas From A To Z Part 2 – The Artists Edition
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Ken from the Sounds of Christmas is joined by Rikki from the Sleighbells and Mistletoe Christmas podcast, Gerry from the Totally Rad Christmas podcast and Scott from the Holly Jolly X’masu podcast to talk about secret Christmas songs. Well, sort of. They’re talking about Christmas songs they know of by well-known (or semi-well-known) singers, bands and celebrities that they think hardly anyone else knows about!

Sleighbells and Mistletoe Christmas podcast – https://sbmchristmas.libsyn.com/

Totally Rad Christmas podcast – https://totallyradchristmas.com/

Holly Jolly X’masu podcast – https://hollyjollyxmasu.libsyn.com/website

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Title: Secret Songs
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas kicks off the third season of this podcast with a special announcement! For Christmas In July, the Sounds of Christmas station will be playing nearly every song in the library from A to Z!

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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks to podcasters Kristin from Holidays After Dark, Gerry from Totally Rad Christmas and Scott from Holly Jolly X’masu about listening to Christmas music outside of the traditional Christmas-music-listening season!

Holidays After Dark: https://holidaysafterdark.com/

Totally Rad Christmas: https://totallyradchristmas.com/

Holly Jolly X’masu: https://hollyjollyxmasu.libsyn.com/website

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Title: Tis Always The Season
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the recent passing of legendary songwriter Cynthia Weil and the rich legacy of music she has left us. He also talks about his favorite song of hers (co-written with her partner Barry Mann) – “Christmas Vacation”!

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Title: Christmas Vacation
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks about Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You”. The song was recently added to the National Recording Registry, and Ken takes a look at the song’s amazing history of chart success, and many of the records it broke along the way!

Nominate songs to the National Recording Registry: https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/nominate/

Previous podcast episode on Christmas music already added to the National Recording Registry: https://soundsofchristmas.buzzsprout.com/1658629/10476711-christmas-music-and-the-national-recording-registry

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Title: All I Want For Christmas Is You
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas has a quick reminder for anyone that might be looking for some musical Christmas spirit (even though it’s the middle of March) – the Sounds of Christmas station is still on!

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We’re Still On!

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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks to Gerry D from the Totally Rad Christmas about their experiences using the much-talked-about Artificial Intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. They talk about things the AI got factually wrong, some of which seem almost eerily human, and Gerry shares how he uses it for work and for his podcast. And can relates a particular experience where the AI seemed to lie to him, and then lie about lying.

Find Gerry’s Totally Radio Christmas everywhere – https://linktr.ee/totallyradchristmas

Some available info on Kagny and the Dirty Rays – https://www.discogs.com/release/1738820-Kagny-The-Dirty-Rats-Kagny-The-Dirty-Rats

Christmas music blog posts in the styles of Stephen King and Jerry Seinfeld – https://www.soundsofchristmas.com/news/chatgpt-blog-posts

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Title: Chat GPT
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas revisits Christmas music at the Grammys, and then takes a look at Christmas music at the Academy Awards!

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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: Awards Season
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Ken Kessler talks about a computer programmer’s blog, logging what a traditional radio station played last year in November and December, compared to what was played on the Sounds of Christmas station.

Matthew J. Fitzgerald’s blog – https://mfitz.net/a-tale-of-187-christmas-songs-how-i-logged-nearly-every-song-on-chicagos-christmas-station/

Sounds of Christmas Linktree – https://linktr.ee/socmusic

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Author: Ken Kessler
Title: 187 Songs
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas is joined by Sarah and Kristin with their lists of singers and bands that they WISH would put out Christmas music. It should be noted that no one on this podcast has any inside info – this is all just a fun wishlist of Christmas music they’d like to hear and share with you next season!

Find Sarah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Spirit_Xmas

Find Kristin and her podcast: https://holidaysafterdark.com/

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Title: Christmas Music Wishlist
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the legacy of Jeff Beck, who may not have left us much Christmas music, but he was a legendary artist who did leave us an amazing catalog of music, and who worked with (and influenced) a staggering number of singers and bands!

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Title: Thanks For Everything Jeff Beck
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas highlights segments from earlier podcasts, where artists talk about the possibility of releasing more Christmas music (possibly next year)!

MIke’s Patreon Page – https://www.patreon.com/snowinsouthtown
Jane Monheit – https://www.janemonheitonline.com/store/p/the-merriest
Trans-Siberian Orchestra – https://www.trans-siberian.com
Grant Maloy Smith – https://www.grant-maloy-smith.com/christmas
Rhonda Burchmore and Jack Earle – https://snd.click/RB-SwinginXmas
Cliff Beach – https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/cliffbeach1/jingle-bells
Sarah Partridge – https://www.sarahpartridge.com/a-partridge-in-a-pear-tree/
Blane Howard – https://lnk.to/ChristmasInTheCar
KEITH – https://keithband.com/christmas-magic/
Bob Sirois – https://bobsiroismusic.com
Kristin Amarie and David Lanz – https://kristinamarie.eu/music-store
The Stephens – https://thestephens.bandcamp.com/releases
All Star Kid – https://allstarkid.com
Michael Brandmeier – https://snd.click/aayw
Guy Maeda – https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/guymaeda/the-magic-of-the-season
Suzanne’s Band – https://suzannesband.com
Michael Sinatra – https://www.michaelsinatra.com

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Title: Christmas Yet To Come (Again)
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks about the musical side of “The Night Before Christmas”!

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Title: The Night Before
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