Time to gather ’round the old internet machine for the best holiday music of the season. Join your friends at BalconyRadio.com as we spin the best tunes about Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Solstice we could find. All the stockings are stuffed and all the bases are covered! We got something for anyone who might be.
Holidays
101 Series Lesson 139 – Thanksgiving For The Family
If there’s one thing to be thankful for, it is music. And food. So, two things to be thankful for. Join us as we celebrate the two with an entire show dedicated to T-Day. Tune out the family and your favorite teams losing on television, put on the airpods and let Balcony Radio soundtrack every course.
PLAYLIST:
THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY: PEGGY LEE (THANKSGIVING DINER PARTY)
ALMOST THANKSGIVING DAY: GRAHAM PARKER (YOUR COUNTRY)
THANKSGIVING: LOUDON WAINRIGHT III (CAREER MOVES)
I’VE GOT PLENTY TO BE THANKFUL FOR: BING CROSBY (HOLIDAY INN)
SWEET POTATO PIE: AL JARREAU (COMPLETE)
MY SWEET POTATO: BOOKER T. & THE MGS (AND NOW!)
MASHED POTATOS: JAMES BROWN (GRITS & SOUL)
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE: JAY & THE TECHINQUES (APPLE, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE)
ROLL PLYMOUTH ROCK: BRIAN WILSON (SMILE)
THANKSGIVING SONG: MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER (COME DARKNESS, COME LIGHT)
YOUNG PILGRIMS: THE SHINS (CHUTES TOO NARROW)
WILD AS A TURKEY: HAYES CARLL (TROUBLE IN MIND)
BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GOT: LOVE (REEL TO REAL)
THANKFUL ‘N’ THOUGHTFUL: SLY & THE FAMILY STONE (FRESH)
LET’S TURKEY TROT: LITTLE EVA (PLAYLIST)
EVERYBODY EATS WHEN THEY COME TO MY HOUSE: CAB CALLOWAY (HI DE HO MAN)
FLYING TURKEY TROT: REO SPEEDWAGON (YOU GET WHAT YOU PLAY FOR)
THE THANKSGIVING FILLER: DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS (GO-GO BOOTS)
GIVE THANKS AND PRAISES: BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (CONFRONTATION)
THANK YOU, FRIENDS: BIG STAR (KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY)
SANTA STOLE CHRISTMAS: JUMMY BUFFET (‘TIS THE SEASON)
Labor Day – Songs About Work
Gather ’round all working people, it’s time to clock out for a well earned three day weekend. Let Balcony Radio soundtrack your days off with our Annual Labor Day Show. In this episode, we spin two dozen of the best rock, pop, country and soul songs about w-o-r-k. Stick it to The Man and play […]
BalconyRadio Christmas Party 2018
The bells are ringing . . . but you know what, the drums are pounding, the bass is thumping, and the guitar is twanging. That means it is time for your favorite thing: the 103rd Annual Balcony Radio Christmas Music Extravaganza. Join us as we take all the coal in the stocking and squeeze them.
