Christmas Music Around The World

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Dec 22, 2021

WNYC's John Schaefer brings us the sounds of Christmas from around the world, from regional adaptations of Western jingles and carols, to the sounds that suggest "Christmas" to global audiences, the way warm strings and crooners do for American audiences.

Here are John's picks, in order of appearance:

Grupo Vocal Sampling - "We Wish You a Merry Christmas/Rumba Navidene"
New Birth Brass Band - "Santa's Second Line"
Bela Fleck and Huun Huur Tu - "Jingle Bells"
Concord Nkabinde - "Sizalelwe Indodana"
Joseph Spence - "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
Hania Rani, Dobrawa Czocher - "Jezus Malusieńki"
Ensemble Choral Du Bout Du Monde – "Nedeleg"
Baraban - "La Santa Dell'oriente"

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