'Tis the Musical Season

Spinning on Air | Dec 19, 2014

Christmas music has a short shelf-life. It's welcome in December and spurned in January, tied more than most music to a specific spot on the calendar. This harkens back to a time of community chronology, before recordings gave us everything all the time. David Garland savors the moment, and presents the right music for the right time, offering Christmas classics in intriguing, odd, and lovely arrangements.

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