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If you are looking for a Thanksgiving show, well – this is not it. This is “almost” a Christmas show… featuring Tracy Thorn’s highly regarded Tinsel and Lights and Samara Joy’s just-released “Joyful Holiday.”
SOME MUSICAL NOTES
Tracey Thorn (born 26 September 1962) is a British singer and songwriter. She is best known as a member of the duo Everything but the Girl, active from 1982 to 1999, and again from 2022. She was in the band Marine Girls from 1980 to 1983. Since 2007 she has been active as a solo artist; and as a writer of books and essays.
Samara Joy McLendon (born November 11, 1999) is an American jazz singer. She released her self-titled debut album in 2021 and was subsequently named Best New Artist by JazzTimes. Her second album, Linger Awhile, was released in September 2022, winning the award for Best Jazz Vocal Album and herself for Best New Artist at the 2023 Grammy Awards.
Not Quite Christmas (S3 | E154)
| Track | Artist | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hard Candy Christmas | Tracy Thorn | Tinsel and Lights | 2012 |
| Joy | Tracy Thorn | Tinsel and Lights | 2012 |
| Like a Snowman | Tracy Thorn | Tinsel and Lights | 2012 |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Samara Joy | A Joyful Holiday | 2023 |
| Maybe This Christmas | Tracy Thorn | Tinsel and Lights | 2012 |
| River | Tracy Thorn | Tinsel and Lights | 2012 |
| Sister Winter | Tracy Thorn | Tinsel and Lights | 2023 |
| Snow in Sun | Tracy Thorn | Tinsel and Lights | 2023 |
| Snow | Tracy Thorn | Tinsel and Lights | 2023 |
| Taking Down the Tree | Tracy Thorn | Tinsel and Lights | 2023 |
| Tinsel and Lights | Tracy Thorn | Tinsel and Lights | 2023 |
| Tthe Christmas Song | Samara Joy | A Joyful Holiday | 2023 |
| Twinkle Twinkle Little Me (Feat. Sullivan Fortner) | Samara Joy | A Joyful Holiday | 2023 |
| Warm in December | Samara Joy | A Joyful Holiday | 2023 |
| Tight | Samara Joy | Tight | 2023 |
| The Christmas Song | Samara Joy | A Joyful Holiday | 2023 |
| Song for a Winter’s Night | Sarah McLaughlin | Wintersong | 2017 |
| Bululalow | Sting | If On a Winter’s Night | 2009 |
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Not Quite Christmas (S3 | E154)
