Two Christmas standards (Sufjan, Ian Axel, Julia Nunes, the Dessner Bros.)

Generally speaking I find Christmas to be a bummer time of year. Quiet too quiet. Friends have headed home. Not enough ambient buzz to distract me from…

A few months ago I began advising a young pop musician from New York named Ian Axel. He’s recorded a holiday song with an equally young YouTube phenom named Julia Nunes. It’s a cover from The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s currently providing a welcome bit of noise.

And here’s a song that makes the impending silence seem like it’s going to be okay.
Sufjan Stevens – “Silent Night” (ft. Aaron and Bryce Dessner) via Rawkblog

Posted by Alec Hanley Bemis

Tags: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Christmas Songs, Danny Elfman, Ian Axel, Julia Nunes, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Sufjan Stevens, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Problem With Nostalgia, The Problem With the Avant Garde

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