Amber Coffman has covered Dolly Parton. Credit: Getty Images.
Former Dirty Projectors member Amber Coffman has shared a cover of Dolly Parton‘s 1970s Christmas song ‘Hard Candy Christmas’.
The song, originally written by Carol Hall, was popularised by its use in the 1978 musical
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Parton released her version four years later as part of the film adaptation of the play.
“Earlier this month I decided I didn’t want to wait another year to record Hard Candy Christmas, and Buddy Ross and I managed to finish it remotely in 6 days!” Coffman tweeted when announcing the song. I want to thank Stem for helping me get my first self-released song out into the world just in time.”
21 New Holiday Songs Out This Week
The holidays are upon us, and whether you’re feeling festive or not, musicians are climbing aboard the tinsel bandwagon with new songs for the season. We offer to you a week’s worth of them, nestled in one place, like gifts under a tree.
We already posted
dozens of new holiday songs this year so far. Here are more that came out this week.
THE SOUL SANTAS (BEAK>) -
CHRISTMAS CRACKERS, VOL 1
The Soul Santas are Beak> s Geoff Barrow and Billy Fuller, plus Geoff s scoring partner Ben Salisbury, and Sean Snook who played a one-off Christmas show back in 2014. They recently found a recording of that show, which inspired them to record this record live at Barrow s Invada Studios back in October. Christmas Crackers, Vol 1 features soul/surf instrumental covers of standards such as White Christmas, We Three Kings and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. All proceeds go to Feed the Homeless Bristol.
The 100 best Christmas songs of all time
From Mariah to Bublé, here s our pick for the very best tunes for the festive season
100 best Christmas songs of all time for your festive music playlist for adults and kids
Nay-sayers and Scrooges will say that Christmas music is the scourge of the high street and advertising from November onwards, but few can truly resist the cockle-warming powers of Wham! s Last Christmas or Fairytale of New York.
Mariah Carey s All I Want for Christmas is You may have dominated festive sonic fare and the charts since its release in 1994, but her Christmas love song is one of a long line of festive musical offerings. Whether you prefer classic to country, pop to soul or simply want a song to get you feeling festive, The Telegraph have compiled the 100 best songs throughout the decades.
Garth Brooks wept during his live holiday special on Sunday while performing a rare full version of Belleau Wood based on the 1914 Christmas truce of World War I.
The 58-year-old country music legend paused mid-song to recollect himself and wiped away tears at the end during the Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event on CBS.
Garth and Trisha, 56, performed holiday songs requested from fans online and Allen from Pennsylvania was among the many who requested Belleau Wood co-written by Joe Henry and Garth for the singer s 1997 album Sevens.
Christmas truce: Garth Brooks wept during his live holiday special on Sunday while performing a rare full version of Belleau Wood based on the 1914 Christmas truce of World War I
Nicola Benedetti OF course, it is perfectly possible that the prospect of Mrs Brown’s Boys on Christmas day is your idea of hell (it certainly is mine). And as for Gavin and Stacey on Christmas Eve, well, didn’t we watch that last year? The truth is Christmas TV is all well and good, but it’s radio that does all the heavy lifting when it comes to the festive season. It’s the background noise for the present opening and Christmas dinner cock-ups. It can also be relied on offering a menu of familiarity, variety and, yes, let’s just say it, intelligence over the next fortnight.