| Artist | Title | Album (* = New Release) |
|---|
| Paul Simon | Getting Ready for Christmas Day | So Beautiful or So What* |
| Bill Bourne | Dance and Celebrate | Sally's Dream |
| Lord Nelson | A Party for Santa Claus | Mas! A Caribbean Christmas Party |
| Randy Newman | Dixie Flyer | The Randy Newman Songbook Vol.2* |
| Radoslav Lorkovic | Elysian Fields | Wastelands and Casinos* |
| Irma Thomas | Christmas Without the Creole | Christmas Gumbo |
| Dave Van Ronk | River | Songs for Ageing Children |
| Lynn Miles | Last Night | Slightly Haunted |
| Peter Meyer | Green | Midwinter |
| Duvekot, Heaton, Hutchinson and Zukerman | Winterbloom | Rexroth's Daughter |
| Erica Wheeler | Song for a Winter Night | Wonderland |
| Carole King | My Favorite Things | A Christmas Carole* |
| Kate Rusby | Joy To The World | While Mortals Sleep* |
| Maddy Prior and The Carnival Band | Angels From The Realms of Glory | A Tapestry of Carols |
| John Fahey | God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen | The New Possibilities |
| The Kingston Trio | Follow Now, Oh Shepherds | The Last Month of the Year |
| Joan Baez | Down In Yon Forest | Noel |
| Bruce Cockburn | I Saw Three Ships | Christmas |
| Elvis Presley | White Christmas | Elvis Christmas Album |
| Jimmy Smith | Jingle Bells | Christmas '64 |
| Johnny Mercer | holiday promo for Capitol Records | Christmas Records |
| Ella Fitzgerald | Frosty The Snowman | Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas |
| 92 Degrees | A God of my Own | Yuletunes |
| Over The Rhine | All I Ever Get for Christmas is Blue | Snow Angels |
| Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Time of the Season | Hawk |
| The Foremen | Christmas is Pain | Good Music That's Fun sampler |
| Bob Dylan | Must Be Santa | Christmas in the Heart |
Much of today's program was devoted to a look at the evolution of music for the holiday season. Steve Matteo, who writes about popular music for Long Island Pulse and has also published books on Bob Dylan and The Beatles, joined us for that segment of the program.
