UKNY for December 24
The Soweto Gospel Choir and Groove Terminator (courtesy of the Soweto Gospel Choir, PR))
Traveling the world on "UKNY" at 11 p.m. with winter solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa and end-of-year messages from the Soweto Gospel Choir and Groove Terminator, the Spanish-Italian pairing of Lia Pamina & Dario Persi, the London duo deary (covering a new classic), Sunderland's Field Music, Iceland's The Hamrahlíð Choir, and Paris-New York's Phoenix.
Not a frosty Christmas Eve in the five boroughs, so the frozen precipitation come courtesy of Lisa Hannigan, Norah Jones and Laufey, and Mitski.
Plus, Laura Mvula, Francis Lung, Rotary Connection, and other sugarplum surprises for Christmas Eve.
That's "UKNY," Sundays 11 p.m.-midnight, on 90.7FM, streaming online, and in the Archives after broadcast.
Songs played:
1. Francis Lung, “To Make Angels in the Snow,” Lost Christmas
2. Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip, “Stars,” Sound
3. Phoenix, “Winter Solstice,” Alpha Zulu
4. Rotary Connection, “Peace at Least” (aka “Peace at Last”), Peace
5. Field Music, “Home for Christmas,” Lost Christmas
6. Lia Pamina & Dario Persi, “Christmas Over,” single
7. Swimming, “In Dulci Jublio,” It’s Not Like Christmas
8. deary, “2000 Miles,” single
9. Soweto Gospel Choir x Groove Terminator, “Good Life (Impilo Emnande),” single
10. Lisa Hannigan, “Snow,” At Swim
11. Norah Jones and Laufey, “Better Than Snow,” single
12. Mitski, “When Memories Snow,” The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We
13. Happy Clarinetty, “I Remember Christmas,” Lost Map Xmas Card
14. Christopher Plummer and Charmian Carr, “Edelweiss (alternate version),” The Sound of Music soundtrack
15. Laura Mvula, “Little Girl Blue,” 12 Years a Slave soundtrack
16. The Hamrahlíð Choir, “Sonnets (Björk cover),” Come and Be Joyful
