Old Crow Medicine Show - Ocms Xmas

Old Crow Medicine Show — Ocms Xmas

For Old Crow Medicine Show, playing music has always felt like a holiday celebration. "We're in the joy business," says frontman Ketch Secor, who launched the Grammy-winning band in 1998. "From the very start, a lot of the virtues of Christmas — the revelry, the singalongs, the happiness — have been present in our show."

Nowhere is that more apparent than Ocms Xmas, the group's first holiday album. Decorated with seasonal spirit and string-band stomp, it's the rare breed of Christmas record that packs a punch all year long, shining new light on the band's chart-topping version of American roots music. Old Crow Medicine Show aren't just reinterpreting their favorite yuletide standards; they're adding new songs to the canon, too, from "Jolly Man" — a country-blues number inspired by Mississippi John Hurt and laced with harmonica, sleigh bells, and resonator guitar — to the Zydeco-flavored "All About A Baby."

 

1. Breakin' Up Xmas

2. Holly Jolly Christmas (FT. Brassville)

3. Jolly Man

4. North By Northeast

5. Corn Whiskey Christmas

6. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

7. All About a Baby

8. Jinglin' Jack Guy

9. Store-Bought Christmas

10. December 26

11. Krampus Night

12. Grandpa's Gone

13. Bethlehem, Pa

Be the first to write a review for this item OR just rate it