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Keep Your Ears Warm this Holiday Season with 'A Change of Tune'

T’is the season for great friends, sugary treats and indie-tastic holiday music from “A Change of Tune.”

Need to spice up your holiday party? “A Change of Tune” has you covered with its Happy Indie Holidays Spotify playlist, which is chock full o’ original holiday jams and traditional tunes. Hear everyone from The Shins to Tom Waits, Fleet Foxes to Norah Jones and more in the player below.

“A Change of Tune” has a few more radio presents to share, including a rebroadcast of our collaboration with Mr. Eclectopia (Sunday, December 20 at midnight, following Bill Lynch’s Lost Highways) and holiday interviews with Boston pop rockers Guster, British indie favorites Los Campesinos! and Los Angeles-by-way-of-West Virginia singer-songwriter Scott Simons.

Keep up with “A Change of Tune”‘s holiday shenanigans on the show’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Don’t forget to tune in to our #HappyIndieHolidays special Saturday, December 19 at 10pm EST on West Virginia Public Broadcasting. And if you’re still looking for a gift for the music lover in your life, consider giving the gift of public radio music discovery.

'Tis the Season for Holiday Music

December’s finally here, a season full of yule log background savers and ugly-yet-still-popular-at-Urban Outfitters holiday sweaters. To me, the best part of the holiday season comes from rock’n around the Christmas tree/menorah and giving special gifts to my family and friends. And yes, dear reader, A Change of Tune, West Virginia Public Radio’s brand new indie/alternative music program, is sending some holiday musical cheer your way.

Need to spice up your holiday party? A Change of Tune has you covered with its Happy Indie HolidaysSpotify playlist, which is chock full o’holiday jams from your favorite or soon-to-be-favorite artists. It’s updated daily with Christmas covers, Hanukkah harmonies and the like, so don’t hesitate to give your holiday music picks in the comments below.

The show also has a few musical surprises in store, including a radio collaboration with Mr. Eclectopia, holiday interviews with seminal indie group Los Campesinos! and Los Angeles-by-way-of-West Virginia rock maestro Scott Simons and a pair of tickets to an amazing December 11 folk show in Columbus.

Keep up with A Change of Tune’s holiday shenanigans on the show’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. And don’t forget to tune in to A Change of Tune’s holiday special December 20 at 10pm EST on West Virginia Public Radio (wvpublic.org/listen-live).

'A Change of Tune' Interviews Los Campesinos!

Indie/alternative sleigh bells ring; are you listening? To celebrate this winter wonderland of a season, “A Change of Tune” host Joni Deutsch chatted with holiday music hitmakers. First up: Gareth David, otherwise known as the frontman and glockenspiel player for seminal British indie rock band Los Campesinos! The band just released A Los Campesinos! Christmas, a six-song EP that features original holiday tunes and a delightfully bummed out cover of Mud’s “Lonely this Christmas.” If you’re a fan of happy-go-punky holiday music that the whole family can enjoy, this interview and music are recommended for you.

Los Campesinos! released A Los Campesinos! Christmas this past month. You can keep up with the band’s holiday and non-holiday shenanigans on their website and social media. To hear more of their musical winter tidings, tune in to the #HappyIndieHolidays edition of A Change of Tune Saturday December 20 at 10 PM EST on West Virginia Public Radio.