Is It Christmas Already?

Okay, the obvious answer is “no.” But we have entered the time of year when the Christmas music starts a-flowing, as artists chip in their holiday releases in time for people to spin them when the time is right. There’s a lot of holiday music coming down the pipe this year, from artists as variant as John Gorka (included on Red House Records’ new release, here) and Kacey Musgraves (still to come). We’ll do our best to separate the wheat from the chaff. Meanwhile, there’s also plenty of great new non-holiday music: namely, good stuff from Bon Iver, Norah Jones, and an incredible tribute to Charlie Rich.