Just because we’re socially distant doesn’t mean we have to be emotionally distant — it’s a distinction we’ve been repeating a lot on Houston Matters lately. And we’ve been using music as a demonstration — with your help.
In recent months, we presented three volumes of the Houston Matters Mix Tape — a sort of community-wide playlist of music you love and why you love it.
And now we’re pleased to debut Volume 4. This collection is entirely comprised of holiday song favorites from our listeners and staff.
For this edition we’ve chosen eleven different songs to highlight, all of which you can find on Spotify and below.
To share your song, scroll to the bottom of the page for instructions.
The Houston Matters Mixtape Vol. 4:
- The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole (submitted by Bill Stinner-Trimble)
- Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree by Lou Ann Barton (submitted by Matthew Hall)
- What Are You Doing New Year's Eve by Patti LaBelle (submitted by Don Geraci)
- Tennessee Christmas by Amy Grant (submitted by Frederick Walters Jr.)
- This is That Time of the Year by Jack Jones (submitted by Doug Mueller)
- Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano (submitted by Kim Crozier)
- My Hanukkah (Keep the Fire Alive) by Erran Baron Cohen (submitted by Andrew Schneider)
- Carol of the Bells Pentatonix (submitted by Camille Nelson)
- Linus and Lucy by Vince Guaraldi Trio (submitted by Matt Brawley)
- Another Christmas Song by Stephen Colbert (submitted by Christopher Adams)
- 12 Days of Christmas by John Denver & The Muppets (submitted by Jared Counts)
If you want to add your own song to a future community mix tape, download the free Houston Public Media News app on the Apple or Google Play app stores.
Once you’re in the app, select “open mic” in the menu, press record, and you’ll have 60 seconds to tell us what the song is and why you love it.
Then press “send” and e-mail your comments to us. We’ll take care of the rest. Happy listening!
