Warm Your Frozen Soul With These Totally New Original Christmas Songs For 2024

LOADINGERROR LOADINGLooking to shake up your holiday playlist and sprinkle in some new Christmas tunes like a fresh layer of snow? This season already has a host of all-new, all-original holiday tracks to choose from, some with a classic sound and others giving seasonal songs a modern twist.Advertisement Some just might stick around for years to come.

Jennifer Hudson’s first Christmas album, “The Gift of Love” features 10 covers of holiday standards and four originals, including a collaboration with Common called “Almost Christmas.” But the two standout tracks highlight Hudson’s powerful vocals: “Santa for Someone,” which she performed on her show last month, and the soaring “Make It To Christmas.”The song is about making it through a rough year to find a much-needed break from it all at Christmas:Advertisement Australian soul/funk outfit The Bamboos’ new EP, “Hot Christmas,” offers up two completely fresh and original holiday tracks.“I’m never going to make an Xmas track without putting some sleigh bells in the mix, and you should see some of my yuletide knitwear,” bandleader Lance Ferguson writes in the liner notes.

“But for everyone who celebrates Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere it’s something that falls right in the middle of Summer, flying in the face of much of that iconic festive imagery.” He managed to hit that sweet spot covering summer and Christmas, all while keeping the band’s great soul sound in “Wrapt in a Beau.” Hat tip to the stellar Hip Christmas blog for spotting this one: The B-side, an instrumental track called “The Bells Of Holly Hill,” is also well worth a listen.Hip Christmas also found another instant classic with the soulful “Always Christmas Eve” by Los Angeles-based Bella Brown & The Jealous Lovers: Advertisement Taking it down a few notches, indie/folk artist Sara Noelle’s “Little Dove” is an ethereal tune inspired by an actual bird outside the singer’s ...