This week, we are featuring Christmas-themed songs selected by Brian Foss, host of Sonic Reducer, KEXP's punk show. Brian has been doing a punk rock Christmas special every year since 2004, and has been a Christmas Day on-air DJ since 2012. No standards are played, only original songs, most with a humorous bent. Hear him this holiday season today, Wednesday, December 25th, from Noon to 6:00 PM, and then celebrate New Year's Eve with Brian's "New Wave New Year's" show on Tuesday, December 31st from 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM PST.
Brian's pick for today is "Kimchi For Christmas" by Champagne Honeybee, a 2014 self-released single. Brian tells us:
Champagne Honeybee is Rani Weatherby, an Indian-born,
Washington-raised singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. Her wonderful
holiday song is a blend of sweetness, sass & hungry suggestions.
Eat up!
You can catch Champagne Honeybee on Saturday, December 28th at McGilvra's Irish Pub in Seattle or on Tuesday, December 31st at the Tacoma Rhodes Building in Tacoma.
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