This year’s collection of Other Christmas Carols. As usual a highly arbitrary sample of inspiring and reflective tunes. I do not own the rights to any of these songs. Go and buy them. Last years‘ lists are archived here. This year’s playlist an be found on Spotify and on YouTube. Enjoy.

For more on this year’s cover location, the Hochjochferner seperating the Ötztal from the Schnalstal, see this sketch. 

01 Carol! Of LaBelles · Sy Smith 02 Armin (Arr. for Baroque Ensemble) · Eric Vloeimans & Holland Baroque Society 03 World (Pt. 1 & 2) · James Brown 04 Cry Me A River · Barbra Streisand 05 No Place Like Home · John Legend 06 Three Day Bank · Daniel Hart 07 Heaven’s Just a Prayer Away · Dolly Parton 08 Live For You · Thee Sacred Souls 09 Herz entflammt · Schneeberger & Bakanic Quartett 10 I’ve Got a Feeling · Lucinda Williams 11 Blues Run the Game · Jackson C. Frank 12 Tabhair dom do Lámh · Chris Thile 13 Prelude No. 3 in C# Major · Brad Mehldau 14 Out Here. In There. · Bugge Wesseltoft 15 Une belle histoire · Michel Fugain & Le Big Bazar 16 There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood · Jennifer Hudson 17 Merry Christmas/Happy Kwanzaa · Stevie Wonder 18 Deck the Halls · Teo Macero & His Orchestra 19 Have A Little Faith In Me · Ida Sand 20 A Visit From St. Nicholas (‚Twas The Night Before Christmas) · Louis Armstrong

Compiled by Oliver Cyril Lehmann • Winter 2025 • Cover location: Hochjochferner, Ötztal (Tirol) • September 7, 2025, 9.15am