New York, NY (Top40 Charts) To celebrate the holiday season, Amazon
Music has released a new Amazon Original playlist Christmas Soul, and added new tracks to their most popular holiday playlists All Is Bright, Acoustic Christmas and Indie For The Holidays. All four playlists are now available exclusively for streaming on Amazon
Music through Amazon
Music Unlimited and Prime Music.
Today,
Jessica Lea Mayfield released an Amazon Original video for her version of Loretta Lynn's "To Heck With Ole
Santa Claus" that appeared on the Indie For The Holidays playlist. Watch "To Heck With Ole
Santa Claus" here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A-o_DJ2olE
The Amazon Original video was directed by
Christopher Good, who recently directed videos for
Kevin Morby, Grizzly Bear, Jay Som,
Margaret Glaspy and more.
"I love Christmas so much and was super excited to get to record a song for Indie For The Holidays," explains Mayfield. "I've been hearing my mom sing this song my whole life - the original version is a lot more upbeat. I felt
Christopher Good's video treatment for this version was perfect."
The popular "Indie for the Holidays" playlist added 18 new songs this holiday season, including tracks from some of the genre's most acclaimed stars.
Kevin Morby wraps up a banner year that saw the release of his widely lauded breakthrough City Music, by contributing a moody, crooning take on "Blue Christmas." Charly Bliss, whose debut album Guppy has likewise seen widespread praise in 2017, offer a driving and delightful version of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You." DJ
Camilo Lara's Mexican
Institute of Sound and indie rock mainstays Best Coast, Eisley, Albert Hammond Jr, and Dean & Britta also join the playlist for the first time this year.
Stream/Embed "Indie for the Holidays" here: https://music.amazon.com/playlists/B077VKRWHF?ref=dm_sh_49ad-7f43-dmcp-6114-7421a
For a limited time, non-Prime members as well as Prime members who haven't yet tried Amazon
Music Unlimited, can get three months of the full catalog on-demand service with access to tens of millions of songs, for just $0.99. To learn more, visit: www.amazon.com/unlimited.
