Christmas comes: Bethesda celebrates the season with song

Bethesda released a modern Christmas hymn "If this is Christmas" on Sunday, December 18, one week before the Christian holy holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. Shanna Delaney and Eric Ling crafted the beautiful baroque-style serenade and recorded it with Dan Corby in one day, stating on the band's Bandcamp page, "This is our gift to you."

Delaney's endearing vocals are reminiscent of Karen Carpenter crooning the classic "Merry Christmas, Darling," composed by Richard Carpenter with lyrics by Frank Pooler. Much like the song that earned The Carpenters a Billboard No. 1 holiday hit in 1970, Bethesda's Yuletide carol has the potential to make its history in the hearts of families celebrating this special time of year. 


Lyrics to "If this is Christmas" are available on Bethesda's Bandcamp page.

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The Floorwalkers release "Spooks" for Halloween

Prior to Halloween, The Floorwalkers released the vaudeville-style number "Spooks" on iTunes. Watch this Ohio Sessions video to see the band perform this spine-tingling chanty for a bus-bound audience in Columbus, Ohio.

Filmed by Andrew Baasch

Lyrics: "Spooks" 
Source: www.thefloorwalkers.com

Ghosts in the graveyard run, child, run, evils arising with the falling sun
Ghosts in the graveyard the little boy shouts 'cause mama can't save you now
Ready or not he's coming for you, darkness falls on the devils moon
Night wind howls and the raven screams, mushroom scowls, the nightmare dreams

Oh but children run cause he's coming don't you scream just keep on runnin',
Children run, cause he'll find you don't look back, he's behind you, he'll find you

My Donna keeps turning she can't sleep at night, she's got them spooks with her at night,
I've got them spooks all around my bed, chill up my spine hair rise upon my head
Taste the moonlight on your tongue, taste of blood all night long,
It's too much to bare, it's too much to live, too much to have something's gotta give.

Oh but children run cause he's coming don't you scream just keep on runnin',
Children run, cause he'll find you don't look back, he's behind you, behind you

Hearts of clover dagger and sage placed upon the unknown grave
Skull shaker, skull shaker hen's egg and thyme, a lifeless body crawls back through time
Morning wake and evil falls, black night of fear becomes us all
Twilight mist, the dragon fleas another day we live, live to see

Oh but children run cause he's coming don't you scream just keep on runnin', children run, cause he'll find you don't look back, he's behind you, he'll find you spooks

Lyric of the Day: Frank Turner "I Am Disappeared"

"When it feels like life weighs ten thousand tons / I sleep with my passport / One eye on the back door / So I can always run"

Frank Turner
"I Am Disappeared"
England Keep My Bones (2011)

Watch Turner perform live in this video uploaded by U.K. "YouTuber" VivaLaEthan09.