Christmas Special
TO finish the first season of the podcast and bring 2024 to a close, here’s a very special bonus christmas episode for you...
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Thank you for listening to Are Drummers Musicians? and this, our inaugural Christmas Special.
What a privilege it has been to record and share such a collections of conversations with so many different musicians. 36 episodes have been released in 2024, wrapping up the year with a head start on next year’s episodes - and I can’t wait for you to get to hear them all too!
Of course, the biggest thanks to the musicians who have come on the show, shared some stories and supported me with providing a unique experience for musicians and music fans alike to get to know some more of the ‘known’ and ‘unknown’ musicans here in Melbourne/Naarm.
But also thanks to everyone who has supported the commencement of this podcast, and made it the success that it has become. Thank you for the kind messages online and in person, thanks for the guest suggestions, feedback, and thanks for listening.
If you haven’t already, please rate the podcast wherever you are listening. The few clicks to follow and rate (hopefully 5 stars!) does a lot to help, but nothing more so thank word of mouth. And I know lots have been sharing - so thank you so much.
Looking forward to 2025 and sharing season 2 with you all.
Many thanks,
Luke
A Massive Thanks To All the Contributers:
Ruby Lulham: The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album (The Beach Boys)
Holly Moore: Song - Christmas in LA (Vulfpeck)
Raleigh Williams: White Christmas Compilation (Bing Crosby); A Charlie Brown Christmas (Vince Guaraldi Trio)
Leroy Floyd: Jimmy Smith ‘64/Christmas Cookin’ (Jimmy Smith)
Alexis Naylor: I Want to Spend Christmas With You (Mark Turner and Steve Hensby Band)
Rodney Taylor: Song - How to Make Gravy (Paul Kelly)
Anna Hooper: Joy (Benjamin Amos)
Amelie Roussac: It’s A Holiday Soul Party (Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings)
Mezz Coleman: Wintersong (Sarah McLachlan)
A2K - Alex Kwong: A Very Laufey Holiday (Laufey)
Matt Wild: Let It Snow Baby…Let It Reindeer (Reliant K)
Murray Singleton: A Timeless Christmas (Israel & New Breed)
Anni Raggatt: The Sounding Joy: Christmas Songs in and out of the Ruth Crawford Seeger Songbook (Elizabeth Mitchell); Ella & Louis Christmas (Ella Fitzgerald; Louis Armstrong); A Very She & Him Christmas (She & Him); Favourite Carols from King’s (Choir of King’s College)
Fran Chong: Song - My Only Wish (This Year) (Britney Spears); Song - How to Make Gravy (Paul Kelly)
Kate McKevitt: The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaicovsky)
Briony Poole: Once Upon A Christmas (Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers)
Pana Ángel Castillo Moreno: Song - Soulsa Verde (The Winfield Road Experiment)
Lash78 (Lauren and Sheridan Harvey): It’s a Hi-5 Christmas (Hi-5)
Marien Singleton: Richmond AOG Federation Square Compilation (Jared Heschek)
Emma Hilton: Christmas (Deluxe Special Edition - Michael Buble)
Luci Floyd: Christmas Cookin’ (Jimmy Smith)
Greg Arnold: Song - White Wine in the Sun (Tim Minchin)
Nathan Liow: Christmas with PJ Morton (PJ Morton)
Myles Mumford: A record that you put on on Christmas Eve.
Ryan Griffith: Song - Pretty Stars (Bill Frisell); Song - Merry Christmas Baby (Lou Rawls); Song - Christmas Eve (Archie Roach, with Paul Kelly)
David Quested: A Bowtie Christmas and More (Johnny “Bowtie” Barstow)
Brayden Becher: A Heavy Metal Christmas (Christopher Lee)
Kate Van Nugteren: Christmas with the Rat Pack (Compilation; Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr)
Mal Sedergreen: Jazz For Joy: A Verve Christmas Album (Various Artists)
Brian Hingerty: Song - Happy Xmas (War is Over) (John Lennon, Yoko Ono)
Abbey Rose: 8 Days of Christmas (Destiny’s Child)
Jereme Clingan: A Twisted Christmas (Twisted Sisters)
Gracie Sinclair: Christmas with the Stars (Compilation - Various Artists); The Christmas Song (Nat King Cole)
Sidney - Jessie Singleton: A Timeless Christmas (Israel & New Breed)
Stef Roul: A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (Frank Sinatra)
Nan - Rosemary White: Messiah, HWV 56 (George Frideric Handel)
Luke(Host): A Charlie Brown Christmas (Vince Guaraldi Trio); Christmas Cookin’ (Jimmy Smith); Christmas (Deluxe Special Edition - Michael Buble); A Timeless Christmas (Israel & New Breed); and a special mention to Christmas (Mannheim Steamroller).
New conversations with musicians released every Wednesday.
