By Dennis Hartley
(Originally posted on Digby’s Hullabaloo on December 21, 2024)
Happy Solstice! I thought I’d whip up a wintry mix of (literally) cool tunes to celebrate the shortest day of the year (buck up, little camper…we’ll start gaining daylight tomorrow). So for a much-needed mental health break…turn off the news, fix yourself a nice cup of hot chocolate (or kick it up a notch), dim all the lights, cozy up in front of the fireplace (real or virtual), don your favorite noise-cancelling headphones and (if I may quote from a Styx song) let the melody just drift your cares away.
California Dreamin’ – The Mamas & the Papas
A Hazy Shade of Winter– Simon & Garfunkel
Waiting for the Winter – Popguns
Theme from “Due South” – Jay Semko
Rangers at Midnight – Crack the Sky
A Winter’s Tale – Jade Warrior
Wintertime Love – The Doors
Sometimes in Winter – Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Song of the Evergreens – Chicago
Superwoman – Stevie Wonder
Snowflake – Kate Bush
Winter Wine – Caravan
Northern Lights – Renaissance
Winter in the Country – Cleaners From Venus
Ring Out, Solstice Bells – Jethro Tull
