No dia 30 de outubro o selo musical da Starbucks, "Hear Music e Concord", lançará "Holidays Rule", um álbum que reúne vários artistas fazendo versões natalinas. Há gravações de Paul McCartney, Rufus Wainwright e Sharon Van Etten, The Shins, Andrew Bird, Eleanor Friedberger, Calexico (foto), Holly Golightly, Heartless Bastards, Fruit Bats…
Esta coletânea foi co-produzida pelo membro do The Decemberists, Chris Funk.
O conteúdo de "Holidays Rule" será o seguinte:
- fun.: Sleigh Ride
- The Shins: Wonderful Christmastime
- Rufus Wainwright y Sharon Van Etten: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
- Paul McCartney: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
- Black Prairie (com Sallie Ford): (Everybody’s Waitin’ for) The Man With the Bag
- The Civil Wars: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
- Calexico: Green Grows the Holly
- AgesandAges: We Need a Little Christmas
- Holly Golightly: That’s What I Want For Christmas
- Irma Thomas con The Preservation Hall Jazz Band: May Everyday Be Christmas
- Heartless Bastards: Blue Christmas
- Eleanor Friedberger: Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me
- Fruit Bats: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
- Y La Bamba: Señor Santa
- The Punch Brothers: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- The Head & the Heart: What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve
- Andrew Bird: Auld Lang Syne
