Danish singer Søren Hansen (co-founder of New Politics) recently released the new single “Christmas Time”… which followed his self-titled debut solo effort, released earlier this year on ENCI Records.

Hansen commented on the new track, “Releasing this song, created with my close friends from New Politics, fills me with holiday spirit. I can’t wait for you all to experience it and feel the joy too!”

We saw New Politics in October 2015 and wrote, “I was not ready for what came next. I had heard things about New Politics’ live show but come on, I’ve seen pretty much everything and a live show is a live show. As long as you make me feel something, I will love your live set. New Politics left me stunned. I had heard their music before and yeah, it was good and catchy, but I never obsessed over it like I do with so many other bands. That all changed last night. The music was great. They played all of the songs I wanted to hear along with some off of their new album Vikings which is currently on repeat at my desk. Almost every song they played was upbeat and made you want to dance. Even during “Stardust”, their slow ballad played on the piano, you could still feel the electric energy throughout the, damn near sold out, crowd. Each song sounded perfect, just like on their recordings only better and played with more feeling.”

ZACCHAE’US PAUL
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Atlanta’s Zacchae’us Paul released his cover of the Vince Guaraldi classic holiday song, “Christmas Time is Here” (from A Charlie Brown Christmas).

The song was produced and engineered by Paul and featuring him on rhodes, synth, keybass, and vocals, with support from Austin Marlow on drums, the track is a heartfelt reinterpretation, breathing fresh energy into a beloved Christmas classic with a modern spirit.

This is not Paul’s first Charlie Brown cover, last month, he covered Guaraldi’s “The Great Pumpkin Waltz”, taken from It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

Zacchae’us Paul’s full length album Jazz Money came out last July on relaunched Jazz label Candid Records. The album’s tracks were featured on various NPR and BBC Radio shows.

If you want to pick up “Christmas Time is Here”, you can use the promo code MYTIMEISHERE for a free cassette.

Upcoming live shows:

Dec. 7, 2024
Philadelphia, PA
Zacchae’us Paul Presents: Jazz Money Live in Philadelphia Featuring Austin Marlow
Dec. 14, 2024
Philadelphia, PA
Zacchae’us Paul Presents: A Live Jazz Money Score to Petey Wheatstraw
Jan. 9, 2025
New York, NY
Zacchae’us Paul Presents “JAZZ MONEY” at Winter Jazz Fest Nublu Edition

IAN MCFARLAND
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The Berklee alumni and New York City-based performer Ian McFarland (not to be confused with Blood for Blood’s Ian McFarland?) released his first ever Christmas song, “When Are You Coming Home (It’s Christmas Time)”.

Not to be confused with Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” this new (non-cover) song, “When Are You Coming Home (It’s Christmas Time)” was written, produced, and arranged by Ian McFarland with Ryan Melone as mixer.

If you have a 2024 Christmas/Holiday song, please provide as much detail as possible to vu@weheartmusic.com before Christmas Day (December 25, 2024). Thank you.