{"id":1577,"date":"2021-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sofarsoundsblo.wpengine.com\/blog\/articles\/some-non-holiday-favorite-songs-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-12-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T00:00:00","slug":"some-non-holiday-favorite-songs-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/some-non-holiday-favorite-songs-2021","title":{"rendered":"Some Non-Holiday Favorite Songs to Get Through The Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not everyone loves holiday songs, and that\u2019s just fine. Sometimes we\u2019re looking for something that <em>doesn\u2019t <\/em>remind us of the December rush, and fortunately there\u2019s plenty of good music that can lift our spirits out of the holiday blues. So, ditch decking the halls\u2013\u00a0here are a few evergreen songs to soundtrack the end of your year. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Oddisee – Want to Be | Sofar Washington, DC<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The crowd, the band\u2013\u00a0everybody\u2019s got genuine smiles on their faces right from the start. The Brooklyn-via-DC rapper and producer Amir Mohamed el Khalifa (aka Oddisee) has that effect with his smooth, depthful verses. When he leans into the chorus, \u201cI just wanna be happy, I just wanna be free,\u201d everybody\u2019s feeling it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zc-t4oacQto\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<h2><strong>Benny Sings – Shoe Box Money | Sofar Los Angeles<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Nestled in neon lights, banana leaves and a magnolia tree, the Dutch singer and highly talented ensemble bounce through this sweet little groover of a song. Beats, dreamy piano, and saxophone\u2013\u00a0it\u2019s all there in this soulful pop number. <\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KxIpKvFi_q0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<h2><strong>Jenn Blosil – King Of Convenience | Sofar Los Angeles<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ok, maybe we don\u2019t want \u201cSilent Night\u201d, but we\u2019re still after some ballad feels. The former <em>American Idol<\/em> contestant brings the mood with this intimate performance, adding a streak of brightness with that synth tone. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eM-Uo4WEDyA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<h2><strong>Angie McMahon – Keeping Time | Sofar London<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Melbourne singer\/songwriter gives us this smoky, simple song, with some subtle force and grit. It\u2019s no frills, and we like it that way. <\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZ5YJQsDdlY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<h2><strong>Cassandra Jenkins – Hotel Lullaby | Sofar NYC<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A serene evening nightcap for a late winter eve. Lush, refined, potent\u2013 the NYC singer and her band will send you off to dreamland warm and satisfied. <\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3UPe29Y5wW4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<p>Angie McMahon, photo by Caterina Fontana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not everyone loves holiday songs, and that\u2019s just fine. Sometimes we\u2019re looking for something that doesn\u2019t remind us of the December rush, and fortunately there\u2019s plenty of good music that can lift our spirits out of the holiday blues. So, ditch decking the halls\u2013\u00a0here are a few evergreen songs to soundtrack the end of your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}