Hello. We are the Brantley Family Band and we make Christmas music.
Each year we record a "Christmas Album" as a sort of musical Christmas card
for our friends, families, and fans all over the world. This is our sixth annual album!
The 2009 Xmas Album is here!!!
Please have a listen below!
If you cannot see the music player
above,
download the free Flash Player.
If you'd like to download the entire collection in one .zip file (in your choice of file formats), you can do that here: http://thebrantleyfamilyband.bandcamp.com
A very special thanks to the guest stars on this year's album: Hazuki Suzuki played his magical mandolin
and
Matt McCaughan did some monstrous drumming (plus provided his usual wacky and brilliant production ideas).
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Links for downloading the individual songs are
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| 2006 Xmas Album 1. Melekalikimaka 2. Sleigh Ride 3. Morning Star 4. Grandma got run over by a reindeer |
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The 2007 Christmas Card is here: http://www.thebrantleyfamilyband.com/xmas07.
The 2006 Christmas Card is here: http://www.thebrantleyfamilyband.com/xmas06.
The 2005 Christmas Card is here: http://www.thebrantleyfamilyband.com/xmas05.
The 2004 Christmas Card is here: http://www.thebrantleyfamilyband.com/xmas04.
The Brantley Family Band is featured on this excellent compilation:
PRESS:
The
USA
Today:
"Morning
Star, The Brantley Family Band:
The Brantleys, a husband-and-wife team in Durham, N.C.,
have posted online Christmas albums for each of the past three years,
and you can still download them all from their website, including this gentle
instrumental. "
The Independent Weekly:
"BRANTLEY FAMILY BAND—led by Heidi Brantley and former Ashley Stove guitarist and Bull City leader Jim Brantley,
with occasional contributions from friends like Clay Merritt and drummer Matt McCaughan—added four tunes to its expanding
annual Christmas playlist at www.thebrantleyfamilyband.com. There's an electronic "Jingle Bell Rock" and a layered acoustic guitar
take on
"Linus and Lucy." This year's standout, though, is a beautiful take on "Here Comes Santa Claus," which is halfway to a Jim O'Rourke threeway ..."
The Oak Room:
"This year, Jim Brantley (currently with Bull City, formerly of
the Balance and
Ashley Stove)
put out
his third on-line
Christmas card (here's
2005 and
2004). They tend to
be a mix of the lovely and the silly, and this instrumental
version of the Moravian hymn "Morning Star" is definitely the former. (Check
this death-metal "Silent Night" for the latter!)"
Tongue-Tied Lightning:
"The Brantley Family Band (aren't they the cutest!) have been putting out
Christmas Albums every year since 2004,
but apparently I was on their naughty list. Here's a couple of mp3's from their
latest offering for 2006.
Morning Star is a lovely instrumental that would double as a great lullaby for
the little ones.
Mele Kalikimaka is a nod to Bing Crosby's timeless Christmas classic. It's sure
to put one in the Hawaiian spirit of Christmas."
The Brantley Family Band records exclusively at Fire Hazard Studio: http://www.firehazardstudio.com
