From the Dec. 25, 2012, Chicago Tribune by Vikki Orwitz Healy.
An interesting article about Larry Eskridge and his love of Christmas carols and songs, and especially not the ones you hear over and over during the holidays.
Known as "Uncle Lar" around Wheaton College Campus where he teaches, he has worked since 1993 with the campus radio station WETN to play those songs you normally don't get to hear and that would include those from his personal collection of some 8,000 songs.
I would imagine it streams so, next year I plan to give it a listen. I love the out of the ordinary Christmas song. Every year, I give a listen to Bob Stroud's Holiday Hootenanny show the Sunday before Christmas on WDRV. Then, for some really "out there" music, give Little Steven's Underground Garage show a listen on WXRT, or some other station as it is syndicated.
When I used to deejay, I liked to play the offbeat, including blues, soul, Caribbean, reggae, zydeco and Cajun holiday songs.
Variety Is the Spice of the H'Days. --RoadDog
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Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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