Continuing the Christmas music theme from a week ago, this week the music goes more in the rock direction. All of the previous recordings have been live concerts, but this time it’s a recording of a radio show, another common way for tapers to record music.

My Morning Jacket performing at Greek Theatre on UC Berkeley campus. (Photo by Joe Lazarus)

The recording is available as Flac, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, or can be played in the onsite player, so all it takes is just a few clicks to listen to it.

My Morning Jacket Live at WFPK 91.9 FM on 2001-12-25

My Morning Jacket is one of those bands that are keen on playing Christmas music. In 2000 they released an album My Morning Jacket Does Xmas Fiasco Style and their later song One Big Holiday has been quite popular. This recording was made on December 21 and it aired on Christmas Day, so it’s not like the band spent the holidays in studio.

Elvis song Santa Claus Is Back In Town opens the show. Next they perform their own song X Mas Curtain, and after that, a beautiful acoustic version of the Christmas carol O Holy Night. Lead singer Jim James gets interviewed by the radio show host, then another song of their own, Xmas Time Is Here Again, is played acoustically.

Silent Night is the only Christmas song left here. Three other songs Old Sept. Blues, I Will Sing You Songs, and Come Closer bring something more than just Christmas music to the show and fit in perfectly.

There’s still many shows in the Live Music Archive I want to cover as part of this series. If you’ve missed some of the six written so far, you can read them all here or click on one of the links below.

• Jason Mraz at Ootmarsum Garden
• Jack Johnson at Kokua Festival
• John Mayer at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
• O.A.R. at Madison Square Garden
• Béla Fleck and the Flecktones at MACC