by Sean Passmore | Sep 22, 2026 | Blog, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Mitchell Kezin Award For Excellence in Christmas Music, The Vinyl Shoppe, Xmas Stuff
A Christmas Record is a holiday compilation LP originally released in December 1981 by the avant garde New York label ZE Records. Widely known informally as the “ZE Christmas Album,” it is considered by many holiday music enthusiasts as the first...
by Sean Passmore | Sep 12, 2026 | Blog, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Mitchell Kezin Award For Excellence in Christmas Music, Xmas Stuff
Cool Yule is a 1953 Christmas song written by Steve Allen and first recorded by Louis Armstrong. In the years following its original release, the song has been covered by Roseanna Vitro in 1986 on her album The Time Of My Life: Roseanna Vitro Sings The Songs Of Steve...
by Sean Passmore | Sep 8, 2026 | Blog, The Mitchell Kezin Award For Excellence in Christmas Music, Uncategorized, Xmas Stuff
Chuck Henderson is an American singer, songwriter, and long-time staple of the lowa City blues folk music scene. He is perhaps best known for his unique fingerpicking guitar style and acoustic arrangements. Over the years Henderson has worked with many notable...
by Sean Passmore | Jan 1, 2026 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Blog, Music U Need 2 No, RNRF Hall Of Fame, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Mitchell Kezin Award For Excellence in Christmas Music, Xmas Stuff
The inaugural presentation of the Mitchell Kezin Award For Outstanding Achievement In Christmas Music for 2025 goes to… Non other than Mr. Mitchell Kezin himself!! The following is an excerpt from the May 17, 2013, New York Times: “Mitchell...
by Sean Passmore | Jan 1, 2026 | Blog, Our Latest Podcast, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, Xmas Stuff
Ring in the New Year with John, Paul, George & Ringo AND US! The GXO Along with special guests Dhani Harrison, Zak Starkey and Lennon boys Sean & Julian In the words of George Harrison… RING OUT THE OLD! RING IN THE NEW! Ding Dong Ding Dong! and...
by Sean Passmore | Dec 21, 2025 | Blog, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, Xmas Stuff
Yule is a midwinter festival rooted in Norse and Germanic traditions celebrated around the winter solstice on December 21 or 22. The festival marks the solstice, the longest night of the year, symbolizing rebirth, light, and the return of the sun after the...
