Old Crow Medicine Show - OCMS XMAS *Pre-Order

Release Date Friday 21st November 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.

For Old Crow Medicine Show, playing music has always felt like a holiday

celebration

"We're in the joy business," says frontman Ketch Secor, who launched the Grammy-
winning band in 1998. "From the very start, a lot of the virtues of Christmas -- the

revelry, the singalongs, the happiness -- have been present in our show."
Nowhere is that more apparent than OCMS XMAS , the group's first holiday album.
Decorated with seasonal spirit and string-band stomp, it's the rare breed of Christmas
record that packs a punch all year long, shining new light on the band's chart-topping
version of American roots music. Old Crow Medicine Show aren't just reinterpreting
their favorite yuletide standards; they're adding new songs to the canon, too, from
"Jolly Man" -- a country-blues number inspired by Mississippi John Hurt and laced with
harmonica, sleigh bells, and resonator guitar -- to the Zydeco- flavored "All About A
Baby."
They're telling fresh stories, too. On "Corn Whiskey Christmas," a bootlegger drives his
Chevrolet through the snow on Christmas Eve, bringing moonshine to those craving a
cup of cheer. On the John Prine-worthy "Bethlehem, PA" -- a sly reimagining of Jesus'
birth story, with lyrics that substitute Steel Country for Jerusalem -- the band heads to
the Keystone State to witness the Nativity, making stops at Wawa and Motel 6 along
the way. "Grandpa's Gone" grapples with the loss of a family figure during the holiday
season, while the wicked "Krampus Night" puts a minor- key spin on the Christmas
catalog, paying tribute to a folkloric creature who, according to Secor, "just might leave
ya coal and steal your soul."
Old Crow have thrived for more than a quarter century. Like many of their heroes,
they've become torchbearers of classic folk music, reshaping those sounds for the
modern world. They're creators, not replicators, and OCMS XMAS finds them tackling
another tradition -- the time- honored Christmas album -- with humor, hillbilly twang,
and novel ideas. Supported by the band's first-ever "Holiday Hootenanny" tour, OCMS
XMAS just might be the start of a new tradition itself: a celebration of the seasonal
sounds, shared joy, and holiday rituals that bring us all together. Christmas just got a
new soundtrack.
LP Tracks: Breakin' Up Xmas / Holly Jolly Christmas (Ft. Brassville) / Jolly Man /
North By Northeast / Corn Whiskey Christmas / Happy Xmas (War Is Over) / All About
A Baby / Jinglin' Jack Guy / Store-Bought Christmas / December 26 / Krampus Night /
Grandpa's Gone / Bethlehem, PA
CD Tracks: Breakin' Up Xmas / Holly Jolly Christmas (Ft. Brassville) / Jolly Man /
North By Northeast / Corn Whiskey Christmas / Happy Xmas (War Is Over) / All About
A Baby / Jinglin' Jack Guy / Store-Bought Christmas / December 26 / Krampus Night /
Grandpa's Gone / Bethlehem, PA

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