Sharon Van Etten released a holiday double single comprised of “Silent Night” and “Blue Christmas.” Recorded for different projects in 2018 and 2009 respectively, both tracks are available digitally for the first time.
SVE recorded “Blue Christmas,” popularized by Elvis Presley and others, for the 2009 benefit album Do You EAR What I Ear to aid the Association to Benefit Children, “an outstanding New York-based service dedicated to permanently breaking the cycles of abuse, neglect, sickness and homelessness among disadvantaged children and their families,” as per a press release.
Van Etten recorded “Silent Night” for a 2018 Eric Paschal Johnson short film called The Letter. Stream Sharon Van Etten’s “Silent Night” and “Blue Christmas” below:
Silent Night
Blue Christmas
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