Sack O' Songs: Our annual review of quirky holiday songs

<p>This week on <em>Under the Radar</em>:</p> <p>It’s our annual spinning of holiday tunes with our own <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/thatwilkinsguy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Wilkins</a></strong>, radio engineer for PRX and GBH’s The World.</p> <p>All this hour, GBH’s intrepid holiday music collector shares his new finds of old songs that are quirky, weird and sometimes way out there.</p> <p>These are <em>not</em> the traditional carols you'll hear from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir or even new favorites like Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” Nope, for his annual collection of songs you never heard, Mike has once again rescued vinyl one-hit wonders from the forgotten bins of overlooked B-sides, and highlighted a few new tunes that might become classics.</p> <p>This season, for his 32nd year of jinglebell melodies, Mike’s collection goes back to basics — sort of. This is Mike’s musical holiday gift bag, “Sack O' Songs,” a Yuletopia recording.</p> <p>Stream the full "Sack O' Songs" playlist here: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/seenthat/sackosongs2021" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/seenthat/sackosongs2021</a></p>