11 Acorn Lane

In 2010, the two-man act known as 11 Acorn Lane released Happy Holy Days, an album of predominantly Christmas music that nods to two very different but equally legendary talents--Esquivel and Henry Mancini. Thomas Feurer and Neal Pawley discuss their affection for the two and how they created music in their footsteps instrument by instrument, bar by bar, in a Manhattan apartment in the dead of summer. 

Feurer and Pawley talk about Esquivel and Mancini, how their own technical abilities shaped their music, and their relationships to the American Christmas music tradition since they were born in Switzerland and the UK respectively. 

This episode also returns to last week's focus on indie rock Christmas music for two from the now hard to find Christmas compilation, Star Over: "This Spirit Thing" by Sunless and "Angels We Have Heard on High" by Ormonde.

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