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Ben Folds Premieres Two Tracks From Holiday Album, ‘Sleigher’: Writing Original Songs, ‘I Just Realized How Christmas Frames Everyone’s Year’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Ben Folds has announced a Christmas album, 'Sleigher.' He discusses why he made a holiday record and premieres two tracks from the forthcoming set.

Holiday records tend to be more of a late-career refuge for artists who see an easy shot to knock off some covers than something most top-flank singer-songwriters view as a chance to creatively mine for a whole set of fresh material. So fans of the Christmas genre — which, evidence suggests, would be most of America — have something more compelling to look forward to this year, in the form of Ben Folds ‘ first holiday collection, “Sleigher,” for which the celebrated artist wrote seven original numbers themed to the season, along with recording three covers. Click below for Folds’ take on the most familiar of all mid-century carols, “The Christmas Song,” and also the first original to be unveiled, his duet with actress and touring partner Lindsey Kraft on a romantic reverie they co-wrote, “We Could Have This.”

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