Intimate Christmas with Ben Folds

 The American singer-songwriter Ben Folds is primarily a pianist. In the 1990s, he had his own band: Ben Folds Five. Since 2001, he has released four solo albums, and now a fifth one is added. With 'Sleigher,' he delivers an atmospheric Christmas album full of intimate music. The opening track is a somewhat neutral-sounding piano instrumental, with only the title sounding Christmassy: 'Little Drummer Bolero.' There are hardly any real Christmas bells to be heard on this album, but the Christmas spirit comes from the instrumentation and the lyrics. Among his own songs are a few covers, such as Mel Tormé's well-known 'The Christmas Song.' Notably, 'The Bell That Couldn't Jingle' is a beautiful intimate version of Burt Bacharach's only Christmas song.

Ben Fold- The Christmas Song

No video from Ben Folds 'The Bell That Couldn't Jingle', but here's the original from the master himself Burt Bacharach and a nice version of the Dutch outfit Mist, the band with singersongwriter Rick Treffers.