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Jo Whiley's Cosy Christmas

Jo handpicks two hours of cosy tunes to wrap your presents to and get you in the mood for Christmas, plus festive readings from Kylie, The Edge, Mackenzie Crook & Rufus Wainwright!

Jo handpicks two hours of cosy tunes to wrap your presents to and get you in the mood for Christmas, featuring festive readings from Rufus Wainwright, The Edge, Kylie and Mackenzie Crook, plus Christmas session tracks from MT Jones, Michael Kiwanuka, Laufey, Declan Mckenna and Lucy Rose!

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1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Mon 22 Dec 202519:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Fleet Foxes

    White Winter Hymnal

    • Bella Union.

  • Joni Mitchell

    River

    • Reprise.

  • U2

    Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

    • A Very Special Christmas (Various).
    • A&M.

  • Laufey

    Santa Baby (Sofa Session, 19 Dec 2024)

  • Michael Kiwanuka

    Goodbye England (Covered in Snow) (Sofa Session, 19 Dec 2024)

  • Phoebe Bridgers

    If We Make It Through December

    • Dead Oceans.

  • The Cranberries

    Linger

    • Emerald Rock (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Blossom Caldarone

    Waxing Lyrical

    • Nice Swan.

  • Bastille

    Fairytale of New York (Radio 2 Sofa Session, 17 Dec 2025)

  • Bastille

    Good Grief (Radio 2 Sofa Session, 17 Dec 2025)

  • Björk

    It's Oh So Quiet

    • The Best Album In The World Ever!(Va).
    • Virgin.

  • Coldplay

    Christmas Lights

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Corinne Bailey Rae

    Like A Star

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Rufus Wainwright

    Hallelujah

    • THE SATURDAY SESSIONS.
    • EMI.

  • Jo Harrop

    The Christmas Song (Radio 2 Session, 15 Dec 2021)

  • MT Jones

    Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Sofa Session, 19 Nov 2025)

  • Rachel Chinouriri

    Let It Snow (Sofa Session, 11 Dec 2024)

  • Declan McKenna

    White Christmas (Sofa Session, 18 Dec 2024)

  • Lucy Rose

    Silent Night (Sofa Session, 18 Dec 2024)

  • ROSALÍA

    La Perla (feat. Yahritza y su Esencia)

    • LUX.
    • Columbia.
    • 7.

  • Elvis Presley

    Blue Christmas

    • If Every Day Was Like Christmas.
    • RCA.

  • Kate Bush

    December Will Be Magic Again

    • It's Christmas Time (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Dec 202519:00
    BBC Radio 2