There’s a new holiday mixtape that’s raising money for music education in Canadian schools

Whenever school budgets are cut, the first thing that seems to go are the music programs. Given the benefits of any kind of music education, this isn’t just short-sighted and counter-productive, it’s insane. That’s why I give MusiCounts props as often as I can.

MusiCounts, which is the charity associated with CARAS and the Junos, raises money to put musical instruments in Canadian schools. So far, they’ve raised over $16,000.000 million for this important cause.

This year, Lemmon Entertainment has released The Lemmon Holiday Mixtape, a collection of Canadian holiday-themed songs. Here’s the tracklist.

1.  Andrea England – Jolly Melancholy Christmas
2. Andrew Allen – I Wanna Be Your Christmas
3. Bif Naked – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause
4. Carla Muller – Christmas At Home
5. Cassie Dasilva – Season’s Greetings
6. Chris Hadfield – Jewel In The Night
7. Don Amero – Sometimes a Whisper
8. Ellen Doty – Red & Green
9. Emi Jeen – All Together For Christmas
10. Helix – Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
11. Ian Sherwood – Christmas Without You
12. Jay Douglas – Merry Christmas
13. Jess Moskaluke – Grown Up Christmas List
14. Jim Bryson – Mary New Year’s Eve
15. Josh Bogert – Christmas Village
16. Maggie Szabo – Christmas With You
17. Myles Goodwyn – On The Road To Bethlehem
18. Olivia Penalva – Dream You Home
19. Pavlo – Frostbite
20. Sultans of String – Sing For Kwanzaa (feat. Richard Bona and Waleed Abdulhamid)
21. The O’Pears – Carol of the Bells
22. Zach Oliver – A Christmas Song

The collection can be purchased on SING! for $9.99 (Canadian, of course).