"Holly Raleigh Christmas" a-comin'

Behold the 14-song track list for volume three of "Have a Holly Raleigh Christmas," which has become one of the coolest recurrent projects in local music. This year's model has two repeat acts from years past; a couple of well-chosen former locals; and several intriguing stylistic wild cards including Rey Norteño (a local band that had a Latino-radio hit in 2006 with a song called "Raleigh") and steel drummer Tracy Thornton.

Killer Filler, "I Saw Three Ships On the First Noel"
Day Action Band, "Your Last Chidhood Christmas Eve"
Triangle Tuba Quartet, "Jolly Old St. Nicholas"
Jon Shain, "The Deep Freeze"
Brantley Family Band, "Morning Star"
Port Huron Statement," Feeling Like Christmas Again"
Regina Hexaphone, "Christmas Moon"
Rey Norteño, "De La Mano De Dios"
Nathan Oliver, "Oh, the Winter"
Don Dixon, "Winter's on the Run"
Joe Newberry, "On This Christmas Day"
Gray Young, "Christmas If You Want"
Terry Anderson/O.A.K. Team, "Eggnogorant"
Tracy Thornton, "Jingle Bells"

Proceeds will once again benefit Raleigh's Community Music Schools. The release party is set for Nov. 6 at Tir Na Nog.