Beautiful and Bright

Every year, from a quiet and snowy wood near Lake Michigan, the ever-acroamatic Brad Peterson writes and records an annual holiday song in a hand-constructed garden shed studio. Just a few months after the release of “the unknown album“, comes his 2018-2019 offerings.

With some of the lyrics inspired by a postcard sent in 1912, this song attempts to convey a feeling of a holiday celebration with friends and family.

Written, performed, and produced by Brad Peterson
Guest appearance by THE RAG-TAG-GARDEN-SHED-CHOIR
Kim Sommers, Joeseph Sommers, Chelsea Goldberg, Heidi L Riley, Scott Reily, Joanna Claypool Walla, Joseph James, Jp Perlow, Larry Brown, Suede Stout, Susan Carey-Perlow

ISRC: QZ-AMM-17-31031
BPM: 115
Key: D# Major
Holiday, Christmas, Alternative, Adult Alternative, Indie, Indie-pop, Singer-Songwriter
sleigh, bells, jingle, choir, double, upright, bass, stand, mallets, french, horns, tuba, harmony, acoustic, guitar, vibraphone, party, celebration, neighbors, friends, retro, throwback
love, happy, upbeat, uplifting, positive, empowering, fun, feel good, bouncy, cheerful, celebratory, bright, sentimental, heartfelt, tender, emotive, heartwarming, moving, Wonder

Listen if you like:
The Beach Boys, The Monkees, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Hollies, The Grass Roots, Tommy James & The Shondells, Herman’s Hermits, The Turtles, The Association, The Mamas & The Papas, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Buckinghams, The Troggs, Sonny & Cher, The Young Rascals, The Box Tops, Manfred Mann, The Cowsills, The Searchers, The Spencer Davis Group, The Zombies, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Something, Sung Hoon, Sufjan Stevens, Fleet Foxes, Andrew Bird, The Antlers, Grizzly Bear, Beirut, Iron & Wine, Neutral Milk Hotel, S. Carey, Volcano Choir, Broken Social Scene, The Mountain Goats, Perfume Genius, Elliott Smith, Dirty Projectors, The National, St. Vincent, Animal Collective, Sharon Van Etten, Mount Eerie, The Microphones, Something, Sung Hoon