Over the Holidays and Under the Influence, Butch Walker (self-issued)

This long-time Americana performer rolled out either a short album or a long EP for Christmas 2017. Eight songs, all familiar holiday tunes straddling rock, rockabilly and country styles, nothing particularly surprising, but Butch is a fine singer and performer backed by a strong band and this is worth hearing. He gets a good Tex-Mex groove going on "Feliz Navidad," borrows the Specter arrangement for "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," and performs straightforward arrangements of "Lil' Drummer Boy," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Jingle Bells, "Frosty the Snowman" and "Jingle Bell Rock." Check it out.