Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Kwanzaa, Cheerful Winter Solstice, Convivial Festivus…all that good jazz. Now, tell Billy F. Gibbons all of your holiday wishes and he’ll come to you in the night on his magic riff-powered sled to make all your dreams come true.

Cornershop deliver a trio of tunes in the form of the ‘Free Love’ digital download available now. The ‘Maxi Single’ format lives! Three is the magic number–two songs is still a single; four is an EP. There are two completely different versions of what Uncut Magazine describes as Cornershop’s “latest psychedelic extrapolation of Punjabi folk,” ‘Free Love.’ You get the ‘Free Love (Radio Edit)’, ‘Free Love ‘69 West Orange Gentry Mix’, and the track that makes it maxi, a Camp Street mix of the song, “Who Fingered Rock and Roll?” Get it now directly from the artist at www.cornershop.com

In other news, we’re still enjoying the company of Martin Sexton and his talented crew, who are hard at work on a full length album due out this spring. You can wet your whistle with some exclusive videos, including live performances as well as Martin’s video blog at www.youtube.com/officialmartinsexton

We’re very pleased to have Martin Sexton and his golden pipes here at Camp Street. Today kicks off the first day with Martin, accompanied by producer, Crit Harmon and an all-star cast of musicians. The full length album is planned for April 2010. We’re excited to round off ‘09 with Martin and his crew and we’ll keep you posted on all the fun. Check out Mr. Sexton’s website for further updates at www.martinsexton.com.

We’re off this week to stuff our faces full of holiday vittles. Travel safe and pass the gravy. We’re getting ready to round out oh-nine with a December full of action. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours from the Camp Street Family!! Good things await on the other side of a turkey sandwich…

Boston’s premier country-punk outfit, Three Day Threshold have been working on a full length album here at Camp Street. Frontman, Kier Byrnes and his crew have waded through several bottles of Beam and cases of home brew to bring you 11 new tunes and expect the album to be out before the end of ‘09. Sometimes the way to a man’s heart is through his liver.

Rocking for a good cause, Brooklyn’s Teenage Prayer’s have kindly lent one of their very recently recorded new songs as the musical background to a PSA about climate change awareness. Al Gore…take a note from the folks at www.350.org: next time you want to get your point across about global warming try rock and roll and semi-nude supermodels. Might get a few more people on board than your crusty monotone. The song is called ‘Time’ and you can get a free download at www.teenageprayers.com

Check out the new Bodega Girls’ track, “Ain’t That Cold” available at www.rcrdlbl.com. Catch the Girls right now tearing up CMJ in NYC. That is all.

A couple of notable new releases hit the shelves today. Dear Leader released their fourth full length, ‘Stay Epic,’ on Lunch Records. The compact disc has 4 acoustic bonus trax, so hit up www.newburycomics.com to get the glossy cardboard and plastic version of the album, or get the bonus-less instant gratification digital version on itunes. (no, I’m not giving you a hotlink to itunes…you know where to find it.) Stay Epic was proudly recorded, produced and mixed by Paul and Adam here at Camp Street.

Also released today is the long awaited Morphine 35 song anthology from Rhino / Rykodisc entitled, ‘At Your Service.’ There are oodles of rare and unreleased goodies in this multiple disc package including demos, alternate takes, and live performances spanning Morphine’s entire groundbreaking career. Go right to the source for more info and to nab yourself a copy at www.rhino.com.

Brooklyn’s Teenage Prayers were in this weekend to bust out two new tracks–soup to nuts. We gave the Pro-tools a bit of a rest and revved up the 2″ analog machine for some serious rock action.

In other news, we’re just about through with a monster transfer project for WMBR. We’ve digitalizized about 400 some odd radio tapes chronicling at least a partial history of the ebb and flow of the ever transitional Boston music scene from the late 70’s to the very early 90’s. Is been an interesting journey having been introduced and re-introduced to some of the best bands of that era to call Boston home–however briefly in some cases. Look for these rare cuts to be filtering into the left-side-of-the-dial excellence that is WMBR 88.1 FM Cambridge or on the web, www.wmbr.org.

Lastly, here is yet another nudge in the direction of www.dear-leader.com where you can acquire for the cost of nothing a new song from their upcoming full length. This week’s song is called, “Napoleon Complex.”

It’s been 10 years since the world lost Morphine frontman, Mark Sandman, but the legend lives on. Celebrate the life, legacy and achievements of one of the Boston area’s most enduring musical pioneers this coming Sunday, September 27th at Pacific Park in Cambridge, MA (at Sidney and Pacific Streets). A 12:30 p.m. parade embarking from Mark Sandman Square (where the Middle East resides, Central Square) followed by a free concert featuring, Orchestra Morphine, Elastic Waste Band, Treat Her Right, Zili Misik, Mean Creek, Rite Hook, Faces on Film, Mariachi Internationale, Mickey Bones, and more.

Events go until 7 p.m. and include an on-site raffle and online charity auction with all proceeds going to the Sandman Music Project. For more information, you can go to: www.hindry.com or www.facebook.com/marksandmanmemorialconcert or follow something worth following for once via www.twitter.com/sandmanconcert.