Dear Santa ..., Puss N Boots (Blue Note)

For those of you not in the know, this is Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson and Catherine Popper performing as what folks are calling an "alt-country" band. They had an album a few years back and have come back with this EP for 2019. All three wrote the opening ballad "Christmas All Over Again," Dobson teamed with Don Was for "The Great Romancer (Brooklyn)," a grungy little number, Popper penned the ribald shuffler "Christmas Butt," the group performs Sarah Oda's waltz "It's Not Christmas Till You Come Home," and they wrap up with a live version of "Silent Night." I'm not a fan of country, but since there's no danger of this ever being played on country radio, I'm happy to plug this, which is far more Americana in thrust.