Christmas Concert - Jingle Bills

“Jingle Bills” is a new Christmas album from The Bills, the duo Bill Booth and Billy T (Bill Troiani), set to release on November 1, 2026. The album follows up ’Til The Blues Have Gone, which was nominated for the Spellemannprisen in the blues category in 2020. The foundation is The Bills’ established musical universe within swing blues and Americana, this time with Christmas as the thematic framework and invited guests on stage. You will hear newly written songs by Billy T, new arrangements and lyrics for several of Bill Booth's compositions that suit the Christmas theme, as well as original adaptations of well-known Christmas songs. The album's humorous side is highlighted in songs like “Daddy’s Drinking Up Our Christmas,” “My First Christmas Eve,” and “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus.” At the same time, the record acquires a more reflective and atmospheric side through, among other things, Bill Booth's adaptations of “Cold Blue Night” and “Under the Pine.” Familiar songs will also receive new musical expressions. “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” is planned in a new minor blues version, while Joni Mitchell's “River” (“I Wish I Had a River I Could Skate Away On”) will get a new acoustic arrangement. The musical expression is built around the interplay and two-part harmonies of Bill Booth and Billy T. Billy T plays bass, Robert Alexander Pettersen on drums, and Ian Fredrik Johannessen on electric guitar. Bill Booth contributes with vocals, fiddle, harmonica, and guitar.