Day 1 - 12/25/22

Enjoy the Stormy Weather - Album (a curated collection of songs released in 2022). Listen here.

A colorful, abstract image of a building with a tall spire, with storm clouds and lightning in the background. The text on the image reads: "Kevin Ott, Enjoy the Stormy Weather, Best of 2022, Pt. 1."

To celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas, I will be releasing one new album, single, or lyric/album art excerpt on each of the 12 days. All music proceeds during this project went to charities helping families caught in the catastrophic famine in Africa (Self-Help Africa) and to charities supporting the Navajo Nation (especially as Navajos grapple with an ongoing, urgent water crisis).

Day 2 - 12/26/22

Thank You With All of My Heart - Album (a second curated collection of songs released in 2022). Listen here.

Snow-covered plants with a soft sky background for a winter scene, with text overlay reading 'Kevin Ott Thank You With All Of My Heart Best of 2022, Pt. 2'.

Day 3 - 12/27/22

Skating in the Solar Wind - Album (a third curated collection of songs released in 2022). Listen here.

Two people ice skating on a frozen body of water at night under colorful northern lights in a remote wilderness setting.

Day 4 - 12/28/22

Spacious Ground - Album (a fourth curated collection of songs released in 2022). Listen here.

A railway track running through a snowy plain under a clear, star-filled night sky.

Day 5 - 12/29/22

The curated album “A Thousand Assassins Fell Today” can be listened to here.

The release of the lyrics from the song “A Thousand Assassins Fell Today” (a song originally released on the “Old West Showdown in a Thunderstorm” albumin the Fall of 2022) is also part of this day in the 12 Days project:

We rode our horses into town,

Alongside a silver-stream freight train,

We gave them the news,

A thousand assassins fell.

The bells in the city square rang loud to spread the news,

The town was free again,

The bells in the city square rang loud to spread the news,

The town was free again.

Listen to “A Thousand Assassins Fell Today” on the album Old West Showdown in a Thunderstorm.

A distorted, colorful image of a ceiling and artwork in a museum or gallery setting, with streaks of bright colors and abstract patterns.

Day 6 - 12/30/22

Seacliff - Album (a sixth curated collection of songs released in 2022). Listen here.

The image shows a night scene with a full moon partially covered by clouds, reflecting on a body of water with some rocks and vegetation along the shoreline.

Day 7 - 12/31/22

The Quietest Rain on Holywood Hill - Album (a seventh curated collection of songs released in 2022). Listen here.

A person standing beneath a large rainbow with a rainbow rainbow and misty clouds in the sky, in a natural outdoor setting.

Day 8 - 1/1/23

New Year’s Epiphany - Single

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Snow-covered ground with sparkly snow and trees in the background during sunrise or sunset, with mountains and sky with clouds.

Day 9 - 1/2/23

Wind in the Arctic Glaciers (feat. Lucy Ott) - Single

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A vast icy landscape of the Arctic Glacier with a person standing near the edge, surrounded by snow and ice formations, under a clear sky with some clouds.

Day 10 - 1/3/23

Lantern Forest - Single

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A snowy scene in Lantern Forest with snow-covered branches and a lamppost illuminated in warm light during nighttime

Day 11 - 1/4/23

Run in the Snow - Single

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A close-up of a husky dog running in snow with mountains and trees in the background under a blue sky with clouds.

Day 12 - 1/5/23

Seed

(first new full-length album of 2023)

A group of climbers scaling a snow-covered mountain, with an expansive sky above and a large, red sun or planet in the background, accompanied by digital effects and aircrafts labeled 'US NAVY' flying in formation.
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