C-SPAN usually gets a bad knock.

So most people don't watch C-SPAN. I do. And tonight, I'm watching something really fun. They're showing tape of the White House Children's Holiday Reception from this past Monday. There was a band that played at the reception called the Sweet Heaven Kings.

These guys were awesome. If you can imagine Christmas music with a New Orleans jazz swing, you're pretty close to what they played. I wasn't able to find out much about them on the internet (they do not appear to have a website of their own). However, they're playing at the Kennedy Center this week and you can read some info on them as well as view their performances from years past here. Definitely worth a peek to the musically-minded among you.