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Posted in Holiday (Thursday, November 20, 2008)

The artists are Artist is Chip Davis and Day Parts. By American Gramaphone. The regular list price is $11.98. Sells new for $4.88. There are some available for $3.75.
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1 comments about Holiday Musik II.
  1. This could also be appropriately titled "Memories of a Ren Festival." This is a collection of classical music pieces arranged for the most part similarly to the Fresh Aire series. The result is a very Rennaisance sound, which is pleasant to listen to. The selections are not cliche, which is nice in that you get songs you've probably not heard often. (I'd only heard 2 of them.) Overall, flawless execution, good interpretation, original arrangement of instruments all mark this as a disc I will certainly keep in the changer during the holidays!


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Posted in Holiday (Thursday, November 20, 2008)

The artist is Artist is Nox Arcana. By Monolith Graphics. The regular list price is $13.99. Sells new for $10.99.
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5 comments about Necronomicon.
  1. This is the perfect companion for sitting down and reading the works of Lovecraft. It makes for wonderful ambience! Excellent.


  2. In this, the second CD realease from Nox Arcana, the focus is on Lovecraft and his works. The music explores the deities that roamed the earth when men lived in darkness and served these Gods as slaves. The listener is taken through a musical journey that explores the visions of Alhazred, the Mad Arab. The mythos of the Necronomicon takes you to the realms of Azathoth, Yog-Sothoth, Dagon, and Cthulhu.

    I highly recommend this for anyone who has a healthy respect for myth, and can appreciate the dark musical talents of these gifted people. I certainly do.


  3. A "Must Have" for any Lovecraftian fan, afficianado...Or even if you just like creepy background music. Amid the haunting scores are several well done quotes from the fabled Lovecraftian tome, a chant to Nyarlathotep and the infamous "Ia Cthulhu Phtagn" passage done with 'proper' reverence and fanatascism. Definitely a "mood music" CD but one that sets the mood it intends very well


  4. Good background for a theme occasion... I got it for Halloween to freak out trick-or-treaters, lol


  5. I bought this item as a gift for someone who is an avid player of Dungenos and Dragons. It was right up their alley. I was pleasantly surprised by this music. They composers have made a delightlful blend of classical and Gothic music, that sounds like a track from a classic horror movie. This is not something I would normally listen to, but I found it rather enjoyable. I bought this along with a selection from Midnight Syndicate, which is a similar style, and equally enjoyable.


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Posted in Holiday (Thursday, November 20, 2008)

The artist is Artist is John Prine. By Oh Boy. The regular list price is $11.98. Sells new for $7.15. There are some available for $4.44.
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5 comments about A John Prine Christmas.
  1. I recently saw John Prine in a small club in Berlin Germany with Todd Schneider opening up. It had been years since the last time I saw him and never had had the good fortune to see him in such a small setting. He is one of the few great American song writers. You know one of those who writes songs that you really have to listen to, to appreciate. Then there is the musicianship. No synthesizers, scratching records, light shows, or other gimmicks, just good music that takes you back to the America of the 50's, 60's, 70's..... and wherever else he wants to take you. After seeing his performance in this small club with two other backing musicians, I am not surprised to hear someone use the adjective "rockin" in connection with John Prine. If you've never seen him or heard him you're really missing something. I can only say, I hope to see him in Quasimodo again real soon, because like a good bottle of wine, John Prine keeps getting better with age.


  2. I've struggled with this critical citation much longer than most, over the last few months this disc has turned thru at least a couple dozen times, and I'm still on the fence for words. I suppose the artist shared simular sensations while songsmithing his seasonal sleigh ride, a unquie sincerity is reflected throughout. I suppose EVERYTHING IS COOL,in this small package there's instru-tinsel, YULEridGEMality, liveness, curious narration & banter, twists-n-tweaks,and merry-medley maneuvering.~~~Merrily Mix~~~ 1$1\2, 2$, 3#1\2, 6#1\2, 7#, and 8#1\2 ~~~Post Script: If the artist is new to you, seek YULEtide elsewhere first. Yet if you're fondly familar, take the purchase plunge and click this disc into the chart, hey man it's Christmas and its' From John To you. ***buyit,saveit*sharemost*givetofans*** YULEridGEMality Factor = 5 1\2


  3. OK, so at least one song has nothing to do with Christmas ("If You Were the Woman and I Was the Man), although it's a beautiful song. And in one, he mentions Christmas in the intro only ("All the Best"). And one mentions Christmas in the song, but is arguably not a Christmas song ("Everything is Cool"). And there are only eight total tracks on the whole thing. But this is taking it's place very close to "Phil Spector's Christmas Album" as my all-time favorite.

    John Prine is also very close to Bob Dylan in my eyes for title of all-time best songwriter. His quirky use of making us look at the meanings of words a little differently has always mesmerized me. A good example is in the best original Christmas song here "Silent Night All Day Long". Just looking at the title is a good example of this. It is the closing line of a very moving chorus of a song that would be a modern classic if radio programmers had any sense.

    He also throws in a few traditional songs, "Silver Bells" and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", the latter being done with a rollicking saloon piano in the background. Of course we get his immortal "Chrismas in Prison", and who thought THAT song would ever appear on a Christmas album? The closing monologue is touching, and has a surprise ending that, once again, may not be traditionally Christmas, but somehow fits and leaves you with a good feeling.

    This album gets more likeable each time you listen to it.



  4. "A John Prine Chirstmas" . . . yes, it IS a Christmas album . . . but yes, i listen to this album "year 'round". It is classic John Prine, and the seasonal holiday leaning of it's themes in no way stand in the way of all year listening and enjoyment of these great songs and great "Prine performances".

    From the very first note of the very first track, "Everything Is Cool" . . . you just know that for the duration of this album's play, everything IS cool. (and it is one of the best songs John Prine has ever written at that.)

    "All The Best" is a slightly comic look at a "broken relationship" and wishing the other "all the best" nonetheless. One can't picture John Prine with any other ciew on life, even when life doesn't go the way we'd have liked it to go.

    "Silent Night All Day long" is a christmas card in music and lyric . . . it just paints a beautiful nostalgic holiday card picture of two lovers memories of christmas together. a little melancholy, a little tinge of sadness of the past, and a lot of beauty - another og John's best.

    "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause" will just break you up in a smile and then into outright laughter -- "i saw mommy kissing Santa Clause . . .ON THE LIPS!" John laughs in mock shock!

    "Christmas In Prison" is a live version of an early John Prine song. It describes the isolation and loneliness of celebrating Christmas for those locked behind prison walls and bars. Like the late great Johnny Cash, John Prine seems to catch hold of a glimpse of a soul's thoughts and feelings in such isolated circumstances. This is a truly great song by john Prine.

    John Ends this Christmas tour de force with a story of "A John Prine Christmas" . . . suffice it to say that he concludes this account with an acordion solo of "The Lichtenstein Polka"! ha! . . . a tribute to his childhood memories of Christmases past no doubt.

    Even if you don't have the "Christmas Spirit", get this album . . you'll love it . .and enjoy it all through the year . . and it WILL be Christmas All Year Long!

    Thank you John Prine for all the great songs and smiles you have brought to us . . and we always look forward to many more . . . and this "A John Prine Christmas" cd will bring me smiles for a long long time to come. :)


  5. As much as I love John Prine, this one is for completists only: live versions of a few originals and a couple of holiday tunes. Short, too: EP length


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Posted in Holiday (Thursday, November 20, 2008)

The artist is Artist is Original Soundtrack. By WEA/Reprise. The regular list price is $18.98. Sells new for $10.99. There are some available for $7.98.
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5 comments about Fred Claus.
  1. This is, quite simply, a strong Christmas album with some "shake your shimmy" verve and the usual good-times aura. The songs selected for the current (and very funny) Christmas film starring Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, and Miranda Richardson, are an ideal collage of all the possible moods of Christmas--rockin' (with Elvis), classic for the kiddies (Doris Day's "Here Comes Santa Claus") and some more obscure choices, all of which work.

    A really top-notch Holiday or Holiday Party album that'll hold up well, because these are superb Christmas tunes. Sinead O'Connor's version of 'Silent Night'(with Peter Gabriel on keyboards) is, believe it or not, the most haunting and utterly goose-pimply version of this song ever done, IMO. VERY Christmas "reverent."

    Highly Recommended CD for anyone celebrating the Season, and if you are a collector of Christmas Music CDs, you must, of course, include this one.


  2. The Best Song in the movie is not on the CD, Where the Elves and Vince Vaugn rock out to in the work shop is not on this CD, That song is "Rubberneckin" by Elvis with the remix


  3. The product is what I wanted - the songs are all there and they are great and the service was fast and I got exactly what I ordered, BUT on the first playing...the CD skips. I haven't tried to return it yet, but will.


  4. I saw the movie and it was OK, good but not great, but I loved the music and immediately bought the CD.


  5. This CD contains well known Christmas songs performed by well-known singers spanning three-quarters of a century - from Doris Day through to the wonderful Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" is the highlight track for me.
    Sinead O'Connor gives a great rendition of "Silent Night". Fans of Elvis, the Jackson Five, Doris Day, or Guy Lombardo will enjoy their contributions, though none of their songs on this movie soundtrack do anything for me.


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Posted in Holiday (Thursday, November 20, 2008)

By Dorian Recordings. The regular list price is $21.98. Sells new for $21.20. There are some available for $6.98.
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5 comments about Bright Day Star: Music for the Yuletide Seasons.
  1. Had enough of animated snowmen and over-sweetened carol arrangements? Here's a hugely enjoyable recording of songs and dances done with flair by the Baltimore Consort. There are a few familiar tunes, such as the lilting arrangement of "Ding, Dong Merrily On High" and a beautiful solo flute version of "Lo, How a Rose 'Er Blooming." But most the songs are off the beaten track, and are therefore fresh and new despite their antiquity. Custer LaRue brings feeling and energy into the songs. This has become the most played Christmas CD in our household.


  2. 'Twas the day after Thanksgiving, and all through the house, Christmas spirit was stirring and starting to rouse feelings of joy and expectation in the hearts of the people who were there. Beautiful music and Custer LaRue's singing filled the air.

    Wonderful songs, written by people long dead, caused pictures to form and stories to dance through each listening head. Stories of a virgin bearing a child, stories of the little Savior's entrance into this world...meek and mild.

    Each song is sung with such haunting beauty and care. The Consort's playing could not be more wonderfully fair. Each song is a masterpiece--"The Cherry Tree Carol," "In dulci jubilo," and "Quem pastores laudavere." Each song's focus is on the true meaning of Christmas--no appearance made by St. Nick--but with singing like this, in your head they are sure to stick.

    More beautifully than snowflakes this music drifts down. In sheer loveliness, "Christmas Is My Name" deserves the crown. Oh but each tune is strong--like "Ding Dong Merrily" and "The Wren Song." Most come in at under three minutes each, none is overlong. Each is stunning...how can the listener go wrong? How they twinkle...they are most merry. One even makes mention of Cherries.

    (...)

    I highly recommend this disc.



  3. A perfect way to celebrate the Christmas spirit any time of year with some truly "old" favorites, performed with spirit and heart by the Baltimore Consort. Period selections imbued here with the consort's singular sound and creative improvisations include "Ding Dong Merrily on High", "The Old Year Now Away is Fled", "The Cherry Tree Carol", "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day", "Es ist ein Ros", "In Dulci Jubilo", and many more that may charm you for the first time. The Baltimore Consort is: Mary Anne Ballard, viols and rebec; Mark Cudek, cittern, guitar, viols and bandora; Custer LaRue, soprano soloist; Larry Lipkis, viol, recorder and gemshorn; Ronn McFarlane, lutes; and Chris Norman, wooden flutes and pennywhistle; with Webb Wiggins on organ.


  4. This might be my favorite holiday album. It's one of the first I pull out in November and doesn't get put away until February.


  5. I purchased this CD after listening to another work by the Baltimore Consort. The quality of the recording, of the music and the vocals are all top notch. After listening to this CD for a few days, my wife and I decided it would be an ideal gift for other music lovers. Each person who has since received it has also thoroughly enjoyed it. While the CD is themed for the yuletide season, I don't know that it has to go away with the garland and tinsel.


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Posted in Holiday (Thursday, November 20, 2008)

The artist is Artist is The Leevees. By Reprise / Wea. The regular list price is $13.98. Sells new for $4.98. There are some available for $0.57.
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5 comments about Hanukkah Rocks.
  1. Just how do you spell Hanukkah? And is it apple sauce or sour cream for your latkes? These are the question posed by The LeeVees in their holiday album: Hanukkah Rocks. Adam Gardner and Dave Schneider combine for this fun, contemporary, and entertaining album of new Hanukkah songs. Released in October 2005, Hanukkah Rocks seeks to fill a gap in Hanukkah music. Outside of the ubiquitous "Driedel Song", there aren't too many songs out there for Hanukkah. Gardner and Schneider, both established musicians with their respective bands (Guster and The Zambonis), successfully fill this void with sure to be classics like "Latke Clan": "We'll put the oil into the pan/So come and join our Latke Clan/'Cause we are latke fans" and the hilarious "How Do You Spell Channukkahh?": "I remember when I was/In Elementary School/A Spanish kid told me/that it starts with a silent J/But Julio was wrong". These songs capture the secular sense of Hanukkah that connects most Jews to the holiday, but they are also good enough to listen to year round. Other songs are about the love for kugel, the adventure of the Jewish Matzoh Ball, and the unofficial Jewish tradition of going for Chinese food on Christmas day. The album is often amusing and always fun; and furthermore, full of the joy of being Jewish.


  2. Tight, solid riffs. Subversive and hilarious lyrics on par (no, better!) than the best of Barenaked Ladies or They Might Be Giants. And, of course, terrific tongue-in-cheek Jewish humor, just in time for most bittersweet time of the year for the Diasporized.

    Please, don't buy this album if you are content to sing "I Have a Little Dreidel" all December. It'll be wasted on you--buy it for your hip nephew instead.


  3. THis is the greatest CD! My family and I laugh to this and the songs are so easy to learn - we LOVE it!!!!


  4. I am constantly amazed how enjoyable this entire CD is from beginning to end. I was first introduced to The Leevees in December '05 at a Barenaked Ladies concert. The Leevees opened the show and they were awesome and funny! I am not Jewish but I was smitten with the music from the moment I heard it. I definately recommend this CD, especially for road trips! I wish a few of the songs they performed Live were included on this CD but maybe there will be another one down the road!


  5. What a gem! The songs are funny and catchy, and they do a great job reflecting modern Jewish life in America. It's only November, and already I find myself singing "Goyim Friends" (my favorite track) and "Latke Klan." Both the kids and adults in my family love it, and we play it over and over. It's my favorite Hanukkah gift (except for families with young children -- I give them the fabulous Golden Dreydl: Klezmer Nutcracker for Chanukah). There are plenty of good klezmer Hanukkah albums, and some that are jazzy or swing, but this is the only one that truly rocks.


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Posted in Holiday (Thursday, November 20, 2008)

The artist is Artist is The Four Seasons. By Curb Special Markets. The regular list price is $7.98. Sells new for $3.46. There are some available for $3.77.
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5 comments about Christmas Album.
  1. This is, unequivocally, one of the most enjoyable Christmas albums ever produced by a pop/rock outfit. The first seven tracks, which constituted side one of the old vinyl album, is for all practical purposes a Christmas symphony: It fuses together shorter and longer renditions of traditional Christmas songs (most being nonsecular), with appropriate orchestration and the Seasons' incomparable vocal magic. Check out Frankie's soaring falsetto over his bandmates' midrange harmonies on "Estelsis Deo"; it'll send chills down your spine. "What Child Is This" is a beauty, as a previous reviewer noted, and the other three group members get to shine on a cheerful take of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen." Too many little treasures here to list 'em all. The second half of the album is arranged a bit more conventionally: Six songs more spaced, with more straight pop instrumentation not unlike many of the early Seasons classics. Herein lie the two tracks which get played on the radio at Christmastime: "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"--but equally notable is "Jungle Bells," a genuinely fun song that your kids'll go ga-ga over--and so will you! There's not much here in the way of liner notes, not surprising given the cd's very budget price--but really, the music's all the liner notes you need. We were out cruising in the snow the other night, and I turned a couple friends on to this album who had never heard it before, and they both loved it. Frankie, Mick, Tommy and the obscenely underrated talent Bob Gaudio produced a real slice of holiday magic on this album, and especially at this bargain basement price, you cannot and will not go wrong buying it.


  2. My children grew up listening to this album. We always had to play this while we were trimming the tree. I had no idea that both of my children considered this album part of our "Christmas Tradition". I finally found it on CD and this year my daughter asked to borrow my CD for my 5 year old granddaughter. She fell in love with it. My son's 4 year old daughter begged to hear Jungle Bells over and over. Needless to say, I ordered both granddaughters a CD of their own. I'm quite sure their parents are enjoying it too.


  3. I use to listen to the record album when I was a child. So glad I found the CD on line so that my kids can listen to it too. It's a fun holiday album!


  4. The Four Seasons put out a Christmas album that simply was one of the best Christmas albums out there; and it remains very beautiful music even in our times. The quality of the sound is very good and we get that great Four Seasons sound!

    "The Merry Christmas Medley" gives us The Four Seasons singing and harmonizing; but you can usually hear Frankie Valli's voice pretty clearly just above the others. The musical arrangement is lush and very beautiful. I really like "What Child Is This" sung to the tune of "Greensleeves;" The Four Seasons deliver this flawlessly and the harp adds a lot to the arrangement.

    "The Excelsis Deo Medley" features more great harmonizing and they never sounded better! If Christmas is your holiday you simply won't want to miss this number.

    "Little Drummer Boy" uses the brass and drums very well and The Four Seasons sing this with all their heart and soul. They never miss a note--it's all THAT good. I was also impressed by their rendition of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town." This classic ballad gets an early `60s flavor to it and it really rocks! The falsetto and the much lower pitched voices of the others make an excellent contrast, too.

    "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" also gets an early rock and roll treatment from The Four Seasons; again we hear Frankie Valli leading the vocals and the harmonizing in the background works well, too. The rockin' beat from back in the day still serves this ballad well.

    The album ends with The Four Seasons delivering a grand version of "White Christmas." They never sounded better as they perform this melancholy ballad; and I predict that you will enjoy their interpretation of "White Christmas" very much.

    The liner notes really aren't there; but the cover artwork is very nicely done.

    This bargain priced Christmas album by The Four Seasons truly gives you a lot for your money. The Four Seasons sing with all their heart on this album of thirteen tracks and it's a must have for fans of The Four Seasons and anyone else who enjoys that sound of early rock and roll.

    Thank you, Four Seasons!


  5. i really like the 4 seasons and this album, for me, is a winner! since seeing the jersey boys i have become an ardent fan so this album resonated with me.


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Posted in Holiday (Thursday, November 20, 2008)

The artist is Artist is Regis Philbin. By Hollywood Records. The regular list price is $13.98. Sells new for $6.01. There are some available for $0.88.
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5 comments about The Regis Philbin Christmas Album.
  1. It was very enjoyable and exactly what I was looking for. Amazon is a great place to shop for hard to find stuff. Most music stores did not have this, so I was thrilled to find it here.


  2. AccuHolidays Please take this off!
    Regis has to be one of the worst vocalists I have ever heard in my life who has produced a for sale recording.


  3. I enjoyed this album very much. Regis does a good job in his own style and sounds great! It is not your typical collection of Christmas Carols, but the songs are definitely of the season. Delivery of each song is definitely Regis and an honest rendition of each song depicting his own heart and as he sees it.


  4. Ok.. hang it up. I had to listen to your freaking promo during your show a few years ago every day. You suck!


  5. Many years ago, Rhino records had the Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing Off collection of actors and entertainers who try to sing (such major examples include william Shatner The Transformed Man, Leonard Nimoy Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space, and Sebastian Cabot Sebastian Cabot, Actor/Bob Dylan, Poet) ...well this album should join the heap

    I love Regis the talk show host. I love Pasword and Millionare games shows. However when it comes to sing these standard Christmas Carols, MR " I Am Only One Man" should stay as a talk show host. He may do a night club act, but this does not translate to this CD

    These twelve Christmas carol seems a waste of CD space (Sorry Rege!) .He does get a little help from his family and friends, but it dont really help much. He has his wife Joy in an offkeyed 'Baby its Cold Outside'. He has Donald "You're Fired " Trump on Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" (you know Rudy was not fired!) and Steve Tyrell on ;Marshallow World'. So where is Kathie or Kelly when you need them Big Daddy?

    Regis does like most actor who try to be singers. He speaks the words like a poem. It is nice that he speaks in his Regis style. His voice as a non singer isnt bad, just its not singing

    Well Uncle Rege (he seems to be everyone UNCLE), lets not do a CD of your favorite Irish tunes, OKAY?

    Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD


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Posted in Holiday (Thursday, November 20, 2008)

The artists are Artist is Red Nativity and Brule (Paul Laroche) and Tom Bee. By Red Sea Records. The regular list price is $17.99. Sells new for $8.97. There are some available for $2.99.
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5 comments about One Holy Night.
  1. One Holy Night is a CD for all seasons, not just Christmas. Though most of the music might be considered to be Christian hymns, I enjoy listening to it year round. My family have all purchased this since I first played it for them. A true hit, that will become a new tradition.


  2. I had been searching for it for over a year after having heard a sample of it. The search has proved well worthwhile as I now rate it among my favourite CDs. Although it is primarily a Christmas album it is one of the few such albums which can be listened to and enjoyed at any time of the year. The two young men who make up Red Nativity have revealed a very special talent in the form of several traditional tunes which they have adapted and enhanced with their own special kind of magic. Prior to listening to this album I could never have imagined myself sitting down and enjoying "Greensleeves" in any shape or form whatsoever, but this duo have enhanced and enriched it with their native American treatment. If you enjoy music by Mythos, Era, Enigma or Enya then you will certainly enjoy this CD, whenever you wish to listen to it. I look forward to hearing more from them in the future


  3. I have been listening to recorded music for more than half a century, and it is rare that I encounter an item which seems to do something totally new to my ear. "One Holy Night" is such a treat. Here is a CD deliberately Christian in its intent...not only Christian, but Protestant...not only Protestant, but conservative non-denominational Protestantism. However, since it is almost entirely an instrumental album, there is nothing uncomfortable on here for liberals or even agnostics. "Red Nativity" is the duo of Robby Bee and Paul la Roche, native American musicians and composers. The instruments used include flutes, drums, piano, chanting, clapping and dancer's feet. The gimmick is to take well-known Christmas songs and apply a Native American sensibility to the melodies, occasionally departing quite a bit from the traditional. If any music could be somehow fundamentalist Christian and yet "New Age" simultaneously, it would be this disc. And most of it is beautiful and fascinating. I'll just give a few examples of what's going on here: "Come Faithful Ones" is based on "Oh Come, All Ye Faithful"; "Three Shamans" is hauntingly teased from "We Three Kings"; the number they call "Serenity's Child" is a tribal meditation on "What Child is This?" and a selection called "Wakan Tanka's Prayer" starts out as "Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel" and ends up with a chanted version of "The Lord's Prayer." By the time you get to this number, you can figure out that the next one, "Young Rain Drummer" is likely to be a reverent but jazzy improvisation based on "The Little Drummer Boy." And it's great. You don't have to be Indian to like this stuff, or even Christian, in my opinion. If you enjoy musical creativity, world music, flutes and drums, instrumental albums that lure you back for repeated hearings to try to figure out exactly how the artists started with "A" and threw in "C" and made it work so pleasantly, try this disc. You will be supporting a ministry, not a big record company with your dough...and rewarding two quite talented souls. This, for sure, is one Christmas album that will sound just as good in June as in December.


  4. This is the most beautiful Christmas Album in my collection and every year I find somone else on my list to gift with this C.D. Paul LaRoche (Brule) and Robby Dee take conventional Christmas Songs, change the titles a bit, and add an entire new dimension to the music by introducing Native American instruments, chanting and tempo. What a great C.D. and what great talent!


  5. Perhaps it's the traditionalist in me, but the dance track background got a bit repetitious, and even though the treatment of traditional Christmas music is still in there in the mix, with all the beauty of native american flutes, chanting and so forth, it's just not what I had hoped for. I was looking for something different, haunting, and yes, I did get something very different.. Not sure if it'll grow on me with repeated plays, or if it's destined to be put aside on a shelf, or better yet, sold to someone else..


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Posted in Holiday (Thursday, November 20, 2008)

The artist is Artist is Nancy Wilson. By Mcg Jazz. The regular list price is $18.98. Sells new for $8.13. There are some available for $2.99.
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5 comments about Nancy Wilson Christmas.
  1. Nancy Wilson is a great lady, but her voice was never one for everyone. This album has some great stuff, but also has some that is unlistenable. The NY Voices, the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni Orchestra are great. I just think that this album should have been edited more and some tracks should never have made it to the final cut.


  2. I love this Cd, Nancy's vocal stylings and phrasings are so unique. The songs make me feel good and put me in a sophisticated mood. I recommned this Cd for all jazz enthusists. I will hate to store it away after Christmas. Add it to your Holiday collection and you will be glad you did.


  3. Nancy departed from the shackels of Sony records and what did she do first? She went into the studio of Telarc Jazz and produced one of the finest Christmas albums I've heard. The names of guests on this album reads almost like a who's who in the world of jazz and when you thought it wasn't to get better, she donates all the profits from this album to charity. Nancy is a class act and that class is evident on all the tracks contained here in. For me a stand out track is the Broadway inspired arrangement of "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow." Nancy sounds like she had a great time recording this album and the various arrangements ranging from Big Band to Trio all flow seamlessly. Nancy is a song stylist, her interpretations sometimes don't follow the standards set by other artists performing and producing traditional Christmas albums so do not expect mundane versions of these carols, they belong to Nancy.


  4. Leave it to Nancy to do a tasteful classy Christmas album. I'm jewish but I'm a big fan of Nancy's and this is the one Christmas album that I listen to.


  5. THIS WOMAN HAS AS SENSATIONAL VOICE,STRONG AND VERY SEXAUL.
    I BELEIVE,NO I KNOW YOU WILL LOVE THIS.I'VE BEEN LISTINING
    TO NANCY AT A VERY YOUNG AGE,NOW AT 46 I CAN REALLY APPRECIATE
    HER VOICE AND TALENT.I TRUELY THINK EVERY ONE SHOULD LISTEN
    TO THIS REMARKABLE WOMAN AS SHE BELLO OUT HER UNIQUE TONES.
    MY ALL TIMES FAV (GUESS WHO I SAW TODAY)SINGSATIONAL,I
    LOYAL FRIEND ALWAYS,RT


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Holiday Musik II
Necronomicon
A John Prine Christmas
Fred Claus
Bright Day Star: Music for the Yuletide Seasons
Hanukkah Rocks
Christmas Album
The Regis Philbin Christmas Album
One Holy Night
Nancy Wilson Christmas

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