Tony Bennett – A Swingin’ Christmas

Swingin’ Christmas featuring the Count Basie Huge Band. Tony Bennett has 15 Grammy Awards along with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2001).

‘Tony Bennett is among the most recognized human beings on the earth.’ –Vanity Honest.

The album tracks are ‘The Christmas Song’, ‘Have Yourself A Merry Small Christmas’, ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas, ‘Winter Wonderland’, ‘Santa Claus Is Coming to Town’, ‘Christmas Time is Here’, ‘My Pet Things’, ‘The Christmas Waltz’, ‘Christmas Auld Lang Syne’, ‘Silver Bells’ and ‘Christmas Tree’. [Read more]

Brian McKnight – I’ll Be Home for Christmas

Christmas cheer run over with McKnight’s first right holiday collection featuring all of your pet Christmas classics and three new McKnight holiday originals. Presented in that smokey R&B mold that McKnight does so well; McKnight’s prominent vocal prowess will certainly make this the most wonderful time of the year! As an extra special bonus, Josh Groban, Rascal Flatts and Babyface also make guest appearances on the album. McKnight’s visibility will be growing around the holiday season and into 2009. Already a household as a result of his hits, a stint in Chicago on Broadway, and his own radio show. [Read more]

Sarah Brightman – A Winter Symphony

If you like Sarah Brightman, you’ll probably like this CD. It has her signature operatic voice that is so catchy. For fans of Christmas music, but, I’d look elsewhere if you’re looking for rockin’ around the tree or being holly and jolly. The album ain’t kidding when it says Winter, every song has an icy, cold, snowblown, 10 below kinda feel – without the aid of a roaring fire or hot cocoa.

I celebrate Winter just as much as Christmas and can appreciate this album, but it’s not my pet, and I can definately be with you Christmas shoppers being turned off by the depressing music. I reckon it is a worthy album, though, and should probably be in your winter CD collection.

– Discodan

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Enya – And Winter Came

Twenty being after her landmark Watermark album, Enya’s seventh studio disc, And Winter Came continues a astonishingly successful career that has included more than 70 million albums sold worldwide. And Winter Came is an enchanting evocation of the changing landscape of winter as well as the festive cheer of the holidays. One of the most successful female artists of all-time, and following only to U2 as the largest selling Irish artist in history, Enya brings her beguiling and ethereal music to bear on the darkest and yet most hopeful season with And Winter Came. [Read more]

Faith Hill – Joy To The World

This album is the first holiday album from Faith Hill, ‘Joy To The World‘ is a joy to behold. Featuring gorgeous new versions of ten traditional and modern classics, complete with horns, strings, woodwings, percussion and chorales, much like the huge-band orchestras of the 40’s and 50’s. One of the most well loved music stars in America, Faith Hill celebrates the joy and faith of the season with ‘Joy to the World’. [Read more]

Amy Grant – The Christmas Collection

Amy Grant is pulling out all of the best Christmas songs from all three catalog albums plus four new songs. Christmas music is synonymous with Amy Grant. Her classic arrangements, stirring original Christmas songs, TV specials, and widely attended Christmas tours over the being have all contributed to over five million Christmas albums sold. In 2007, all three of Amy’s classic Christmas albums were digitally re-mastered and sold over 50,000 albums in just 3 months. [Read more]