Nashville, TN (July 24, 2023) – It’s Christmas in July! With the success of her most recent album “Girl Singing the Blues” (#18 Billboard, #1 iTunes USA & Belgium #1, Amazon Best Sellers), Nashville-based recording artist, producer, and songwriter, Justine Blazer, has just released her new holiday album “Joy!” “Joy!” is Justine’s ninth studio album and features ten original Christmas songs. The album spotlights several of …
Here’s a rare (these days) jazz Christmas music release. Warren Wolf is a fabulous jazz vibraphonist. Listen to “Skating” (below). It’s the perfect vehicle for Wolf’s vibes. Note that Wolf also plays all the piano on the album… Asked why he decided to record an album of Christmas songs, Wolf offered a unique and honest …
“I’m lucky this holiday season to have a lot of positivity in my life,” says Dan Pawlovich of Mosey and Panic! At The Disco and the author of this new holiday tune brought before you today, “And yet, the world around us feels tumultuous, and it’s not always easy to stay positive. I remember times …
The best Christmas album? Gotta be Lou Rawls. Dig the production and the real players on this particular tune which has become an EPB annual tradition.
Download / Stream “Cozy Little Christmas” HERE Today, Katy Perry shared her first music video for the holidays – “Cozy Little Christmas.” View the clip, which was helmed by directing duo WATTS (Steve Aoki, Noah Cyrus), HERE. The song is now available at all DSPs after being released last year as an Amazon Original. “Cozy Little Christmas” claimed the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary radio airplay …
Lil James Tucker “Nice Things” Label: JABS Entertainment ISRC: USL4Q1953850 Click the photo below to download the broadcast master Check out “Nice Things” on YouTube below: Lil James Tucker “Nice Things” official music video James Tucker is an actor, comedian, author, rapper and …
It’s great to have the Chairman of the Board at Christmas, but where’s Dean? He was the one who always wore the Santa suit. It would be good to have Sammy there too. And JFK. Just the four of them. No Peter Lawford, no Joey Bishop, no sexy young starlets to distract them. Christmas Eve …
Having completed my “50 Albums in 50 Days” expansion of Mr. Chris Estey’s August 24th directive “to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on you”, I’ve decided to add a THIRD [slash] final batch of 25, in order to fill some remaining “gaps”—at least as I perceive such …
For me, this 1970 LP is the best “holiday” album. Why? Laura Nyro wrote all the songs, except one, which Carole King did. Felix Cavaliere and Arif Mardin produced it. The backing band are the Swampers from Muscle Shoals – plus Duane Allman AND Alice Coltrane play on it. What more could you want? – …
As a Christmas gift for you, Red Sleeping Beauty is releasing “Merry Christmas, Marie,” their first new song in 17 years. Red Sleeping Beauty is a semi-legendary Swedish bedroom pop band. They released two albums and numerous singles on classic pop labels around the world between 1992 and 1997. Highly rated by pop connoisseurs, they …
Recently signed to Cherrytree Records/Interscope, seven-piece sibling band The Hunts, have been playing music together almost their entire lives. Ranging from ages 16 to 24, twin sisters Jenni and Jessi and their five brothers Josh, Jonathan, Jordan, Justin, and Jamison all learned to sing and play violin as young kids and spent much of their …
Here’s a catchy little tune and a really likable voice. Rabbi Steven Blane has written an all-holiday-inclusive (Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa) tune and accompanies himself on the ukulele.
Toronto-based youth band Rebel Coast release their latest single, “Lonely Christmas” just in time for the holiday season. The song, written by the five band members; Curtis Smith, Kyle McVea, Ryan Hawken, Angelo Moretti and Amer Dhaliwal, serves as the first single from the band’s upcoming holiday EP, Home For The Holidays. Produced by the …
ARIANA GRANDE has delivered her brand new original holiday single, “Santa Tell Me”. Sunday, ARIANA lit up the stage at the 2014 American Music Awards in Los Angeles. First, she delivered a sizzling medley of hits including “Problem”, “Break Free”, and “Love Me Harder” with The Weeknd. Watch the stunning performance here. Then, ARIANA’s “Bang …
America’s most musical family CIMORELLI have released their first-ever holiday EP, Christmas Magic [Awesomeness Music/Republic Records], on November 24 via all digital retailers. For this special collection, the six sisters interpreted five seasonal classics, seamlessly adding their own spirit to each. The EP arrives hot on the heels of their fifth and latest EP, Renegade, …
Over at Lost Wax Method, my cousin deftly recounts a performance of Handel’s Messiah by the Marshall Field’s Choral Society which we and some others attended in the 1980s. As an eye (and ear) witness, I can vouch for his accounts and descriptions, which are compelling and accurate. He recreates the tension, disappointment and humor …
Lost Wax Method has put together a lovely sonic Advent Calendar which features delightful, rediscovered, seasonal music every day ’til Christmas. See also: The Three Greatest Recordings of Handel’s Messiah, By Don Lundell The 20 Greatest Christmas Albums of All Time, By Don Lundell Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium Sung By the Robert Shaw Chamber …
F*CK THAT! ERIN MCKEOWN'S ANTI-HOLIDAY ALBUM (2011) by Erin McKeown Singer-songwriter, producer, and dedicated activist Erin McKeown is gearing up to release her new album, MANIFESTRA, which brings together her political and musical selves. Funded by her enthusiastic fan-base in a mere six days via PledgeMusic, MANIFESTRA will be released January 15th on McKeown’s own …
Dani Shay is no stranger to the stage, having been a contestant on both NBC’s America’s Got Talent and the most recent season of Oxygen’s The Glee Project. With a handful of releases and viral videos already under her belt, the singer-songwriter has released her new One: The Winter EP today featuring three uplifting tracks, …
Click to Enlarge ImageChristmas Tree Fire Safety Selecting Christmas Trees: Needles should be green and hard to pull back from the branches Trunk should be sticky to the touch Bounce the tree trunk on the ground if lots of needles fall off it’s dried out Caring: Do not place your tree …
Homer and Jethro were adept, first-rate jazz musicians (See Playing It Straight and It Ain’t Necessarily Square) but that’s not the music for which they’ll be primarily remembered. Instead Henry “Homer” Haynes and Kenneth “Jethro” Burns will go down in musical history as the creators of tunes such as “The Gal From Possum Holler,” “How …
“Everything I touch gets ruined.” Recently I experienced my 44th straight viewing of A Charlie Brown Christmas… yes, I have the DVD, but there’s nothing like recreating the delayed gratification of one’s youth by watching it on broadcast TV. (Sans the Dolly Madison commercials, sadly.) A Charlie Brown Christmas, to me, is like spending bittersweet, …
Seattle band Quickie— Lou Trez, Joe Wolf, Kelly Lichtenwald– has made some eye-catching (and controversial) videos over the years, most notably, “Bikini Barista,” which featured buxom coffee servers and drew in hundreds of thousands of views and attention from all over the world. They also had some success with Seattle Superhero Phoenix Jones. Still, my …
10:33pm Christmas Night – Fear not, Portland, I’m back. It’s late on Xmas day and the Bard of Black Friday, the poet of post-Christmas discount shopping, is back in the snippy, brisk Walmart parking lot coming to you live and bringing you all the latest news of crowds, shopper’s riots, pepper spraying for bargains and …
Peacock Lane, the Grotto and the Zoo Lights are all overrated. The best Christmas lights in the Portland area (and perhaps the world) are the free Starkwood neighborhood display. You may drive or walk through. Just about every house in the neighborhood is lit up and they’re beautiful together. To get there, just head north …
“Ho Ho Ho’s will never be the same,” says Kelly Lichtenwaldt, drummer for Seattle band Quickie. He is talking about his band’s new Christmas video, “All I want for Christmas is a Ho Ho Ho!” “We’re tapping into our inner reindeer Ramones,” says Quickie’s lead singer Lou Trez. “The world needs to see that reindeer …
All photos by Kris Chall Bingham. Here’s “Hej Tomtegubbar” from the Lucia pageant that was presented by the Scandinavian Department of the University of Washington at the Swedish Cultural Center in Seattle, Washington on December 12, 2010.
Maybe the song is a bit sappy, but it’s a good question. – Anne Seymour Mette