Noël aux Antilles avec Abel Zenon et son Combo
One of the unexpected sorrows of dealing with a music genre that, let’s face it, had its absolute heyday more than 50 years ago, is to frequently have to see its legendary cr
Christmas in Hong Kong with Kong Ling
It is the eternal fate of a vocal album, for better or for worse, that it will be judged mainly by the quality of its vocals.
Urbie Green and his All-Stars – A Cool Yuletide
The release is on a recently-launched budget label, whose lack of any clear direction meant that it would soon be wound up.
The Singers Unlimited – Christmas
You can tell by the cover that Christmas by The Singers Unlimited is no ordinary Christmas album.
James Brown – A Soulful Christmas
When James Brown opens his A Soulful Christmas album with the phrase “Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto”, it might come off as a novelty, as a joke, but he is dead
Peter Schreier – Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium
Peter Schreier, tenor extraordinaire and one of the greatest singing interpreters of Bach of the 20th century, passed away on Christmas day last year. A date.
Christmas and Crisis
With a global pandemic that keeps us at a distance from each other, this year will certainly be a different Christmas.
Otis Gibbs – Once I Dreamed of Christmas
To some extent, nearly all of the classic Tin Pan Alley Christmas songs are about escape.
