By: Paula Slade
There’s lots of holiday cheer for children and families with these new interpretations of classic Christmas music favorites. Performed by a diverse range of popular artists, from country music and Crescent City Jazz legends to Grammy winners, Putumayo, the distinctive world music label presents their newest CD, A Family Christmas.
Putumayo World Music, also known for their popular and award-winning Putumayo Kids CDs has once again provided diversity of sound and culture with their unique blend of artistry connecting the traditional to the contemporary.
Each holiday selection is produced with a distinctive vocal interpretation and fine instrumental accompaniment.
The array of highlighted artists reads like a “Who’s Who” of the musical world covering jazz, blues, retro-swing, folksong and country – all performing treasured holiday favorites.
The eleven tracks CD feature the following selections and musicians:
1. "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" - Johnny Bregar
2. "Holly Jolly Christmas" - Martin Sexton
3. "Is Zat You Santa Claus?" - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
4. "Let it Snow" - Leon Redbone
5. "Winter Wonderland" - Deana Carter
6. "Sleigh Ride" - Sam Bush
7. "Here We Come A-Wassailing" - Kate Rusby
8. "Jolly Old St. Nick" - Brave Combo
9. "Mele Kalikimaka" - Debbie Davis and Matt Perrine
10. "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus" - The Christmas Jug Band featuring Angela Strehli and Maria Muldaur
11. "Frosty the Snowman" - Lars Edegran and his Santa Claus Revelers featuring Big Al Carson
You can hear sample tracks of A Family Christmas at Putumayo World Music, Putomayo Kids (where you can also download a free mp3 from A Family Christmas) and though Amazon.com. Purchase of the CD may be made from any of those sites as well as Border’s.com.
A Family Christmas also comes with a complete set of liner notes written in English, Spanish and French, which includes photos and biographies of each of the musical artists in the album.
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