Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Monday, 10 December 2012

Harrison Kennedy on Santa's Got Mojo 2 CD

Electro-Fi's latest Christmas compilation, Santa's Got Mojo 2 has many of the top blues acts in Canada layin' out some fantastic festive funkiness.

Hamilton's own blues legend, Harrison Kennedy, offers up Hot Cider Cinnamon, a soulful, haunting, beautiful Christmas song about holiday memories.

Harrison's joined by Fathead (they have 2 tracks on the disc), Chris Whiteley, Shakura S'aida, Julian Fauth, Fruteland Jackson, Morgan Davis and many more with their own wonderful, original songs.  No sappy, dull carols in the lot.  This CD is filled with soul, swing and funk.

To cap things off is an amazing bonus track with the late, great Mel Brown and the Homewreckers playing the classic Merry Christmas Baby.

You can purchase the CD at the Electro-Fi site or download it through iTunes or eMusic.

Below are a few videos of tracks from the CD



Links: Shakura S'Aida, More Shakura S'Aida Stories,  Video courtesy of the Electro-Fi



Links: Morgan Davis, Video courtesy of Calm Tom 6

Blast from the Past: Harrison Kennedy and Others@Hometown Christmas

Links: Harrison Kennedy, More Harrison Kennedy Stories

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Friday, 10 December 2010

New Kori Pop Christmas EP (Free Download): more love goes into handmade gifts

Local singer/songwriter Kori Pop has an amazing holiday gift for her fans. The aptly named more love goes into handmade gifts is a free 4-song EP download.

She starts off with two yuletide classics, Christmas Time is Here and Rudie the Red-Nosed Reindeer (yes, Kori renames it slightly). Thenwe have two wonderful originals Messed Up This Christmas and To My Winter Child.

Whether classic or self-penned, Kori bring her pop-folk style and soft, angelic voice to all the tunes. On some tracks, there's even some electronic music touches.

Click here to download it for free.

Links: Kori Pop - More Kori Pop Stories

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

New Andre Bisson CD: Rhythm and Blues Christmas

Tired of the usual sappy, low-energy, yuletide tunes? Well local musician Andre Bisson has the solution for you: he recently released, Rhythm and Blues Christmas, a new CD packed with funky, swingin', rockin' holiday delights.

Andre and friends take traditional tunes and add a major dose of R&B. Rudolph, Silent Night (which is anything but), Jingle Bells and more are given a great rump-shaking twist. The Christmas tunes end with a wonderful bluesy version of Please Come Home for Christmas.

As a holiday gift there's something old and something new at the end of the collection: Two bonus tracks - Free Ride Blues from his previous CD, Rhythm and Blues Experience, and a great version of Ain't Too Proud to Beg from the upcoming album Beyond the Covers.

This great yuletide disc is available at their amazing live shows and through cdbaby (CD/Download)

Links: Andre Bisson, More Andre Bisson stories

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