Nnenna’s Unconventional Yule
An optimistic, upbeat, celebratory outpouring of emotion and spirit completely in tune with the season that inspires its…
Author: David McGee
Tchaikovsky, Straight & Ellingtonized (Or, ‘Let’s Play Two!’)
TCHAIKOVSKY wrote THE NUTCRACKER SUITE, DUKE ELLINGTON and BILLY STRAYHORN reimagined it, and HARMONIE ENSEMBLE NEW YORK offers…
The Ellingtonian ‘Nutcracker’
An appreciation of THE NUTCRACKER SUITE as DUKE ELLINGTON & BILLY STRAYHORN reimagined it in 1960 and of…
All in All, A Most Wonderful Time
A tasty selection of tracks from three of ANDY WILLIAMS's eight Yuletide albums, including several superb tracks with…
A Christmas Dialogue Continues
Consider Classic as the next installment of Martina McBride’s ongoing dialogue with Christmas, and a fairly scintillating one…
The Ol’ Christmas Yin-Yang
GEORGE JONES & TAMMY WYNETTE cut only one Christmas single as a duo, but solo, each artist made…
No Words Necessary
If you were to select only all-instrumental albums of holiday music, you could hardly do better than to…
What Becomes a Classic Most?
Streisand at her apex in recordings made almost three-and-a-half decades apart. Make no mistake--she’s the classic here, and…
Big Brass Ones for Christmas
On its fifth holiday album, CHRISTMASTIME IS HERE, CANADIAN BRASS honors the music of animated Yule favorites and…
Christmas As He Knew It
JOHNNY CASH's CLASSIC CHRISTMAS ALBUM is a sampling from the three Yule albums the Man in Black recorded…