Weird enough – or, perhaps, fortunately so – this year hasn’t yet seen the usual deluge of Christmas albums, and of those which were announced only Chris Rea’s seasonal comp is of any interest – or so it seemed until Kate Rusby announced the forthcoming issue of the “20 Christmas Is Merry” platter. Its title doesn’t reference that of her 2012 opus “20”; neither it’s a hint of how many tracks are in there. Instead, it’s said to be “a celebration of two decades of magical festive music”: something the lady loves and knows how to do.
