Tag Archives: Xmas

Kate Rusby Celebrates Two Decades Of Yuletide Music

November 9, 2025

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 is of any interest – or so it seemed until Kate Rusby … Continue reading →

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Mickey Thomas Finally Issues A Yuletide Album

October 13, 2024

For the most part, Christmas albums are boring – how many times can one endure listening to the same old songs, after all – yet when such a record comes from Mickey Thomas, it’s a good thing simply because the … Continue reading →

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SCOTT JEFFERS / TRAVELER – Christmas

May 9, 2022

Traveler 2014 American ensemble’s second coming to the seasonal melodic messages brings on a joyous success and then some. For all its merry intents and purposes, 2011’s – Scott Jeffers’ first official venture into the Yuletide repertoire as a follow-up … Continue reading →

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SCOTT JEFFERS / TRAVELER – Old World Christmas

March 5, 2022

Traveler 2011 On a Yuletide voyage to the source of joy, American ensemble venture off the beaten track. With this collective’s Eastern slant, one would expect Scott Jeffers to try and stylistically return popular canticles to the lullaby of Christianity … Continue reading →

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MIKE GOUDREAU BAND & DANY ROY – Christmas Rendez-Vous

December 7, 2021

PMG 2021 Turning Yuletide blues into hootenanny, merry gentlemen from Quebec marry familiar tunes to their own rootsy hoot ‘n’ toot. If Christmas is about tradition, Mike Goudreau seems to be setting a personal trend now as he follows up … Continue reading →

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