Archive for October, 2007

Michael Bolton’s New-ish Christmas Release »

Concord Records has released ‘A Swingin’ Christmas,’ an album of yuletide hits sung by multi-platinum Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Michael Bolton with the bang of a big band orchestra behind him.
Originally released last year (exclusively at Target), this beautiful and inspirational holiday collection adds two brand-new tracks: “Silent Night” and “Joy To The World.”
‘A Swingin’ [...]

Hall & Oates Touring for Christmas »

The 2006 release of Hall & Oates first Christmas album is the focus of this year’s holiday tour by the group. The holiday tour starts November 20th in Chicago.
“Last year we didn’t tour the album — instead [we did] a lot of promotion for it,” Hall tells Billboard.com. “This year, we’re not doing much [...]

Toby Keith Tapes Christmas Special for CMT »

A Toby Keith Classic Christmas, a one-hour special, will premiere on Nov. 24 on CMT. Taped in Nashville, the program features Keith’s renditions of “Winter Wonderland,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Little Drummer Boy,” “The First Noel” and others. Keith and special guest Jewel sing together on “The Christmas Song” and “Go Tell It [...]

Miss Patti’s Christmas Released »

Miss Patti’s Christmas is the first new Christmas album by Philadelphia native Patti Labelle in nearly two decades, since 1990’s Gamble & Huff-produced This Christmas, on Universal’s MCA label. The new album’s 10 songs intersperse Christmas classics (”It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year,” “Do You Hear What I Hear?”), contemporary numbers (remakes [...]