By Jeff Westover on Aug 2, 2008 in Music News | 0 Comments
When you are not only a Grammy® Award-winning and multi platinum-selling artist, but also have three best-selling Christmas CDs while selling over six million Christmas albums overall what do you do? If you are Amy Grant, you hand–pick your favorites, record four new songs, and put them all together in one special CD. Such [...]
By Jeff Westover on Jul 20, 2008 in Music News | 0 Comments
These days, actor turned drummer Billy Bob Thornton is busy with his new band the Boxmasters, touring in support of their debut double album. The actor is nothing if not prolific as a songwriter, as his three-man group’s 2009 follow-up is already essentially done and a separate Christmas album is in the works. The [...]
By Jeff Westover on Jul 8, 2008 in Music News | 0 Comments
Nashville, TN (July 7, 2008) - “The King of Country Music” George Strait will brighten this year’s holiday season with his album, Classic Christmas, to be released October 7. The album’s ten traditional holiday songs are Strait’s personal favorites and they were recorded with the Texas Troubadour’s own country flare.
Songs on the CD [...]
By Jeff Westover on Jul 5, 2008 in Music News | 0 Comments
Sheryl Crow is following in the footsteps of Barry Manilow, George Straight and James Taylor in producing a Christmas CD marketed by Hallmark in 2008. These CDs are typically offered as an exclusive in Hallmark stores for one year before being repackaged for general distribution.
“I had been wanting to do this for awhile, [...]