An americana Christmas

"Americana label New West gets into the 2014 holiday spirit with their first compilation of Christmas music. The appropriately, if blandly, titled (and packaged) disc is a mishmash of six never before released selections-both originals and covers- from the imprint's roster, along with a seemingly random sampling of existing songs to pad the hour long set ... There is enough to keep an average Americana fan satisfied, but with so many other classic rootsy Christmas collections already on the shelf, this is a missed opportunity".

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"Christmas is a great frame for writing about heavenly love and earthly loneliness. This compilation sees Johnny Cash, The Band and Emmylou Harris reflect on the former, the seasoned performers lending a gentle country inflection to traditional carols like The First Noel and The Gifts They Gave ... No one does lonely like country musicians and Max Gomez, The Common Linnets and Old 97's have you crying in your eggnog by album's finish".

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"Christmas is a great frame for writing about heavenly love and earthly loneliness. This compilation sees Johnny Cash, The Band and Emmylou Harris reflect on the former, the seasoned performers lending a gentle country inflection to traditional carols like The First Noel and The Gifts They Gave ... No one does lonely like country musicians and Max Gomez, The Common Linnets and Old 97's have you crying in your eggnog by album's finish".

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"Julemusikken er en hæderkronet og også forholdsvis alsidig genre - i al fald så alsidig, at man strengt taget ikke behøver tage til takke med det obligatoriske hakkelse, der bliver spillet i radioen år efter år. Nej, tillad mig i stedet at anbefale denne fine, nye antologi fra det gode selskab New West ... Blandt sværvægterne her er Emmylou Harris, [Johnny] Cash og ikke mindst The Band, hvis dejlige Christmas Must Be Tonight får lov at lukke samlingen. Der er dog også grund til at glæde sig over stærke bidrag fra eminente - og herhjemme aldeles ukendte - Robert Ellis, John Prine, Dwight Yokam, Valerie June og Corb Lund. Og så har jeg ikke engang nævnt Les Trois Cloches, hvor Neil Young er gæst hos sin nu afdøde medspiller Ben Keith".

"Americana label New West gets into the 2014 holiday spirit with their first compilation of Christmas music. The appropriately, if blandly, titled (and packaged) disc is a mishmash of six never before released selections-both originals and covers- from the imprint's roster, along with a seemingly random sampling of existing songs to pad the hour long set ... There is enough to keep an average Americana fan satisfied, but with so many other classic rootsy Christmas collections already on the shelf, this is a missed opportunity".

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