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Tori Amos Christmas Album Due November 10

Friday, September 18th, 2009

After nearly two decades writing and recording some of her generation’s most emotionally powerful music, Tori Amos will release her first seasonal album, Midwinter Graces, on November 10 via Universal Republic. A follow up to Tori’s critically acclaimed studio album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, Midwinter Graces will find Tori reworking and expanding on classic carols as well as developing some of her very own seasonal tracks.

Midwinter Graces is an album that has been in the making for the past 40 years. Raised in the Baltimore area under the watchful eye of her Methodist minister father, Tori grew up playing holiday carols at Sunday services and Christmas Day celebrations in her father’s church. These were the songs that gave a young Tori her first taste of music, and now almost 40 years later Tori gets her own chance to reimagine classics like “What Child, Nowell” and “Star of Wonder.” Tori will also add her own bittersweet bliss to the season with originally tracks like “Pink and Glitter” and “Our New Year.”

For Midwinter Graces, Amos has again teamed up with long time collaborators Matt Chamberlain on drums, Jon Evans on bass, and Mac Aladdin on guitars. Tori has enlisted the help of a Big Band and an Orchestra with stunning John Philip Shenale arrangements to create Tori’s new seasonal classics.

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Archuleta’s Christmas From the Heart Previewed

Friday, September 18th, 2009

51-lT3iQzLL__SL500_AA240_An artwork which will be featured on the front cover of David Archuleta’s upcoming Christmas set “Christmas from the Heart” has been unveiled. Set to be put out for U.S. purchase on October 13, the album has been made available for pre-order on digital retails.

“Christmas from the Heart” is David’s second studio album and first Christmas effort. This record will include “Joy to the World” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” among other Christmas favorite tunes. Featured guest in the album is YouTube singing sensation Charice.

Beside prepping to release a Christmas set, David Archuleta is also working on a pop effort to follow up his self-titled album “David Archuleta”. The runner-up of “American Idol” season 7 has started recording session for the album last summer while he was touring with Demi Lovato. There haven’t been any working title and release date announced for this album.

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Dylan Butchers Christmas

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

51+0eNM67xL__SL500_AA280_We’re trying to warn you here — Amazon’s UK site has clips from Bob Dylan’s soon-to-be-released Christmas album. Run away — far, far away — as fast as you can. Warn your friends. Just stay home by the fire and think frosty thoughts as you sip from that mug of whatever. Just don’t go anywhere near that link, for the love of Christmas, we beg you.

Bob Dylan singing Christmas carols? That’s about as good of an idea as mixing peanut butter with battery acid.

This album is painful in ways we cannot describe. It will, of course, become a cult classic (a la Leonard Nimoy singing Proud Mary or Rosanne singing the national anthem). People will no doubt collect it.

But no one in their right mind — save those who torture in third world prisons — will ever give it air time.

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