Category: Traditional

BLACK CARDS - SANTA BABY

12/20/2010

Black Cards is the current project of Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, featuring the steamy and dreamy Bebe Rexha on vocals. Wentz announced the new project in a cryptic blog entry on his web site back in June but, so far, the music has been coming out slowly with only a couple of tracks posted on the group's MySpace site and those being Electro Dance--quite a departure from the music of Fall Out Boy. Wentz has recently announced that things are going to start breaking quickly for Black Cards with their full length album debut due early in 2011. The "Santa Baby" diversion doesn't really sound like a Black Cards track. Sounds more like Bebe doing a bit of karaoke. But that's OK with me. I'm a sucker for a pretty girl. Adorable. Download using the above widget or at Bebe's Soundcloud page.

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JAIMINA JOHNSTON - NAVIDADES CON JAIMINA

12/14/2010

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1. Llega la Navidad
2. Christmas Jingle Suite
3. Ya Viene la Vieja
4. Dime Nino de Quien Eres
5. En La Puerta Hay Un Nino
6. Adeste Fideles
7. Arre Borriquito
8. Pero Mora Como Beben
9. Noche de Paz
10. La Navidad
11. Rin Rin
12. Campanilleros
13. Campana Sobre Campana
14. Veinticinco de Diciembre DOWNLOAD AT JAMENDO
15. Aaah, Ilega Navidad

Ah, free and foreign. Now that's what I'm talking about. And this is some tasty stuff, for people with more traditional tastes at least, even if you won't recognize most of the tunes here. Call it a cross between Choral music and A Cappella, sprinkle in jazz influence lightly. Jaimina Johnston was born in Liverpool to a Spanish mother and a British father, both with backgrounds in classical music, sometime in the 40s. This of course meant Jaimina grew up along with rock n roll, right there in the same town as the Fab Four. Jaimina was a soprano with a local choir when she decided to embrace the music of the day. Given her background, however, Jaimina couldn't help but combine the Latin and classical influences, along with jazz and blues which she'd also embraced. The style of her ostensibly pop/rock group--which even played the legendary Cavern Club--tended toward topical a cappella. In 1967, Jaimina married, moved to Puerto Rico with her husband, and still played her brand of music in the clubs. Always, there was her very distinctive soprano voice floating lightly as a feather above the surrounding voices. Not much was heard from Jaimina for a very long while. Her husband died in 1989 and she, ultimately, returned to Liverpool. In 2004, Jaimina was accused of tax evasion and sentenced to 3 years in prison. After serving a year and a half, Jaimina left prison only to find herself requiring surgery on her vocal chords. So it is only in 2007 that the first recording from Jaimina Johnston and her group is released. "So Many Songs" was well received, as was the follow-up, "So Little Time". So that's a whole lot more about Jaimina Johnston than you probably cared to know, but I found it fascinating. "Navidades Con Jaimina" (Christmas with Jaimina) is one of the many, many free downloads available through jamendo. There's so many, that I really haven't had the time to go through them to separate the good from bad. But just type "Christmas" in their search engine and I'll see you next November and you can tell me all about it. In the meantime, sample this album and, if you like it, click on the download button. They'll ask for a donation and your email address, but neither is required. Just leave those spaces blank and keep scrolling until the new download button appears. If you find this is something you like, you should probably also check out the album "Pray", a collection of spiritual songs from Jaimina.

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JESSIE KOL - IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER

11/2/2010

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“There are so many things to treasure about Christmas, one of them being the music. I love how Christmas songs can create a moment and inspire an emotion that returns, year after year."--Jessie Kol

As we featured on our PREviews page, young Indie Jazz artist Jessie Kol will be releasing a 4 song Christmas EP, "Little Emmanuel", later this month. In the meantime, she's decided to make this beautiful rendition of "In The Bleak Midwinter" available as a FREE download single through her own web site and through CD Baby. You'll find the sound to be very much in a Norah Jones vein, and that works just great on this Traditional Christmas carol. Stop by Jessie's new web site and get the song for the price of your email address. That's a bargain in my book.

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BLACK CARDS - SANTA BABY

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JESSIE KOL - IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER

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