1. Jesus Christ 2. I Can't Feel Christmas Anymore 3. I'm Not Coming Home (It's Christmas) 4. Haven't Seen You Since The Summer 5. Cold Weather Man 6. Christmas Love Songs 7. Holiday Road 8. Everyone's Asleep 9. To Know You Waited (At Christmas) 10. The Snow Speaks 11. Ain't No Star (On My Christmas Tree) 12. (It's Not Christmas) 'Til It Snows In Boston 13. Silent Night SOUL SHOP RECORDING STUDIO DOWNLOAD FROM BANDCAMP |
Soul Shop is a Massachusetts recording studio--all analog. For the second year in a row, Soul Shop gathered up as much of the local talent as they could to cut a holiday album. The New Lights are the Soul Shop house band, and they're joined on the album by a long long list of musicians and vocalists from area bands (if you want to see who is playing/singing on each track, click the "info" buttons). "Christmas Alone With You", unlike its predecessor, contains mostly original material. And the songs range from Americana to Soulful shuffles, to straight up Rock. You'll have to seek out your own favorites, but mine were "Haven't Seen You Since The Summer", which sounds like a 70s soul number, and the Bluesy "Cold Weather Man". Having lived in Massachu for a bit, it was also cool listening to "(It's Not Christmas) 'Til It Snows In Boston" (with Jeremy Lee Given on vocals and keys). And the cover songs, "Jesus Christ" and "Holiday Road" are both excellent. "Christmas Alone With You" is a free Bandcamp download. Once you've checked that, you might want to have a listen to 2013's "Last Month Of The Year". They made 30 hard copy CDs of that one. Though I can't say if any of the CDs remain, the digital download of "Last Month Of The Year" is also free.
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Listening to "One Gift", the title track of Noel Gourdin's free Christmas Mixtape from last December, makes me feel regret I wasn't around much last year. 'Cuz I'd have sent your ass straight over to grab it. Noel Gourdin is a Soul singer from Boston who rose to attention with "The River", a big charting R&B track, in 2008. Noel strives to make music that's "Timeless, Real and Soulful" and, from the little I've heard since stumbling on "One Gift" the other day, he's succeeding mightily. Noel's sound, to me, is old school; while he doesn't ignore the modern day hip-hop sensibilities, he never forgets the soul in Soul music. Not to say something some might think bordering on blasphemy, Noel inspired the same warmth in me as a young Marvin Gaye did, once upon a time. Noel's current album--only his third national release--is "City Heart Southern Soul", released in February. And I'm sure the best is still to come. But "One Gift" isn't a bad place to start. And it's free. Of the 5 tracks on "One Gift", only the title song is overtly a Christmas song, but the other tracks are great listening, too. It's as good a place as any to become acquainted with an artist you're going to want to hear more of. Don't forget to pay the man a visit at his Internet home and say "Hi", sometime. |
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