02. Spend Christmas With You
03. Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto
04. Little Drummer Boy (Interlude)
05. Little Drummer Boy
06. Home For The Holidays feat. Gavin DeGraw
07. ‘Tis The Season
08. What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas
09. Coming Home
10. Away In A Manger (Interlude)
11. Away In A Manger feat. ZZ Ward
12. Please Come Home For Christmas
13. The Christmas Song feat. Chaka Khan
14. Spirit Of Love
Hey, we're getting hard copy of the new Heart Christmas release after all. In the form of a "Deluxe" CD/DVD set. Other than that, our earlier speculation was right on. It's a live set from last year's televised Christmas performance in Seattle. "Home For The Holidays" (OK, so we'd heard "Home For Christmas", originally) is set for release November 11. There's also a stand-alone Blu-ray version (no CD with that one). Still waiting on the official track list, but there are plenty of YouTube videos, if you're curious as to some likely inclusions. Cover art we got.
Like any "overnight success", The Henningsens have been at this music game for awhile. In a way, you could say they've been at it their whole lives, on and off. The Henningsens are a family trio, featuring father Brian, son Aaron, and daughter Clara. Dad had had Nashville dreams in his younger days, but put those aside to raise his family. Of the ten kids (10!), it was Aaron who got the bug. Aaron was playing local gigs, writing songs and meeting with producers in Nashville. Just about then, in 1996, Brian was involved in an accident and Aaron put his dreams on hold to care for his Dad and help out on the family farm. By 2003, Aaron was out playing again and his father was plenty impressed with the music his son was making. The next turn came in 2007 when Brian, Aaron and Clara wrote a song together and decided to try it out at an open mic night in Nashville. Though they had no thoughts of making a career of it then, it wasn't long before The Henningsens were introduced to another up and coming family band--The Band Perry. Some of The Band Perry's biggest hits have been penned by The Henningsens. Performing their own songs seemed the next logical step in this wild and crazy journey they've been on. And so far it seems to be working out for them.
So now we have a Christmas album to look forward to (assuming Sony allows it). No word on release date or title as yet.
1. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer 2. White Christmas 3. O Holy Night 4. Full of Cheer 5. I'll Be Home for Christmas 6. Baby, It's Cold Outside (feat. Kira Isabella) 7. Hairy Christmas 8. Angels We Have Heard on High 9. Do You Hear What I Hear? 10. Silent Night (feat. Taylor Davis) Bonus Tracks: 11. Away In Manger 12. Rocking Around The Christmas Tree/A Holly Jolly Christmas/Jingle Bell Rock 13. Colder Weather (Live from The Sing-Off Tour) |
2. Sleigh Ride
3. Jingle Bells
4. Up On The Housetop
5. Deck The Halls
6. Worst Time Of Year
7. Christmastime Again
8. Carol Of The Bells
9. Holiday Bells
10. Christmas Honey
11. All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)
12. White Christmas
13. Grumpcracker Medley
14. A Very Grumpy Christmas
Hand Drawn Records is a small label down Texas way (with some facets of the business in Oklahoma). It's a largely DIY label that's focused on artist development. Every so often, as many independent labels do, they release a compilation so that the music loving public can hear the artists on their roster. To facilitate that even further, HDR gives away the downloads of these comps via Soundcloud. Volume 3 is still available for your listening and downloading pleasure, if you feel like checking it out (as are Volume 2 and Volume 1, if you poke around a little bit). For Volume 4 of their compilation series, the label has opted for a Christmas album. You never know what you're going to get from the artists but HDR isn't focusing on original material for this release; they're far more intrigued by what new spin their artists can put on familiar seasonal/holiday classics.
The artists Hand Drawn Records has recruited for "The Holiday Record" range from Roots to Folk to Pop to Rock and they're targeting an early December release. We don't have a track list yet (and, I suspect, neither do they). But here's the artist list and the cover art, if you'd like to investigate a little further. We'll be sure to let you know when the album has been posted so you can run and grab you some free local artist Christmas downloads.