I have lamented the lack of new holiday product in the distribution catalogs and I think it finally hit me that the reason there's a lack of new Christmas product in the distribution catalogs is because there just isn't that much new Christmas product coming this year. I suppose that, from the point of view of those not so obsessed, it's still early. But it's getting late.
A few quick notes. We lost another potential Christmas release for this year with Garth Brooks announcing that his set of holiday duets with Trisha Yearwood won't be finished in time for this Christmas (and, apparently, Garth lost a lot of material when his smart phone died; kids, always back up your data). Those who missed out on last year's seasonal album from The Smoke Fairies, "Wild Winter", can pick it up this year (on November 20) as the Rough Trade exclusive gets the wide release treatment. Fans of "Light" music--what we used to call "Easy Listening" (EZ, for short)--might want to know that the UK's Guild label has a third collection coming October 15. It will reach Amazon at some point but, if you don't want to wait, Guild has a fabulous mail order department and the price works out to be about the same as it will be buying it from Amazon.
And, naturally, this web site still isn't working properly since they instituted their "improvements" (I basically have to do everything new at least three times and hope I don't lose the formatting on the stuff that was already done long before). These changes usually settle in a few months down the road, but I wish they'd institute their "improvements" in the spring or summer, instead of always doing them just when its getting hot and heavy around here.
A few quick notes. We lost another potential Christmas release for this year with Garth Brooks announcing that his set of holiday duets with Trisha Yearwood won't be finished in time for this Christmas (and, apparently, Garth lost a lot of material when his smart phone died; kids, always back up your data). Those who missed out on last year's seasonal album from The Smoke Fairies, "Wild Winter", can pick it up this year (on November 20) as the Rough Trade exclusive gets the wide release treatment. Fans of "Light" music--what we used to call "Easy Listening" (EZ, for short)--might want to know that the UK's Guild label has a third collection coming October 15. It will reach Amazon at some point but, if you don't want to wait, Guild has a fabulous mail order department and the price works out to be about the same as it will be buying it from Amazon.
And, naturally, this web site still isn't working properly since they instituted their "improvements" (I basically have to do everything new at least three times and hope I don't lose the formatting on the stuff that was already done long before). These changes usually settle in a few months down the road, but I wish they'd institute their "improvements" in the spring or summer, instead of always doing them just when its getting hot and heavy around here.
I have a couple of other things I'm trying to give a fair listen to before posting them. But, in the meantime, there's this Indiegogo project from the Canadian Indigal collective. Indigal consists of nine Indie female vocalists (get it? Indie-Gal?)--ranging from Alt Rock to Americana--and many other talented musicians of both genders. The video below gives you a brief listen of most of them (but not doing Christmas music). The album they're raising funds for is "Noel" and they're hoping to release it on December 1. Like Kickstarter, there are incentives at various funding levels. Unlike Kickstarter, they don't lose funding if they fail to meet their goal and they're expected to honor their incentive promises or refund the money raised. You should also keep in mind that they're Canadian, eh? So you'll be paying in Canadian dollars and shipping to the states will be added in (all tolled, ordering the CD--which is basically what you're doing at the lowest tier--comes to about $19.68 with shipping, depending upon the current rate of exchange). More info can be found at the Indigal web site and/or Facebook page. Track list and cover art below the vid.
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