2. White Christmas
3. Oklahoma Christmas (with Reba)
4. Let It Snow
5. There’s A New Kid In Town (with Kelly Clarkson)
6. Santa’s Got A Choo Choo Train
7. Home (with Michael Buble)
8. Winter Wonderland
9. The Christmas Song
10. Blue Christmas (with Pistol Annies)
11. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
12. Silver Bells (with Xenia Martinez)
13. Time For Me To Come Home (with Dorothy Shackleford)
14. The Very Best Time Of Year (with Trypta-Phunk)
Now, the best part of both packages is that, if you pre-order with Blake, the digital copy of the album will be yours on September 18. That's 2 full weeks before it's available anywhere else. Plus, as an extra bonus, you'll be able to download "Home" (Blake's duet with Michael Buble) immediately upon completing your order. I imagine October 2 will be plenty soon enough for most, and without the extras, it's bound to be cheaper. But, if you're insanely in love with Blake Shelton or if you're just an extremely insane Christmas music nut--if you absolutely, positively can not wait--then this is certainly an option to consider.
Season 3 of The Voice coming right up.
Oh, and if you pre-order from Scotty yesterday or TODAY (September 5), your CD booklet will be autographed and you could win some other stuff. Read about it at Scotty's web site.
UPDATE: The final two tracks--because I know its been bothering you all day--are "Mary Did You Know" and....... "Jingle Bells". Sorry, no "Christmas Cookies". Maybe next Christmas album.
If you've been collecting Christmas music for any length of time, you are sure to know about and likely to have Sinead's version of "Silent Night". And, even though it's not a proper Christmas song, her version of "I Believe In You" was included on "A Very Special Christmas 2".
Well, Sinead has just recorded a pair of Christmas songs for a charity album due to be released this November. Sinead recorded "Once In Royal David City" and "When A Child Is Born" with a little help from Danny O'Reilly of the Indie Rock group The Coronas.
The album is being put together by Irish journalist and broadcaster John Murray to raise money for AWARE. AWARE's mission is to raise awareness about depression, to provide emotional and practical support for individuals and families, and to support research into the treatment of depression and related issues. There's no doubt the holidays coincide with a spike in depression for a lot of reasons. I'm not sure a Christmas album is the best idea, here, but I'll take it if its got some unique stuff like, oh, say...a couple of tracks from Sinead O'Connor.
Unfortunately, we're likely looking at an impossible-to-get Ireland-only kind of deal, here. But at least we know such a thing exists (or will exist).
Also on that album will be the group Lumiere. And I wouldn't be surprised if the group Sephira (another Murray favorite) tosses in a track from last year's "Starlight".
Finally, today, for all you quiet storm types who dig artists like Kenny G, here's a new one from Eirinn Abu called "A Saxy Christmas". This was a Kickstarter project, so, if you happened to be one of the folks who chipped in, you'll see this one before the rest of us. But I'm sure it'll make its way to Amazon or CD Baby eventually. Just check Eirinn's site every once in a while to see what's up. Fortunately, Eirinn did post a video that features clips from most, if not all, of the album's tracks.