1. Winter Wonderland 2. What Child Is This? 3. Christmas Time Is Here 4. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen 5. Jingle Bells 6. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? 7. Away In A Manger 8. Go Tell It On The Mountain 9. The Christmas Song 10. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 11. O Come All Ye Faithful 12. I Wonder As I Wander 13. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 14. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day |
For her Christmas album, "Christmas Time Is Here", Melinda took much the same approach. As appropriate, some songs are delivered as straight forward "Standards", though the band is given room to breathe. Personally, I like it when the songs are uptempo and everybody's swinging, as on "Go Tell It On The Mountain", "God Rest You Merry Gentlemen" and "Jingle Bells". A few of the songs from the album are available for 45 second previews here.
FWIW, and not to detract from Melinda, one name listed as being in Melinda's band on Facebook stood out for me--Nate Birkey, a fabulous trumpet player whose 2008 album "Christmas" is one of my very favorites of the season. I do not know whether he plays on this album or not.
At the moment, you can pre-order "Christmas Time Is Here" direct from Melinda DeRocker here. It may turn up at CD Baby down the road. "Christmas Time Is Here" is set for release on November 1.