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SOCIAL CLUB - NEW YEARS

12/28/2012

Music's a funny thing. It either hits you or it don't, er, doesn't. Quick cut to Social Club, a Miami (Christian?) Hip Hop outfit and their new single "New Years". From the opening film-noir jazz background notes to the first line from the vocalist rapping, "I feel like all four members of Color Me Badd" and on into the soulful chorus, this one hit me. It hit me good. Although "New Years" is offered as a "sad rap", it had me smiling all the way through. Hey, what do I know? I'm just a guy with a blog. But I liked it. I liked it a lot. Catch the Social Club "New Years" train free at Bandcamp.

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ANNA GILBERT - CHRISTMAS

12/19/2012

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1. Angels We Have Heard On High
2. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
3. I'll Be Home For Christmas
4. I Don't Want A Lot
5. O Come All Ye Faithful
6. Away In A Manger
7. Rest In The Light
8. Silent Night
9. Some Children
10. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
11. Go Tell It On The Mountain

Good things do, sometimes, come to those who wait. And, if you waited on buying Anna Gilbert's brilliant 2010 release "Christmas", your reward has come. Now through Christmas, Anna is offering the entire album as a free download from Noisetrade. How cool is that? I won't waste a lot of words, here, since we reviewed the album back in 2010. So, if you're looking for more info on the set, read our review. Then head to Noisetrade and grab your reward.

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ROOT ROAD - CHRISTMAS TIME

12/9/2012

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A couple years back--I think it was even before Stubby's had officially launched--I downloaded a free track and didn't think too much about it. As was my habit at the time, I threw all the free tracks into a playlist without labels and would listen as background whenever I was on the computer. Every time the song came up, I would be bopping along, singing--almost dancing in my seat--and smiling from ear to ear. But I didn't even know what the song was or who it was by. Eventually, Stubby's underway, I couldn't take the not knowing anymore and I traced the song back and, yes, posted it here.

That song was "Christmas Time" by Root Road. With all the Christmas music being made, it's rare that an original song carries all of the elements necessary to earn the designation of "instant classic" (by the way, in the Christmas music world, an "instant classic" may take a dozen years or more to be accepted as such). Root Road's"Christmas Time", I believe, is just such a song. Any song that can make me smile as much on the 100th listen as on the first deserves to take its place alongside the songs we all think of, today, as Christmas standards. It's like an old time toboggan ride down that hill in your neighborhood--just joy unbridled.

For 2012, the brothers Gilkes returned to the studio with award winning producer Roger Ryan, re-recording"Christmas Time" for inclusion in a charity album "A Time For Hope", with the majority of proceeds going to aid suffering children in Haiti. Haven't seen the album yet, but the 2012 version of "Christmas Time" is available through Noisetrade. You can grab the song free for your email address or make a donation. It still makes me smile. And music that makes you smile that often and that much is truly priceless.

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Here we hope to direct you to some of the Christmas music on the web that can be yours absolutely free. We will not direct you to mp3 or sharity sites, here, but only to artist sites, label sites, and other authorized and unquestionably legal locations.

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