Seasons of Light
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Apparently this whole section is being monitored and edited by musiceditor.vox.com and only existed since December 12th and the first new music page was created on the 13th with Welcome to the New Explore Music Page.
Continuing with the Christmas rampage:
Seasons of Light is a holiday-themed album, organized by producer/songwriter and Emmy-winner Michael Whalen. What’s interesting about this easy-listening album is that it’s all written or co-written by Whalen, who really impressed me with his understanding of pop, folk, ambient, and, of course, jazz compositions.
Interestingly enough, the album only contain two traditional holiday songs (“Silent Night” and “Amazing Grace”), and the rest are all original music, each with a different singer.
The ones that stood out for me is “Me & My Holiday” featuring Philip Namanworth (as singer and co-songwriter). This is a jazz-inspired song with a very distinctive growling vocals (which seems to me to suggest years of smoking & drinking).
I also liked “The Last Night of the Year” featuring Tom Wopat (is he the guy from the Dukes of Hazard?), a somber song about the loneliness of this character in the song.
This song is a contrast to the other happier/poppier songs like “We’re Always Home” (Karen Jacobsen) and “Stuff I Don’t Need” (sung by Lucy Woodward and co-written with Phil Galdston).
“Stuff I Don’t Need”, a Pop song with a bit of Country influence, is especially funny as the song lists things that Woodward doesn’t need, including such items as “a leather thong with studs”.
If you’re interested in more details about Seasons of Light, head over to www.seasonsoflight.com or their myspace.
12/22/2007 04:28:36 vu my♥posts 
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