Archive for August, 2007

Diamond Rio Has New Deal and Christmas CD Back to Todays News 8/30/2007 Stephen L. Betts Diamond Rio has signed with Word Records, a Christian music label. They’re slated to release their first Christmas album, A Diamond Rio Christmas: The Star Still Shines, on Oct. 9. The album will feature classic holiday songs along with the original title track. The ...
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The other day the Coterie Theatre had the feel of an old Hollywood soundstage. In a room backstage Harry Connick Jr. was writing new music on an electronic keyboard hooked to his laptop and cueing printouts for musical director Molly Jessup, who was at an upright piano in the theater leading a cast through the ...
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Time to fire up the 400 disc DVD player, and watch the first request movie for review, Christmas with the Kranks. The first thing I will point out is that this DVD does allow you to pick widescreen or full screen for your viewing pleasure. The second is that I have never read the book Skipping Christmas so I will not be able to comment on similarities and differences...
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MGM will release Pink Panther’s Pink Christmas, a single disc release featuring 81-minutes of Pink Panther including “Pink Christmas”. The price will range from about $10 at discounters to $15 at full MSRP. The disc will be released on November 6th, 2007.  
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On September 25, Time-Life Music and BET J will jointly present “Love’s Holiday: A Gospel Christmas.” The CD features several big-name artists: Whitney Houston, Cristina Aguilera, Mary Mary, Alicia Keys, Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle, to name just a few. The fourteen-track compilation features both traditional and new gospel-inspired Christmas recordings by both established
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Mannheim Steamroller solicited ideas from fans in selecting a favorite Christmas tune to be showcased on their newest Christmas CD. The winner? The Christmas Song. On October 9th, 2007 the Steamroller will release The Christmas Song CD featuring a surprise guest vocalist. Announcement of the new CD was followed with a promise that the 2007 holiday ...
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Tracy Lawrence is releasing his first Christmas album this fall. The as-yet-untitled disc will include several traditional holiday songs as well as a few originals. Tracy says that while the recording of the album was pretty simple, finding songs was not. “I did weeks of song search going through the usual piles and piles ...
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Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler of Over the Rhine draw on their jazz, blues, and folk influences for the Christmas album ‘Snow Angels’ (Oct. 2nd, Great Speckled Dog). The married couple, who are among PASTE’s “100 Greatest Living Songwriters”, applies their sultry style and witty lyrics to twelve refreshingly new, sophisticated and sometimes dark ...
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Thursday, August 23, 2007 – Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney and Brooks & Dunn contribute holiday songs to an upcoming Christmas compilation disc coming out in October.”Hear Something Country Christmas” drops Oct. 2 from SonyBMG with 14 songs. Six were recorded exclusively for this collection. Underwood, who will release her own CD later in Octobe
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