Sarah McLachlan does Christmas music well. So well. This terrific new original eclipses even her beautiful full-length "Wintersong", I think. Well, maybe that's a bit strong. But "Space On The Couch For Two" is a really great song (written by the students of her school of music) and it's free. For charity. Free for charity? How does that work again? Well, the idea is the song is free, but Sarah is hoping you'll feel the spirit and drop a dollar in the pot. Sarah's raising money for her free school of music for children, something she decided was necessary when schools began cutting all their art and music programs because at least one party in government (and probably both) don't see the value. Damn DC punks. Anyway, watch the cool video, then head over to the web site Sarah set up for this. Whether or not you contribute is entirely up to you. Admittedly, I just grabbed the song.
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We were tipped to this one by our friend Ernie of Ernie (Not Bert). Seems Donny & Marie Osmond are touring with a live Christmas show...Chicago, Detroit, Broadway. They may not be coming to your town this winter, but Donny has a present for you anyway. It's a new Christmas song that he and Marie sing in the show. "If Everyday Could Be Christmas" is yours free for the asking. But you gotta ask. Nicely. Send Donny an email at [email protected] and ask. Nicely. And you'll get a sweet early Christmas present from Donny--bring your own wrapping paper. It's a classic Christmas song, too--the kind of thing you could easily hear Andy Williams singing. I listened very hard and I didn't hear Marie on this track, so I'm guessing she only sings it in the show, not on the mp3. Oh well. Can't have everything. How bout something traditional? I'm crediting the vocalist Kelly Longmire on this one, though the song is the thing. "Christmastide's Coming Soon" is a new composition from Dan Fergus and Andrew Lidgus (that's Andrew on the piano) and it's Fergus and Lidgus who are making the song available as a free download through their web site. They reason that folks are getting tired of hearing the same old Christmas standards over and over again and so they set about to write a new Christmas standard. There isn't much information on Fergus and Lidgus on ferguslidgus.com, and their Facebook page just says that they write songs. Not much online about Kelly Longmire, either. She may or may not be a singer from Chicago who has done some backup work for R&B singers and done a bit of gospel on the side. May or may not be. Well.... It's a nice song. And it's free. We've been waiting for an update on the latest from Tonic Sol-Fa for awhile now. There was a flurry of buzz about their newest Christmas project earlier in the year, an album art contest in the summer, and then.....silence. It was weird. All of a sudden, bam, the album's here. And what was our first clue? This free download offer from Blue Bunny. I'm not entirely sure how regional Blue Bunny Ice Cream is. I'd never heard of it when I lived up north, but, here in North Carolina, I eat it all the time. Great stuff. They make a Pistachio Almond that's to die for. Not the point. Head to this Blue Bunny/Tonic Sol-Fa page, give them some basic info (name, etc., etc.) and enter the code BB2011 to get a free download of "Deck The Halls" from Tonic Sol-Fa's "March Of The Kings". Also very good stuff. And don't worry. This isn't like the People magazine thing. That code should be good for everybody. |
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