Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Music / Post No Bills Funky Christmas
Posted by Peter Margasak on Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- In the Christmas Groove
The only artist on the comp I recognized by name was bluesman Jimmy Reed, who’s represented by the surprisingly funky “Christmas Present Blues.” Milly & Silly’s instrumental “Getting Down for Xmas” is a swaggering funk jam made seasonally appropriate with some sleigh bells and a few sly references to popular holiday melodies; the droning, appealingly amateurish “Home on Christmas Day,” by a group from Barbados called Captain Elmo McKenzie & the Roosters, gets over on raw sentiment. Most of the dozen tracks were released only as singles, often as B sides, and honestly if it weren’t for the holiday theme I probably wouldn’t have bothered listening to the whole disc. But I don’t ask as much from Christmas music as I do from my regular listening—I doubt many people do—and when you consider some of the other options out there, In the Christmas Groove looks pretty good.
Today’s playlist:
Donny McCaslin, Declaration (Sunnyside)
Paquito Hechavarría, Frankly (Sony Music Latin)
Die Enttäuschung, Die Enttäuschung (Intakt)
Buika y Chucho, El Ultimo Trago (Warner Music Latino)
Harris Eisenstadt, Canada Day (Clean Feed)
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