As regular as Christmas itself, new holiday cds are set to hit the stores. Here’s a listing of some new and notable releases for the 2009 season.
Sugarland - Gold and Green
Andrea Bocelli - My Christmas
Sting - If On A Winter’s Night…
Bob Dylan - Christmas In the Heart (Deluxe Edition)
Neil Diamond - A Cherry Cherry Christmas
David Archuleta - Christmas From The Heart
Ray Charles - The Spirit of Christmas [Remastered Edition]
Dean Martin - My Kind Of Christmas
Ronan Keating - Winter Songs
Frank Sinatra - Christmas with Sinatra and Friends
Various Artists - NOW That’s What I Call A Country Christmas
Various Artists - The Ultimate Motown Christmas Collection
Various Artists - Putumayo Presents: A Family Christmas
Charlie Daniels - Joy To The World - A Bluegrass Christmas
The Jackson 5 - Ultimate Christmas Collection
Irish Tenors - The Irish Tenors Christmas
Michael McDonald - This Christmas
Chris Tomlin - Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs
Various Artists - The Joy of Christmas
Christmas Classics - The Yule Edition
Sandi Patty - Sandi Patty Christmas Live (CD/DVD)
Christmas Jug Band - On The Holiday Highway
Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm Singing Songs Of Christmas
Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas Volume 7
Straight No Chaser - Christmas Cheers
Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection
Tori Amos - Midwinter Graces [CD/DVD Combo]
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Night Castle (2 CD)
Richie McDonald - If Every Day Could Be Christmas
Rodney Carrington - Make It Christmas
Reo Speedwagon - Not So Silent Night
Halford - Halford III: Winter Songs
Christmas 2009 finds no shortage of Christmas music for the holiday-lover to enjoy, although new pop or rock x-mas albums seem somewhat lacking this year. Nonetheless, there are still some interesting choices to consider for your wish list:
Bob Dylan releases his first Christmas album (who knew the guy even celebrated Christmas?) with a straightforward collection of traditional tunes that should please and probably bewilder his long-time fans. However he’s donating his royalties to charity, and the deluxe edition of the cd contains exclusive greeting cards so it’s a decent enough project irregardless of whether Bob should be belting out Hark The Herald Angels Sing.
Andrea Bocelli’s holiday album, produced by David Foster, should be the perfect accompaniment to those who bought Josh Groban’s 2007 Noel
A Very Special Christmas 7 continues the long-running Special-Olympic charity series, although this time out the compilers are very obviously going after the teen market, with acts such as Miley Cyrus, Vanessa Hudgens, Sean Kingston and Ashley Tisdale making their holiday contributions. It’s a far cry from the first AVSC
Sting releases his first holiday album, but don’t think for a minute that he’ll be singing Santa Claus is Coming to Town or Frosty the Snowman; with titles such as The Hounds of Winter and Lullaby For An Anxious Child, this is a moodier, sombre affair than most Christmas albums.
David Archuleta’s Christmas album will do doubt keep his many American Idol supporters happy, and early reviews seem to indicate he’s winning over his critics with a sincere effort, including songs sung in French, Spanish and Latin.
A rather odd re-release sees Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm making an appearance on cd as a Flintstones Christmas album from 1965 resurfaces in 2009. Unusual, yes, timely, no, but if you wanted your kids (or grandkids at this point) to experience holiday fun that you had as a youngster watching the Flintstones Christmas specials, this isn’t a bad way to go.
And finally, in an idea either absurd or brilliant (or maybe both), Sony is re-releasing a collection of their more popular Christmas albums on DVD, with the original albums accompanied by images of yule logs, christmas trees and other christmas scenes. Alternately, the images can be viewed without music, particularly the yule log if you prefer to just watch a fireplace crackling on your tv. Titles include Johnny Cash
For information about Christmas albums released in 2008, check this article:
Back for a product review of my favorite DAW, Cubase 5. It’s packed with new features and updates, from brand new functions to the heritage tools by Steinberg. 
First review on my latest of hand-me-down computers. But it’s a pretty solid computer, and there’s a lot more memory and power than my laptop and computer before it, so I’m happy anyway. Plus, NO AUDIO HICCUPS!! WOOO!!!
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Ulmeyda08 may proceed adoring me. ‘The Queen is Dead’ should be next.
Behind the scene exclusive interview with the Fabulous LADY GAGA! She is extremely gifted in both musical talents and just being down with it. She’s not just a pretty face, but has the intellect to go for the Gold. For only being 22 years of age, Lady GaGa is going places!
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This is a Sony turntable I bought new for about 150 dollars. Also a review of Noiseworks 1988 song from vinyl “Simple Man.” I know I will be criticised for saying this but this turntable is cleaner in sound than the 4 Technics stanton turntables I have used at the station, there is much less distortion. 
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