-New Urban SOUNDS- From Gospel to Jazz, Christmas Music Sure to Bring Tidings of Comfort and Joy for the Holidays
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| One of our holiday favorites, and a 360° Christmas CD for all: Grammy nominated artist Kenny Lattimore effortlessly glides through song styles ranging from Adult Contemporary R&B to modern worship music om "A Kenny Lattimore Christmas" |
While "All I Want For Christmas" is a modern holiday classic we all enjoy (and can't really escape from), you may be in the mood this year to add a few more Christmas tunes to your music library to get you in a jolly mood for the season. If you're looking for soulful holiday sounds to keep you happy and warm by the fireside, check out the Nuy 40+ Sounds list of new and recent releases from some of our favorite r&b and gospel vocalists, who deliver divinely inspired tunes and popular Christmas favorites sure to bring joy to your world for the month of December:
Andra Day brings a rich retro jazz sound to "Merry Christmas from Andra Day" reminiscent of Billie Holiday. Music legend Smokey Robinson presents Old School R&B style Christmas songs infused with classic Motown grooves on "Christmas Everyday". Derrick Starks Family & Friends release a rousing new gospel single from their forthcoming live album to herald the birth of the King on "Wonderful", and American Idol alumnus Fantasia Barrino releases her first Christmas album with a mix of big band holiday jazz standards, blues, & 70's soul with "Christmas After Midnight"
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DERRICK STARKS FAMILY & FRIENDS "WONDERFUL"
Derrick Starks is a BMI Award winning and Stellar Award nominated songwriter, and producer who directs the popular Derrick Starks Family & Friends gospel choir: this month Starks and voices kick the Christmas season into high gear with "Wonderful" a soul stirring, get-on-your-feet praise piece that will inspire all of heaven and nature to sing . "Wonderful" is the first single from the highly-anticipated forthcoming cd from Derrick Starks Family and Friends Choir, and will take us all back to the Reason for the Season. Take a listen HERE, the song can be purchased at Amazon and iTunes.
"MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ANDRA DAY" at Amazon, HERE
"CHRISTMAS EVERDAY" (An Amazon Original) available HERE
"CHRISTMAS AFTER MIDNIGHT" find it at Amazon HERE
Happy Listening, NUY Divas!
Xoxo,
NUY 40+
