Holiday highlights heard today:
KDHX 88.1 FM
- White Christmas-Darlene Love (Love's vocal stylings are locked firmly in 1963, and it's a pleasure to hear that early Motown style at Christmas.)
- Riu Chiu-The Monkees (Thank you to the KCOU staffer who brought this carol to my attention years ago. If I hadn't seen the CD label, I would never have guessed that The Monkees sang this.)
- Let It Snow-Oscar Peterson (Great piano and vibraphone in this tasteful jazz combo rendition.)
WSIE 88.7 FM
- The Christmas Song-Eric Reed (An ideal arrangement...)
- I'll Be Home For Christmas-McCoy Tyner (...or if you prefer a more freewheeling jazz piano arrangement...)
K297BI 107.3 FM, a.k.a. WFUN-HD2
- Do You Hear What I Hear? (Hampton String Quartet) (Faithful to the carol, with a good sense of Mozart's whimsy.)
- King Jesus Hath A Garden (King's College Choir/Sir David Willcocks, conductor) (An airy rendition, giving the choir plenty of room to breathe.)
- Fum, Fum, Fum (Robert Shaw Chamber Singers) (This is one of the shorter carols, so a choir is well-advised not to skimp on emoting.)
- Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Chanticleer) (One of the more reverentially sung renditions of "Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming" I've heard.)
