Winter, by Angela Carole Brown

Winter

by Angela Carole Brown

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The new holiday album by Angela Carole Brown is an eclectic folksy mix of traditional favorites and introspective new takes, betraying a reverent nod to a Waits-ian world, with just a pinch of the Celtic, designed for an intimate listening setting.

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1.	Our Stories / We Three Kings 00:55		buy track
2.	Silent Night 02:45		buy track
3.	Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 03:13		buy track
4.	Little Drummer Boy 04:08		buy track
5.	It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 03:46		buy track
6.	Baby, It's Cold Outside (duet with Lynn Coulter) 04:11		buy track
7.	My Favorite Things 05:38		buy track
8.	Fairytale of New York 03:57		buy track
9.	Winter (free) 04:13	lyrics	download
I always fall in love in winter More than any other time There’s just something about snowfall And the scent of Christmas pines I always fall in love in winter A time of goodwill and peace There is just no season better For inspiring a little heat It can have its reputation For bleak and dreary days But the first glimpse of a hoar frost Will set any heart ablaze It will set your heart ablaze I tend to fall in love in winter When the merry songs of children start There is just no season greater To inspire the romantic heart
10.	Christmas Time Is Here 03:02		buy track
11.	Closing of the Year 04:31		buy track
12.	Happy Birthday Phone Message 1/1/92 01:09		buy track
13.	Auld Lang Syne 03:02		buy track

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The newest from Rue de la Harpe Records, singer/songwriter Angela Carole Brown's first-ever holiday album, WINTER, is a folksy, eclectic mix of traditional favorites and reflective new takes, designed for an intimate listening setting. Teamed with a gifted ensemble that features guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Ken Rosser, bass player Randy Landas, and drummer, percussionist, and vocalist Lynn Coulter, WINTER is Angela's introspective nod to the holidays in all of its shades of winter.

Angela has chosen established songs (and composed one) that reflect the whole wonderful spectrum of emotional colors that the holidays can conjure, with her own distinctive take on material by artists ranging in diversity from Rodgers & Hammerstein to John Lennon.

The holidays mean something different for everyone, and as a songwriter Angela has always tended toward a more contemplative brand of music, so she couldn't very well pass up the opportunity to include representing the melancholy and loneliness that can sometimes accompany the season. The Pogues' iconic "Fairytale of New York" is a prime example; a tender, nostalgic song about the homeless on Christmas Eve. Angela and the gents have concocted an arrangement reminiscent of the Salvation Army Bands of old.

On the other hand, there's plenty of playfulness and joy here as well. A flirty coquetry oozes from cuts like "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (a duet with Lynn Coulter) and "My Favorite Things."

And an ode to love reigns on the one original, the title track, her baby, "Winter."

The entire production betrays a reverent nod to a Waits-ian world, with just a pinch of the Celtic, in this ambient, textural canon of holiday songs.

She's a New Year baby! So this time of year has always been Angela's favorite, but also because it symbolizes restoration, reflection & renewal. So here's wishing for you a few breathtaking insights and some stunning illuminations. May today, and always, there be peace and goodwill within.

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released December 1, 2012

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Angela Carole Brown - vocals, keyboards, and glockenspiel
Ken Rosser - guitars and electric sitar
Randy Landas - bass
Lynn Coulter - drums, percussion, and vocals
Michael Kramer - bg vocals & piano on "Closing of the Year"

Recorded by John Groover McDuffie @ Grooveolator Music
Additional recording by Michael Kramer @ Wolftone Music
& Ken Rosser @ Po' Tools Studios
Mixed by Michael Kramer
Mastered by Maurice Gainen
Iowan hoar frost photographs by Jean Marinelli

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Angela Carole Brown Kansas City, Missouri

Writer/musician/artist Angela Carole Brown has been a veteran of the L.A. music scene for over two decades as a vocalist and recording artist. She is a published novelist, essayist, and poet. Her art and design has graced the covers of thirty-plus CD covers for other artists. Her proudest achievement, however, is as a kidney donor, which she did in 2008. ... more

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