Chanticleer - Chanticleer Sings Christmas

Chanticleer - Chanticleer Sings ChristmasThe Christmas concerts of Chanticleer are an institution in the USA, and international tours and recordings have made the brilliant male voice ensemble, based in San Francisco, familiar to audiences all over the world. As Gramophone has written, "Chanticleer, it seems, can sing just about anything," and Chanticleer sings Christmas bears that out, embracing traditional carols and gospel numbers, plainsong, European and Mexican music of the 16th and

Tijuana Moods

albeit brief scores to debut in this genre for many years

The quartet's Latin American roots seep in throughout the LP's silky psychedelic flourishes but especially on single "Maria

the narrator intones

LP5-9: 33x previously unreleased studio recordings from Prince’s Vault

and has been referred to as "one of the touchstones of modern Canadian history

The rhythm section of 19-year old drummer Decker D'also and bassist Valentina Tapia supply an angular

life and death - their music is delightfully relevant

it really is a set dominated by Newborn

a conflict rooted in his anti-war and anti-establishment politics and the enmity of the Nixon administration

as Gibbons explores songs with a new backing band

Original release date:7/21/01)