16 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!
Stream-buy the Blue Christmas duet here (external link)
Read my review of Andrea's 2020 Christmas Songs EP here
Last Christmas, Andrea Corr gave us her heart via four haunting renditions of classic seasonal tunes on her Christmas Songs EP. This year, to save us from tears, she's back with something just as special - a duet with actual Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood on the melancholy holiday song, Blue Christmas. Don't be too sad about the potential isolation sung about in the Elvis Presley standard - although there is an aching longing in the opening bars, all elegiac acoustic guitar and a poignant performance from Andrea - it soon turns into a jazzy romp that is finger clicking goodness. There is a playful flirtation from both and their interactions crackle as vividly as any warm winter fire. Ad-libs add a wry personality to the middle 8 and it is all designed to make you feel joyful and triumphant. But the real gift here is two legendary performers just having the time of their lives on such an indelible song.
**Ghosts of Christmas past**
- 9th December 2020 ~ Mateo Oxley, Mistletoe (Christmas Acoustics EP)
- 9th December 2020 ~ Andrea Corr, Christmas Songs (EP)
- 9th December 2019 ~ Loving Caliber, Magic Day
- 9th December 2018 ~ White Christmas (Theatre Review)
- 9th December 2017 ~ Chris Rice and Friends, The 2017 Tappy Christmas Special
- 9th December 2016 ~ 10 Reasons To Live, Christmas Time
- 9th December 2015 ~ Armand Deluxe, The Holidays Are Here
- 9th December 2014 ~ Union J, It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
- 9th December 2013 ~ Midnight Red, Merry Christmas Happy Holidays
- 9th December 2011 ~ Mans Zelmerlow, Kara Vinter
- 9th December 2009 ~ Barenaked Ladies, Elf's Lament
- 9th December 2008 ~ The Killers, Joseph
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