Don’t scoff. This unlikely jewel isn’t bound for gas station checkout counters. My Holiday-a fresh, invigorating and intriguing celebration, both lively and soulful-succeeds precisely why so many holiday albums flat line: It offers something new. Mindy Smith wrote or co-wrote more than half of these yuletide offerings.Label: VANGUARD
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Don’t scoff. This unlikely jewel isn’t bound for gas station checkout counters. My Holiday-a fresh, invigorating and intriguing celebration, both lively and soulful-succeeds precisely why so many holiday albums flat line: It offers something new. Mindy Smith wrote or co-wrote more than half of these yuletide offerings. “Some will say it’s not about how many gifts are given out/It just makes a holiday feel/Like Christmas when Christmas time is here,” Smith sings on the title track. She infuses the same subtle mix of faith, hope and poignancy in each original song. “Follow the Shepherd Home” stands a particularly good chance of someday joining the covers here (Smith brings a limitless joy, by the way, to “Silver Bells”) as a seasonal standard.
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