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For anyone who'd lost track of John Prine after the 1970s, the idea of a rather cynical singer/songwriter recording a holiday album must have seemed a rather odd one. But Prine, while never relinquishing his wry sense of humor, has mellowed quite a bit since writing about getting kicked off of Noah's ark in "Sweet Revenge." Besides, by 1988 he had his own record company, and it's always nice to have a perennial favorite in the catalog. The first two songs are originals and are probably the best songs on the album, with Prine once again offering his observations on relationships gone sour. The first, though, surprisingly relates that even though the narrator's girl dumped him a year ago on Christmas, he's learned to go on with his life. The bitterness, however, creeps back in to "All the Best." Prine opens this live piece with a funny monolog about him and a friend nailing a train set to the dining room table, and then delves into a sad story of love thrown away like yesterday's Christmas tree. He also includes a new version of "Christmas in Prison," a solid song from his third album, Sweet Revenge. The remainder of the album is filled with holiday classics, including a fun take on "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." The downside of the album is that it's awful short – 32 minutes – and even then, one of the songs – a duo with Margo Timmins on "If You Were the Woman and I Was the Man" – doesn't even come close to fitting the holiday spirit (though it may have fit on the Dirty Santa soundtrack). Still, this isn't the run-of-the-mill holiday product, and Prine can still write a good song when he sets his mind to it. Old fans will be glad to see that even cynics can age gracefully. – Review by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

This is a collection of Christmas songs by country singers. The oldest song is from 1945 and the most recent one is from 1972. Hillbilly Holiday is a terrific 18-track compilation of classic country Christmas songs. Much of this is somewhat humorous, whether it is intentional (Commander Cody's "Daddy Drinking Up Our Christmas," and Hank Snow's "Reindeer Boogie") or not (Tex Ritter's "Christmas Carols by the Old Corral"), and that just adds to the fun of the collection. Many of the biggest names in country music -- including Ernest Tubb, George Jones, Buck Owens, Loretta Lynn, the Louvin Brothers, Faron Young, and Johnny Horton -- are on the collection, and many of these songs are forgotten classics, such as Tubb's "I'll Be Walkin' the Floor this Christmas," Owens' "Santa Looked a Lot like Daddy," and Lynn's "To Heck with Ole Santa Claus." For most country fans -- especially fans of classic country -- Hillbilly Holiday is one of the essential Christmas albums. The CD contains four bonus tracks from Young, Horton, Owens, and the Davis Sisters.

Country Cristmas Party - Various Artists (2005)

Genre: Country Christmas / MP3 VBR / 73.0 MB / 53.05

18 festive tracks tinged with widely disparate degrees of country. Enough corkers (Lonnie Donegan, Melanie) to cancel out the clinkers ( Pat Boone, Liberace!).

“Ever since their eponymous 2000 debut there has been more pop than country in Rascal Flatts' contemporary country-pop, but with each subsequent record the trio has been drifting slowly, steadily toward outright adult pop, which is where they arrive on their fourth album, 2006's Me and My Gang…..”

Born in New Zealand, Keith Urban learned to play guitar as a six-year-old in Australia, after a young woman asked to place an ad in his dad's shop window offering guitar lessons. His parents made a deal with her that they would advertise in return for lessons for their young son. The boy had natural ability. By the time he was eight, Urban was winning talent shows. He also was involved in a youth acting company that required him to sing, dance, and memorize lines, all of which led to the ease on-stage, which would serve him well in his music career.

Recorded in Nashville and produced by Grammy winner, Steve Buckingham, “Pretty Little Stranger” highlights the soulful sound of Joan Osborne with elements of country blues and Americana. This 12 song collection features six original tunes written by Joan including the first single, “Who Divided”, “Shake That Devil”, “After Jane” and the title track and also compositions by Kris Kristofferson (“Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends”), Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter (“Brokedown Palace”) and Patty Griffin (“What You Are”).