Seasons of Light

Various (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 13, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Michael Whalen Music/Spout
• ASIN: B000YS1EIA
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #557,442 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Seasons of Light (Paul Buchanan)

2. She s The One You Love (Toni Childs)

3. Me & My Holiday (Phillip Namanworth)

4. Sleeping With My Trees (Julian Velard)

5. A Star in the Window (Christine Undjhem)

6. Awake (Nadia Ackerman)

7. Silent Night (Paul Buchanan)

8. Hopping Waves (Claudia Albuquerque w/ Rick Braun)

9. In Our Hearts (Kristin Hoffman)

10. Stuff We Don t Need (Lucy Woodward)

11. We re Always Home (Karen Jacobsen)

12. Lead Me Into Temptation (Brendan Murphy)

13. The Last Night of the Year (Tom Wopat)

14. Amazing Grace (Alannah Myles)

Editorial Reviews

Seasons of Light is celebration re-imagined - a soundtrack of our time that is intelligent, fun, and modern. Seasons of Light is not play-it-only-at-the-holidays type music. This amazing collection will set the mood for people to live their season of light anytime, anywhere. The project covers an amazing range: from the spiritual, to the humorous and eccentric, to the romantic - all with the holidays as background. So many holiday records are throwbacks to music created in the 1940s and 1950s, says producer/songwriter Michael Whalen, the creative force behind Seasons of Light. This recording is the sound of how people celebrate NOW. The songs are performed by an amazing group of artists - some well-known, some about to explode onto the scene: Paul Buchanan (The Blue Nile), Kristin Hoffmann, Toni Childs, Claudia Albuquerque, Christina Undhjem, Alannah Myles, Brendan Murphy (The Four of Us), Nadia Ackerman, Phillip Namanworth, Chris Mann, and Julian Velard. The project features Michael Whalen on keyboards, Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, Seal) on basses, and Larry Saltzman, Marc Copely, Chris Goercke, and Jon Durant on guitars. Drummer Vinnie Colaiuta (Sting, Frank Zappa), drummers Tony Morra and Michael D'Agostino, percussionist Bashiri Johnson (Whitney Houston, Celine Dion), jazz legend Randy Brecker on trumpet, Bob Magnuson on woodwinds, and popular trumpeter Rick Braun, who sits in on the Brazilian jazz-tinged Hopping Waves. GRAMMY® - nominated recording engineer, Dave O Donnell, (John Mayer, Eric Clapton, James Taylor) mixed the project.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice music for music, January 8, 2008

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tbn2051 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seasons of Light (Audio CD)

It's amazing for me that Paul Buchanan of The Blue Nile takes part in this project.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great new holiday music, November 28, 2007

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Linda Z (Jersey City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seasons of Light (Audio CD)

I LOVE this CD! The compilation of songs offers a refreshing, thoughtful take on what the holiday season is all about, which I really appreciate after hearing the same old tunes every Christmas. The array of vocalists is awesome, from established names like Paul Buchanan and Toni Childs to terrific new talents like Julian Velard and Kristin Hoffman. Each song is a gem; the arrangements and mixes are first-rate. A quality album destined to be a classic.