Faith Hill promotes Xmas CD in Big Apple
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 – Faith Hill will hit the Big Apple to promote her recently released Christmas album "Joy to the World." The 11-song recording, released on Warner, was two years in the making, and features such classics as Holly Jolly Christmas, O Holy Night and the current single A Baby Changes Everything.
The first stop will be The Today Show on Nov. 24 where Hill will perform on the show's "Concert Series." Later that day, Hill appears at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square to sign copies of her album at noon before visiting The View Nov. 25 and an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, to air on Nov. 28. She will also tape two songs for the Dec. 3 Tree Lighting Ceremony at Rockefeller Center.
"Joy to the World," co-produced by Dann Huff, Byron Gallimore and Hill, features The Nashville String Machine and the London-based choirs Metro Voices and The London Oratory School Boys Choir.
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CD reviews for Faith Hill
Faith Hill's first Christmas album is an uptown affair, rather than any down home celebration. Making this point from the very outset, the opening title cut features a full adult choir and orchestra. Furthermore, Hill is dressed for the ball in a beautiful red gown on the disc's front cover.
The first time Hill steers away from overly philharmonic-ready material, she heads straight for swing town with horns a plenty on both Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town. and Holly Jolly Christmas. ...
Finally, after 14 years in the recording business and more than 30 charting songs, Faith Hill released a greatest hits plus package. The songs go all the way from "Wild One" and "Piece of My Heart," her first two singles ever from 1993 and 1994 with both going number one up to "Mississippi Girl" from 2005 plus a few new songs.
Hill had more of a country vibe starting out, but grew progressively pop (the new and catchy, but not very country "Red Umbrella"). ...
Faith Hill stayed so far from her country roots with 2003's "Cries" that she laid an egg on country radio. The album was so pop that there was nothing for radio to play.
Hill did not make the same mistake twice as there is a significant amount of country instrumentation starting with the Dan Dugmore banjo and Stuart Duncan mandolin on the lead off "Sunshine and Summertime." The autobiographical and well delivered hit single, "Mississippi Girl," written in part by John Rich, who had a hand in 3 of ...
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