At the beach, Rimes gets into holiday spirit with CD, tour
Rimes sits on the beach in the humorous video, singing over the action to announce the cities and a special event in New York City, which was not disclosed.
This is the first chapter of three Christmas albums Rimes plans to release over consecutive holiday seasons. "ONE Christmas - chapter 2" will be released in 2015 with "ONE Christmas - chapter 3" in 2016.
"I love everything about the holidays," said Rimes, "and want to share the magic and joy of the season with my fans. I look forward to playing some of my favorite Christmas classics for music lovers in an intimate, cozy setting."
The six song EP is produced by Rimes and Darrell Brown and includes:
1. Silent Night Holy Night
2. I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas
3. Blue Christmas
4. Someday at Christmas
5. Hard Candy Christmas
6. White Christmas
The "ONE Christmas" tour dates are as follows:
Dec. 5 - Rutland, VT @ Paramount Theatre
Dec. 7 - Bethlehem, PA @ Sands Bethlehem Events Center
Dec. 11 - Elmira, NY @ Clemens Center
Dec. 12 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ Mid Hudson Civic Center
Dec. 13 - Englewood, NJ @ Bergen Performing Arts Center
Dec. 16 - Manhattan, KS @ McCain Auditorium
Dec. 18 - St. Charles , IL @ Arcada Theater
More news for LeAnn Rimes
- 05/10/21: Rimes, Tedeschi Trucks play MerleFest
- 08/11/15: Rimes sets Xmas tour
- 10/02/13: Opry goes pink
- 06/04/13: Rimes returns with new CD
- 01/16/13: Rimes visits ET tonight, Kimmel upcoming
- 12/17/12: Rimes performs new single on Leno
- 08/30/12: Rimes opts for anxiety, stress treatment
- 07/22/11: Rimes breathes life into country classics
CD reviews for LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn Rimes' "Remnants" album sounds inspired by contemporary times. The title track takes on almost an apocalyptic quality. Lyrically, a lot of these songs - many of which Rimes had a hand in writing - address a dire need for love. We do live in a world where love oftentimes seems to be in short supply. Therefore, three of these songs have "love" in their titles, with one repeating the word three times for good measure.
Although Rimes began her career as a young, Patsy ...
LeAnn Rimes hasn't always been the most consistent album maker over the years, but there's no questioning the quality of her singing. Here gospel-y version of "Silent Night" on this Christmas EP, "One Christmas: Chapter," is truly a thing of beauty. Then when she sings a slow, soulful "Blue Christmas," which features that beautiful yodel in her voice, it should remind you of that wonderful Patsy Cline quality in her early recordings. ...
Say what you will about the vocal chops of today's leading ladies of country - Miranda Lambert, Faith Hill or Martina McBride chief among them - but LeAnn Rimes is hands down, no doubt about it the best female vocalist in country music today.
And it will be bordering on a criminal act - thievery of the first order - if she doesn't sweep every award country music has to offer with her latest. For most of the bulk of the new millennium every Rimes album has been a treat. ...
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