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All On a Wintry Night

Judy Collins

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Album Review

Judy Collins has enjoyed a long, popular career as a folk musician, so it is nice to see her flex her musical muscles and attempt some holiday favorites. Despite a few hammy moments, All on a Wintry Night is a first-class Christmas album, filled with beautiful performances and understated arrangements. Collins has a wonderful voice, and puts it to good use on tracks like "The Blizzard," where she manages to capture the magic and beauty of a snow storm in a simple piano ballad. She takes on lesser known carols such as "In the Bleak Midwinter" and "Wexford Carol," and puts them among some of the better known favorites. The album does take a very Christian point of view, and may put off those who do not share her religious viewpoints. And her spoken-word intro to "Away in a Manger" is simply too cheesy, detracting from an otherwise good song. But these complaints are easy to overlook if only because of the quality of the music. In a music scene glutted with terrible Christmas albums, it is nice to see one artist do it right and really put her heart into the project. Any fan of good Christmas music will probably enjoy this unique album.

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All On a Wintry Night

This album seems to be a reissue of another album with the same songs on it that I have enjoyed over many Christmas seasons. This is a wonderful collection of Christmas songs and Collins' ringing bell-like voice is the perfect medium to express them. The Scripture quote preceding "Away in a Manger" beautifully sets the scene for this musical rendition of the story of the Saviors birth. These are CHRISTMAS songs about the birth of Christ and the celebration of that miracle. Anyone offended by the subject matter should not buy this album or listen to it and find themselves an inspirational "Festivus for the Rest of Us" album, something to feed the soul from Madonna or Bono.

Biography

Born: May 1, 1939 in Seattle, WA

Genre: Singer/Songwriter

Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Singer Judy Collins was, along with Joan Baez, one of the two major interpretive singers to emerge from the folk revival of the late '50s and early ‘60s. Like Baez, she began singing traditional folk songs, then moved on to popularize the work of contemporary singer/songwriters, even writing her own songs occasionally. Unlike Baez, she used her classical music training to evolve into being a singer of art songs and show tunes, sometimes employing semi-classical arrangements. In a career that began...
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