Chelsea Bennett and Hannah Wiser: Snowed In – Christmas 2011
Posted: 12.25.2011 Filed under: 2011, Chelsea Bennett, Hannah Wiser 1 Comment »
Merry Christmas, one and all! At least, to one and all who celebrate it – and to those who don’t, happy holidays, merry Hanukkah, feliz navidad, and a furious Festivus. Last year, if you’ll recall, I reviewed a version of my good friend Chelsea’s rendition of ‘White Christmas’, which was a welcome breath of fresh air from the stale classics long familiar to anyone born after 1950. Chelsea and her friend Hannah have once again graced my inbox with a new recording, this time an EP of ‘White Christmas’, ‘Jingle Bells’, ‘In The Bleak Midwinter’, and ‘Silent Night’, and once again, I’m delighted to have had this present given to me.
(I should clarify that this wasn’t only to me, but that it was sent to a group of friends and family. It’s also semi-public, so long as you’re friends with Chelsea on Facebook.)
Here’s what Chelsea had to say about the recordings:
Season’s greetings to friends near and far, old and new. I hope each of you has been enjoying the holidays so far.
Some of you may have gotten a recording of White Christmas that I did with my best friend and sister, Hannah, last year. This year, we wanted to expand a little and offer up a few more songs. So… we did. If you’re a fan of the festive, the unique, and the delightfully amateur, and if you’re maybe a little tired of hearing the same Christmas songs everywhere you’ve gone for the past two months, then this is the Christmas album for you. It was recorded at our homes, with new melodies and arrangements by the two of us, and all instruments played by us as well. (Plus a few Garage Band loops.) You can download the entire 4-track album, or listen to and download individual songs, using the following links:
Snowed In (entire album, 25 mb)
I do hope you’ll enjoy our different takes on some traditional tunes. It was really a labor of love, done for our own enjoyment, and as something we could share with friends and family. We learned a lot and are already brewing ideas for next year.
Happy Christmas and lots of love!
Chelsea
Do yourself a favor and listen to these wonderful recordings.
I hope your holiday celebrations, whatever you celebrate, were lovely and full of family, friends, and good times. I know mine was.
See you in 2012!
