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Aaron Neville’s star shines bright on new recording

much beseiged by the soutless im-
perative of consumerism, Neville’s
Soulful Christmas is a good place
to go when in searchof an an-

he Sounds of Blackness — The
Night Before Christmas — A
Musical Fantasy, Perspective Re-
cords 1992

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Michael Becker
RECORD REVIEW

ARON NEVILLE of-

fers a soulful

Christmas; John Prine
shares a folksy Christmas;
Sounds of Blackness bring
an African-American twist to
the seasonal celebration.

Aaron Neville -- Aaron
Neville’s Soulful Christmas, A&M
Records 1993

He of the velvet-voiced, soulfully
yodelling singing style gives up a
nice little Christmas bauble.

Is a relaxed affair laced with

tidote,
John Prine — A John Prine
Christmas, Oh Boy Records 1993

This Christmas set is full of
grizzled, folksy secular good
tidings from a fine guitar-picking
songwriter,

the opener, Everything ls Coal,
sets the prickly holly mood, with
Prine receiving a broken heart for
Christmas. Alas, he is forgiving —
he's been kicked but he ain't lick-
ed.

The package includes a tive ver-
sion of the conciliatory All The
Best, one of the better tracks from
his latest studio effort. The
Cowboy lunkies are caught live
with Prine in Berkeley performing
i You Were The Woman And t
Was The Man,

Silver Bells, Christmas In Prison,
and I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa
Claus up the Yuletide ante.

INS THEATRE presents

“The children were nestled all
snug in their beds while visions of
chitlins danced in their heads’ --
from Dance, Chitiins, Dance.

This one is a big and busy. gen-
erous portion of aural soul food
from an African-American collec.
tive,

Gospel, funk and rap mix it up
in the guise of The Sounds of
Blackness Orchestra as directed by
conductor Gary Hines.

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