Entertainment
12 New Holiday CDs
“Christmas Spirit,” Los Lonely Boys
When Christmas is all done and the ornaments get packed away till next year, this disc is going to get tucked way for safekeeping. It’s a fantastic rock ‘n’ roots take on the holidays. It stays close enough to traditional charts, too – so it still gets Santa’s seal of approval. The Texas trio shows off their musicality with a complex instrumental arrangement of “Carol of the Bells” and then rocks out on a slippery, near zydeco version of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” Feliz Navidad to Los Lonely boys for getting in on the reindeer games this year. –Dan Aquilante
When Christmas is all done and the ornaments get packed away till next year, this disc is going to get tucked way for safekeeping. It’s a fantastic rock ‘n’ roots take on the holidays. It stays close enough to traditional charts, too – so it still gets Santa’s seal of approval. The Texas trio shows off their musicality with a complex instrumental arrangement of “Carol of the Bells” and then rocks out on a slippery, near zydeco version of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” Feliz Navidad to Los Lonely boys for getting in on the reindeer games this year. –Dan Aquilante