JONATHAN BUTLER: "MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU"


 
KELLY CLARKSON: "WRAPPED IN RED"


 
LEONA LEWIS: CHRISTMAS, WITH LOVE
 
TAMAR BRAXTON: "WINTER LOVERLAND"


 
MARY J. BLIGE: "A MARY CHRISTMAS"


 
VARIOUS ARTISTS: "A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS"




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MUST-HAVE CHRISTMAS CD'S

By: Lana K. Wilson-Combs, Editor-In-Chief

Each year my Christmas music collection expands and I love the many albums and CD's that I've collected over time. I've put together some of my absolute favorites here. These are the ones that really get me and my husband Rickey totally into the Christmas season.

We play these Christmas CDs in our home and our cars from October through December. For me, no other Christmas album makes me happier when I pull it out each year than the "The Jackson...




JONATHAN BUTLER
JONATHAN BUTLER SINGS "MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU."
JONATHAN BUTLER

Lana K. Wilson-Combs

Two-time Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter/guitarist, Jonathan Butler has been making jazz, pop and gospel music for years.

So it seems only fitting that the multi-talented, South African born musician would mesh these styles together in his debut Christmas CD, "Merry Christmas to You."

Just when you thought you had heard every possible rendition of "This Christmas" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," Butler's silky, smooth vocals transform these chestnuts into something rather extraordinary.

N2Entertainment.net recently spoke with Butler by phone from his home in Los Angeles about producing "Merry Christmas to You" which features some mighty fine horn...






PAPA
COME TO "PAPA"-- DANNY PRESANT (RIGHT) AND DARREN WEISS (LEFT)OF THE ROCK/PUNK GROUP "PAPA" OPEN FOR LORD HURON APRIL 5 AT HARLOW'S NIGHTCLUB IN SACRAMENTO.
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PAPA

Lana K. Wilson-Combs

The last time singer/drummer Darren Weiss (right) and guitarist (Danny Presant (left) of the soul/punk/rock music group Papa performed in Sacramento, California it was 3½ years ago at the Old Ironsides Club.

At that time they were virtually an unknown little band from Los Angeles who was just hoping the audience would like...



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GRAMMY NOMINATED SINGER JONATHAN BUTLER COVERED WHICH STAPLES SINGERS HIT SONG?
"RESPECT YOURSELF"
"IF YOU'RE READY (COME GO WITH ME)"
"LET'S DO IT AGAIN"
"I'll TAKE YOU THERE"