Stony Plain's Christmas Blues
, a various-artists collection, will not dampen the spirits at any festive holiday gatherings. The 14 tracks here are upbeat, cheerful Yuletide tunes.
Duke Robillard
kicks off the collection with a merry instrumental. He produced and features on a half-dozen of the tracks. Other highlights include
Maria Muldaur
with
"No Money, No Honey,"
sleigh-bell-ornamented
Kansas City blues
from
Jay McShann
, and an authentic
blues ballad
from premier vocalist
Jimmy Witherspoon
. ~ Tom Schulte