Search - Diane Zeigler :: December in Vermont

LOVE this album

Radiantkd | Albuquerque | 02/08/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I found this when I was looking for a nice rendition of the Cherry Tree Carol. Loved her voice, so I ordered the CD.

I must have listened to it 20 times. And I still listen now even though it is not Christmas time.



AWESOME!"

Fantastic Christmas Album that you can enjoy all year

Chronos467 | Pelham, Alabama | 01/30/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's a fact. Christmas albums make lousy Christmas gifts. You give the album a couple of days before Christmas and then the person has to put it up until the following Christmas season without having time to really enjoy the present. However, when you've got an album like this, you can feel good about enjoying it in April or August or whatever season you like. This is a fantastic record. Zig's arrangements are very well crafted and thought out and of course her voice and playing are stellar. She does a lot of rarely performed Christmas carols (not a jingle bell rock or rocking around the christmas tree to be found)and even a couple that I was not aware of. The standout is the polish carol done on the last track. The album is worth owning just for that. Also notable is the one original track, Christmas in Vermont. It's melody is very lovely and the lyrics make me want to experience one Christmas in New England, rather than our balmy Christmases in Dixie.



When I worked in a record store, the big joke was when an artist put out a Christmas record it was to fulfill a contractual obligation because one can toss out a record of covers guaranteed to sell with little or no thought put into it (read: Kenny G, Mariah Carey, et. al.). It is really refreshing to see the craftsmanship go into these songs. Even the medleys which I generally abhor are very well done on this record -- she connects songs with similar music vocabularies rather than the common subject connections.



You will enjoy this record."