Don't bother looking for the review of Vol. 1, as I haven't found a copy of it, and anyway all of the songs from 1 are on 2. This Vancouver, B.C. label is home to an interesting batch of alt-rock-country Canadian musicians, who came together to make this record for the benefit of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which is dedicated to helping people living with AIDS in Africa. The latest tune on here is copyright 2004, so we'll assume that's when the CD first came out; other songs date back to 2000. John Guliak kicks off with the country classic "Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas," and we hear "The Blizzard" from the Buttless Chaps, which is not particularly holiday oriented but the band and song names do draw an interesting word picture. David Carswell and Megan Barnes give us a nice poppy "I Wanna Kiss You This Christmas," Young and Sexy throw out a bit of sour grapes with "Santa Claus Likes Rich Kids Better," and Carolyn Mark makes her mark twice with "Song For the Girl with Two of Everything" and "The Christmas Song," a nice pair of gin-soaked originals. "Old Man Davie's Christmas Kingdom" by Duotang is a great riff on the holiday obsessive who builds elaborate Christmas villages every holiday season. The Tennessee Twin gives us "X-mas Is Past," a country lament with lots of twangy guitar and mandolin. And the entire cast and crew of this CD came together to record their own version of Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmastime." UPDATE: Randy Paske punches in to bring us the scoop on Vol. 1 -- it was a 7-inch vinyl single, which likely means the Vol. 1 songs are making their first CD apperarance anywhere.
It's a Team Mint Christmas Vol. 2, various artists (Mint)
Don't bother looking for the review of Vol. 1, as I haven't found a copy of it, and anyway all of the songs from 1 are on 2. This Vancouver, B.C. label is home to an interesting batch of alt-rock-country Canadian musicians, who came together to make this record for the benefit of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which is dedicated to helping people living with AIDS in Africa. The latest tune on here is copyright 2004, so we'll assume that's when the CD first came out; other songs date back to 2000. John Guliak kicks off with the country classic "Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas," and we hear "The Blizzard" from the Buttless Chaps, which is not particularly holiday oriented but the band and song names do draw an interesting word picture. David Carswell and Megan Barnes give us a nice poppy "I Wanna Kiss You This Christmas," Young and Sexy throw out a bit of sour grapes with "Santa Claus Likes Rich Kids Better," and Carolyn Mark makes her mark twice with "Song For the Girl with Two of Everything" and "The Christmas Song," a nice pair of gin-soaked originals. "Old Man Davie's Christmas Kingdom" by Duotang is a great riff on the holiday obsessive who builds elaborate Christmas villages every holiday season. The Tennessee Twin gives us "X-mas Is Past," a country lament with lots of twangy guitar and mandolin. And the entire cast and crew of this CD came together to record their own version of Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmastime." UPDATE: Randy Paske punches in to bring us the scoop on Vol. 1 -- it was a 7-inch vinyl single, which likely means the Vol. 1 songs are making their first CD apperarance anywhere.
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