Kerry Pastine is a Colorado-based author of self-help books, according to her personal website, but she's also a singer-songwriter with a cooking band playing barroom retro-rock, and this is their 2015 Christmas album. It's a short collection, just eight songs, but it will leave you wanting more. "Ride Santa Ride" keys off the "Blue Suede Shoes" riff and goes to town, "Holly Jolly Rock & Roll Party" is a strong boogie-woogie number, "Dream of Christmas Day" is midtempo doo-wop, "(Have I Been) Naughty or Nice" is a slinky come-on to Santa, "Crime Scene Christmas" is a driving rocker, rockabilly pushes "Santa's Movin'," and there's two nods to the end of the year, "Happy New Year," which is a ballad, and "New Year's Day My Way" gets a little Link Wray and "Peter Gunn" going on. I wanna do Christmas and New Year's Day Kerry's way for sure, as long as the Crime Scene is backing her up.
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