Tommy Emmanuel's New Christmas Album To Coincide With December UK Tour
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
Legendary Australian acoustic guitarist, Tommy Emmanuel, will release his new festive album ‘All I Want For Christmas’ in the UK on Monday November 7th. The album coincides with Tommy’s nationwide UK tour that starts on Thursday December 1st at Hull City Hall. ‘All I Want For Christmas’ follows Emmanuel’s last studio album, ‘Little By Little’, released February 2011.
Released on Steve Vai’s ‘Favored Nations Entertainment’ record label, Emmanuel, honoured as the Country Music Awards’ Global Artist earlier this year, co-produced the album with veteran Nashville picker/ arranger John Knowles. The pair collaborated of new arrangements on nine Yuletide classics including ‘I’ll Be Home For Christmas’, ‘The Christmas Song’, and ‘Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer’. Emmanuel also wrote one original for the collection, ‘One Christmas Night’, and arranged a second new composition,‘The Magic Of Christmas Time’.
'All I Want For Christmas' track-listing:
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
White Christmas
Jingle Bells
The Christmas Song
Winter Wonderland
Mary’s Boy Child
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
The Magic of Christmas Time
One Christmas Night
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Silent Night
How Great Thou Art
“People have asked me about doing a Christmas album so many times over the last 20 years,” says Emmanuel. “When I had time to really get into this project, it just had a life of its own, and was so easy to make because we all loved the music so much. It’s exciting that there will be so many fans happy about it coming out.”
Most of the arrangements for ‘All I Want For Christmas’ came together via Skype, while Emmanuel was on tour internationally, and Knowles - who also plays guitar on the album - was home in Nashville prepping. Emmanuel employed several guitars for the sessions, relying heaving on a new David Taylor model that he says, “has a singing quality to it, a beautiful voice.” Everything was recorded at Beech Creek Studios in Franklin, TN with Kim Person, who has produced Emmanuel’s last five albums.
Dec 1st - Hull City Hall
Dec 2nd - Harrogate International Centre
Dec 3rd - Buxton Opera House
Dec 4th - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Dec 5th - Birmingham Town Hall
Dec 6th - Brighton Hove Centre
Dec 7th - Cambridge Corn Exchange
Dec 13th - Cardiff St. David’s Hall
Dec 15th - London Union Chapel
Dec 16th - Salisbury City Hall
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