Volume 20, Issue 48 ~ December 6 – December 12, 2007

Chesapeake Sings Christmas

Local flavors to spice up your holiday diet     by Rob Goskowski

Ah, the holidays.  With them inevitably comes familiar holiday music and sometimes, it’s just a little too familiar.  Mom might love that Bing Crosby Christmas collection, but you sprint for your iPod from the old crooner’s first note.

In the season to make a joyful noise, Bay Weekly went hunting through Chesapeake Country for songs to refresh your collection, maybe reunite the family.  We’re even dreaming of coming across a song so right for the mood of the season that we’ll have another White Christmas…

Deanna Dove: Merry Christmas Dahling

In her third album of ’07, Deanna Dove releases an upbeat compilation of traditional Christmas songs recorded during her productive time in a Nashville recording studio.  Dove gets the reindeer in high gear on a few tracks, using a rock beat behind songs like “Santa Baby” and “Please Come Home for Christmas.”  Displaying a little versatility, she jazzes up other tracks and, says the artist, “leaves the “korn” out of the title track Merry Christmas Dahling.”  Find it at: www.deannadove.com.