Various Artists, Hawaiian Slack Key Christmas - 51m 49s

Tracks & Durations

1. Jingle Bell Rock	3:01
2. Joy to the World	2:13
3. Silver Bells	4:13
4. Away in a Manger	4:00
5. Mele Kalikimaka la Oe (Merry Christmas to You)	5:33
6. My Hawaiian Christmas	4:12
7. Jingle Bells	1:56
8. Winter Wonderland	1:55
9. The First Noel	5:19
10. O Come All Ye Faithful	3:40
11. Holy! Holy! Hol	3:54
12. We Wish You a Merry Christmas	3:18
13. O Holy Night(Po Hemolele)	5:23
14. Auld Lang Syne	3:02

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Review

Hawaiian Slack Key Christmas is genre melding of the best sort: incredible guitar playing in the Hawaiian tradition dominates the disc, but the material is mostly familiar holiday carols. The result is a truly original and refreshingly low-key take on Christmas music. Keola Beamer's version of "Away in a Manger" is filled with jazzy bass touches; Led Kaapana and Bob Brozman's "Jingle Bells" is a hard-driving and virtuosic showpiece, with Brozman seemingly working the entire fretboard; and Bla Pahanui's arrangement of "O Come All Ye Faithful" is gorgeous and creative. Ozzie Kotani's "First Noel" is understated but a touch too sentimental and the three vocal tracks--by Dennis Kamakahi, Leonard Kwan, and Joanie & Ruth Komatsu--seem out of place amid all these lush guitar textures. That said, this is still a great album and a wonderful alternative for guitar lovers who've worn out their copies of John Fahey's legendary Christmas album. --Jason Verlinde

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