New Justin Time Records vocalist Halie Loren's holiday album Many Times, Many Ways: A Holiday Collection is being re-launched this holiday season four years after its initial release in 2008. Loren's sultry vocals on Many Times, Many Ways are matched by the warm and balanced stylings of Matt Treder
on piano. In duo, Loren and Treder create an intimate portrait of the
season with nine old and new classics such as "The Christmas Song" and
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," interwoven with sassy
arrangements of "Santa Baby" and "Winter Wonderland." Many Times, Many Ways also features two original instrumental compositions by Treder, "From the Mouths of Babes," and "Sugar Cookies."
"Music
is such a huge part of my holiday experience--it is one of the most
nostalgic elements of that time of year," says Loren. "Continuing that
tradition is a joy for me to be a part of. Recording the album
arrangements with the simplicity of piano and voice in duet was
reminiscent of sitting around the living room piano on Christmas Eve,
singing songs we've known and loved our whole lives."
Evocative and joyous, Many Times, Many Ways
achieves, as one reviewer noted, "a jazz-infused cycle of popular and
rare holiday numbers that are rendered with a torchy romanticism that
just begs for hot toddies and cedar logs roaring in the fireplace."
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