Annie Lennox is now considered one of the divas of the music business, and I mean that in a very positive way.<\/p>\n
She was first a part of The Tourists, 1977-1980, with future bandmate Dave Stewart. Her next group was The Eurythmics, who would become one of the best known pop duos of the \u201880s. They would place 15 songs on the United States singles chart during the decade, including such hits as \u201cSweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)\u201d and \u201cHere Comes The Rain Again.\u201d Four of their albums would also reach The American top twenty.<\/p>\n
Her solo career has been just as successful, as her recordings continue to sell in the millions. Her song, \u201cInto The West,\u201d recorded for Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King, <\/i>won and an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award.<\/p>\n
Lennox has just released her first album of holiday music, which is appropriate since she was born on Christmas day. A Christmas Cornucopia <\/i>has now joined the group of holiday recordings that will be enjoyed for years to come.<\/p>\n
She has chosen both well-known and obscure Christmas songs and tweaked them just enough to make them unique and interesting. While she maintains their traditional nature, she uses African drums and rhythms, a thirty piece orchestra, and an African Children\u2019s choir to enhance the beauty of the music and fill in the sound. <\/p>\n
The centerpiece of any Annie Lennox album is her voice. It has held up well over the years and remains a powerful instrument. Her ability to belt out a song or give her own subtle interpretation remains intact here. <\/p>\n
A number of traditional hymns such as \u201cAngels From The Realms Of Glory,\u201d \u201cGod Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,\u201d \u201cThe First Noel,\u201d and \u201cSilent Night\u201d are all presented in their reverential beauty. \u201cO Little Town Of Bethlehem\u201d is a good example of additional rhythms that allow for some unexpected turns. <\/p>\n
She also resurrects such lesser-known holiday songs as \u201cSee Amid The Winter\u2019s Snow,\u201d \u201cAs Joseph Was Walking\u201d and \u201cThe Holly And The Ivy.\u201d The album concludes with her own composition, \u201cUniversal Child,\u201d which moves beyond just a holiday celebration as it continues her respect and love for the African people.<\/p>\n
Annie Lennox has created an enchanting holiday album that will keep on giving. It is sure to reappear for many Christmas seasons to come. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":30526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5848],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-42192","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-annie-lennox","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42192"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}