The calendar shows autumn is in full swing, but Christmas is in the air and award-winning singer CeCe Winans is gearing up for her fourth-holiday recording, Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album (Puresprings Gospel/ Thirty Tigers).
The 11 track musical delight features Christmas classics and new songs perfect for holiday gatherings and trimming the tree. The contemporary collection of compositions is available at iTunes, Amazon, Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, Barnes & Noble, and other music retail outlets. All retail link: https://ffm.to/somethingshappening
Once again, Winans teams up with her son Alvin Love III, a Grammy-winning producer, to deliver a smorgasbord of festive songs that will have listeners coming back for more each year. Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album will no doubt be added to consumer’s holiday stash of favorites. Love penned five new songs for this spirit-filled Christmas album, incorporating five classic tunes with a distinctive musical twist. He went the extra mile and invited the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Tim Akers and recorded at Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, Croatia.
“We were inspired by the Christmas albums from the golden era of symphonic popular music. This album is grand in scale and spectrum. Each song is accompanied by a 75 piece orchestra and brings out a different color in CeCe’s voice, some colors will be familiar some will be new. It’s a big sound and we’re really proud of it,” says Love.
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The melodious sound of This World Will Never Be the Same reminds listeners how much the world has changed, but gives us hope for a better tomorrow. The whimsical, Giving Season paints a vivid picture of Christmastime and the spirit of giving while the classic, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing delivers familiarity in the beginning, but midway through the song the tempo changes to flavorful and rhythmic percussions. In a festive contemporary seasonal carol, It’s Christmas, Alvin Love’s crafted tune will have you swaying and singing along.
Earlier this week Billboard Magazine premiered the single, It’s Christmas noting its’ upbeat, Motown-flavor that apparently had some musical influence on the Detroit born singer. This is Winans’ first solo Christmas album since the release of His Gift in 1998.
CeCe Winans Shares Joyous It's Christmas From Holiday Album: Premiere https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8480142/cece-winans-its-christmas
Winans is open to branching out musically and has this to say about the new album, "It's been a long time. I just felt like I could do something that was better, something that was fresher. It was time to do a new one, and I'm pretty pleased with it. I think it's fresh and fun. I'm glad I did it."
Track Listing:
1. Something’s Happening
2. This World Will Never Be The Same
3. Giving Season
4. The Grace of the Father
5. Come, O Come Emmanuel
6. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
7. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
8. Feliz Navidad
9. It’s Christmas
10. Silent Night
11. Something’s Happening- Reprise
For more information: www.cecewinans.com On November 16 Winans will be a special musical guest at the official Christmas Tree lighting ceremony for the city of Detroit. Baltimore fans can see her perform with the Baltimore Symphony on December 21.
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