Artist:Jewel
Song:Sleigh Ride
Album:Let It Snow: A Holiday Collection
Jewel Kilcher was a very popular singer songwriter in the 90s with hits like You Were Meant for Me (1996) and Foolish Games (1997). After she faded, she had success on the country charts. She released an album last year but she has also released albums of children's music and two Christmas albums. Sleigh Ride is from her 2013 album Let It Snow: A Holiday Collection. It's Jewel's second Christmas album. The first one Joy: A Holiday Collection was released in 1999 on Atlantic while Jewel was still riding high. The album was certified Platinum so it did very well. Since leaving Atlantic in 2006, Jewel signed with Valory and had success in country music. She has also released children's music through Fisher-Price. She said she wanted this album to be similar to her first Christmas album. Even the album name and cover is similar. Does this seem like a cash grab to you? Well, most Christmas albums are cash grabs anyway. This one seems to be aimed at country music fans who weren't listening to Jewel when she released her first Christmas album. It was released by Somerset who release specialty music through retail stores. Target and Bed Bath & Beyond carried special editions of the album. As with the first album, Jewel records mostly standards like Sleigh Ride with her usual band of Steve Skinner on keyboards, Robbie Kondor on bass and Joe Mardin (Arif Mardin's son) on drums. Kondor produced Sleigh Ride and also played the penny whistle solo. I expect that Jewel's fans would enjoy this album. But I don't know about anyone else. The album is available as a budget CD. Here's Jewel performing Sleigh Ride on CMA Country Christmas Dec. 3, 2015.
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