Our Review
Although Emerson, Brown and O'Donoghue are billed as an Irish act, I was hearing a wee bit o' the Nashville sound in their 2000 Christmas release, A Christmas Postcard. Don't get me wrong, I especially enjoyed their old-fashioned sentimental offering. Including Jim Croce's It Doesn't Have to Be that Way was a novel touch, as was the inspirational recitation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. Betwixt and between, the trio offer music that that is unpretentious and warm throughout. And although they eventually settle in for a trek through the holiday standards, they first stop to include the wonderful A Spaceman Came Traveling, a song I had missed hearing up to now. Pretty nice effort, beginning to end.
--Richard Banks
(Reviewed in 2002)
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From the liner notes:
More about Carroll Brown can be found here, Frank Emerson here, and Harry O'Donoghue here.
Brown Emerson & O'Donoghue
A Christmas Postcard
Artist link
Label: Carroll Brown
Length: 46 minutes
Genre: Country
Release: 2000
Track List
| Song Title |
|---|
| Home For The Holidays |
| It Doesn't Have To Be That Way |
| Scarlet Ribbons |
| Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! |
| Mary's Little Boy Child |
| A Spaceman Came Traveling |
| I Heard The Bells |
| Silver Bells |
| Winter Wonderland |
| Pretty Paper |
| I'll Be Home For Christmas |
| It's Going To Be A Snowy Night |
| Have A Holly Jolly Christmas |
| The Christmas Song |
| Bonus Track |