David Foster, Katharine McPhee – Christmas Songs (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 44:33 minutes | 538 MB | Genre: Christmas
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David Foster and Katharine McPhee are once again keen to share their Christmas joy with the world. The duo have recorded seven new Christmas classics to add to last year’s successful Christmas release “Christmas Songs”, including a performance with the famous Tabernacle Choir. “Christmas Songs” was David and Kat’s first ever Christmas release. It was also the first time the two had recorded songs together in 17 years. They had so much fun recording that they decided to go back into the studio and record more songs for the Christmas season. The seven classics are: “Santa Baby”, “Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”, “We Three Kings”, “Snow”, “Amazing Grace” featuring Tabernacle Choir”, “Carol of the Bells” and “Away in the Manger”.
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Katharine McPhee – I Fall in Love Too Easily (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 40:34 minutes | 426 MB | Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
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Modern pop music never treated Katharine McPhee especially well. She hit the Billboard Top 40 only once, when her 2007 post-American Idol debut, “Over It,” went to 29. Given this, a move to the Great American Songbook makes sense, and 2017’s I Fall in Love Too Easily is indeed a classy affair. Produced by Don Was and recorded at Capitol Studios, the place where Frank Sinatra cut so many of his classic records, I Fall in Love Too Easily is a smoky, subdued set of standards. McPhee and Was don’t opt for the unexpected, preferring songs that are well-known and sturdy, withstanding decades of renditions: “All the Way,” “I’ll Be Seeing You,” “Night and Day,” “I’ve Grown Accustomed to His Face.” McPhee doesn’t radically reinterpret these warhorses, preferring to follow the contours of the songs exactly, so a lot of the weight on I Fall in Love Too Easily rests on the production. While there are strings and the occasional drum, the focus is always on McPhee and her pianist, giving this album the cozy, intimate feel of a nightclub.
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