Audio CD review:
John Fahey - The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album

John Fahey - The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album

Band: John Fahey Title: The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album Rating: Release Date: 19 September, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Joy To The World 2: What Child Is This? 3: Medley: Hark, The Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful 4: Auld Lang Syne 5: The Bells Of St. Mary's 6: Good King Wenceslas 7: We Three Kings Of Orient Are 8: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy 9: The First Noel 10: Christ's Saints Of God Fantasy 11: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 12: Go I Will Send Thee 13: Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming 14: Silent Night, Holy Night 15: Oh Holy Night 16: Christmas Medley: Oh Tannenbaum/Angels We Have Heard On High/Jingle Bells 17: Russian Christmas Overture 18: White Christmas 19: Carol Of Bells 20: Christmas Fantasy - Part II

Editoral Review On it, Fahey has pulled off the near miraculous feat of taking old holiday chestnuts like "Joy to the World" and "It Came upon a Midnight Clear" and making them sound fresh. John Fahey has made a habit of recording a new album of Christmas music every five or six years, but The New Possibility, which was originally released in 1968, is still his best. When he plays a Travis-picking version of "O Come All Ye Faithful" or he recasts "Silent Night, Holy Night" as bottleneck blues, you get the feeling Fahey is treating the music with respect rather then piety. Also included in this reissue are six tracks from his 1975 release Christmas with John Fahey, Vol. II. The songs feature some nice duets with Rick Ruskin, but the arrangements lack some of the quirkiness that made The New Possibility sound unique. This isn't Bing Crosby singing "White Christmas," but it is a modern holiday classic nonetheless. --Michael Simmons .. You can see a complete list of all John Fahey discography, or go back to the John Fahey tabs