Rockapella

The Ghost of Christmas Past loves to remind music critics of holiday horrors such as Christmas in the Stars: The Star Wars Christmas Album and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Christmas Time Again. However, holiday collections occasionally offer some enjoyable twists on the season’s standard fare. With Comfort & Joy, the a cappella ensemble Rockapella shakes the dust from a handful of classics while attempting to add a few more to the list. Doo-wop treatments of “Please Come Home for Christmas” and “Home for the Holidays” and a fun, funky version of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” sparkle as the prized ornaments on this collection, one that’s sure to keep everyone rockin’ and boppin’ ’round the Christmas tree in that ever-elusive new, old-fashioned way.