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Camp Holiday (Kitchen Table)
Martin Sexton revamps holiday standards busker-style: mouth trumpet on “Holly Jolly Christmas” and various vocal geegaws to the particularly lovely “Silver Bells.” The sole original on the album, “Welcome to the Camp,” is a cute celebration of every imaginable December holiday. Probably not destined to be a classic, but a pleasant enough romp o’er the hills of snow.
This article appears in December 23 • 2005.
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