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A Christmas Kind of Town (Yep Roc)
Leave it to Philly rockers Marah to celebrate a New York Christmas. Loosely presented as an audio play, they blend solid originals like the jolly “New York Is a Christmas Kind of Town” and hopped-up polka “Counting the Days (‘Til Christmas)” with an eclectic array of classics that jangle (“Christmas Time’s A Comin'”), wobble (“Baby It’s Cold Outside”), and doo-wop (“Silver Bells”).
This article appears in December 23 • 2005.
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