Faith Hill promotes Xmas CD in Big Apple
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 – Faith Hill will hit the Big Apple to promote her recently released Christmas album "Joy to the World." The 11-song recording, released on Warner, was two years in the making, and features such classics as Holly Jolly Christmas, O Holy Night and the current single A Baby Changes Everything.
The first stop will be The Today Show on Nov. 24 where Hill will perform on the show's "Concert Series." Later that day, Hill appears at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square to sign copies of her album at noon before visiting The View Nov. 25 and an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, to air on Nov. 28. She will also tape two songs for the Dec. 3 Tree Lighting Ceremony at Rockefeller Center.
"Joy to the World," co-produced by Dann Huff, Byron Gallimore and Hill, features The Nashville String Machine and the London-based choirs Metro Voices and The London Oratory School Boys Choir.
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The first time Hill steers away from overly philharmonic-ready material, she heads straight for swing town with horns a plenty on both Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town. and Holly Jolly Christmas. »»» |
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