Annie Lennox, 'A Christmas Cornucopia'
Amazingly, one of the most distinctive and gorgeous voices in pop music over the past 30 years has never released a Christmas album—until now. Filled with lush orchestration and touches of Celtic folk, the set leans heavily on less familiar traditional English hymns like “See Amid the Winter’s Snow” and “Lullay Lullay (Coventry Carol),” making it a welcome change of pace from the usual holiday schmaltz. And Lennox’s melodramatic alto is the perfect instrument for better-known sing-alongs like “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” and “Silent Night.”


