- Record Label: Daptone
- Release Date: Oct 30, 2015
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Oct 29, 2015If you're looking for something cool and groovin' to put under your tree or to slap on the stereo while you and your friends knock back some eggnog, It's a Holiday Soul Party is a hip, stylish, and rollicking good time.
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Dec 2, 2015There’s nothing tacky or horrendous or artificial about It’s a Holiday Soul Party at all; it’s simply the sound of a band who understand all of these things, and have made a holiday soul party of an album in order to celebrate them.
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Nov 3, 2015Like eggnog, it's excellent in December but probably a little nauseating come January.
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Oct 29, 2015It’s A Holiday Soul Party is, for the most part, smooth and subtle enough to be enjoyed at any time of the year.
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Dec 16, 2015It's a holiday album that actually leaves you wanting more.
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Oct 29, 2015In a genre so saccharine, overwrought and predictable, Jones and the Dap-Kings reinvigorate the very notion of Christmas and holiday music, recording warm and witty originals while using sharp, soulful arrangements to transform classics like “White Christmas.”
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Dec 14, 2015It’s A Holiday Soul Party succeeds because it takes the importance of such songs seriously but not too seriously to have fun with them.
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Dec 14, 2015It’s A Holiday Soul Party is both celebratory and socially astute, comprising originals and traditional songs.
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Nov 19, 2015Corny as it may be at times, this is an album that oozes soulful cheer.
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UncutDec 11, 2015The record to funk up your festive period. [Jan 2016, p.77]
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Dec 16, 2015Albums like this one give some hope of redemption. Jones and her band command your attention from start to finish with sugary swagger and spice. Ears will be grateful for these 11 soul and funk holiday gifts.