{"id":5738,"date":"2011-12-01T17:13:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T21:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/2011\/11\/21\/"},"modified":"2011-12-01T17:13:22","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T21:13:22","slug":"sounds-like-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=5738","title":{"rendered":"Sounds Like Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Marcy Lovitch<\/p>\n

Not really \u201cfeeling it\u201d this holiday season? Tired of hearing the same old Christmas music wherever you go? Worry not. There\u2019s actually a plethora of wintry and non-denominational treasures that you haven\u2019t heard a million times on Muzac at the mall.<\/p>\n

Pop\/Rock<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Being single at the holidays can be a drag, especially when it\u2019s not by choice. You can take solace in the 80s\u2019 sounding ballad, \u201cEarly Winter\u201d<\/a> by Gwen Stefani,from her 2006 solo album “The Sweet Escape”. It examines lost love as autumn fades into the colder, darker days of winter. On the other hand, if you did the dumping, then assuage your guilt with Taylor Swift, exploring regret, apology and the pain of leaving a relationship in \u201cBack to December”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Beloved rock songstresses who evoke the contemplative mood of the cold season include Tori Amos with her reflective \u201cWinter,\u201d<\/a> a beautiful ballad on solo piano with Tori\u2019s soulful lyrics (“Little Earthquakes”, 1992). Equally cool is Sarah McLachlan\u2019s “Wintersong”<\/a> album featuring 12 tracks about wintertime including a the glistening gems \u201cWintersong,\u201d \u201cSong for a Winter\u2019s Night\u201d and a cover of the Joni Mitchell classic, \u201cRiver.\u201d<\/p>\n