Yvonne Lyon, Allan McKinlay, Ellyn Oliver, David Lyon - Love Came Down
STYLE: Roots/Acoustic RATING OUR PRODUCT CODE: 163795-24792 LABEL: Independent FORMAT: CD Album ITEMS: 1
Reviewed by Lins Honeyman
The now traditional teaming up of Tearfund Scotland with Scottish singer/songwriting couple David and Yvonne Lyon for a fundraising Christmas tour and album have produced some great festive recordings in recent times and this offering carries on in that vein. Sharing the spotlight with fellow Scots Allan McKinlay and Ellyn Oliver, the Lyons have successfully pulled together a collection of nine songs that mix the old with the new with the likes of McKinlay's "King Of Heaven" and the Yvonne-sung/David-written "The Hands That Learn To Give" - not exclusively a Christmas song but fitting nonetheless - all offering up something new to say about the ancient season. Elsewhere, a solid adaptation of "Love Came Down At Christmas" by the Lyons and a tender acoustic version of "We Three Kings" by McKinlay are amongst some of the old chestnuts featured here whilst special mention must go to rising star Ellyn Oliver for a stunning vocal performance on an emotive reading "O Holy Night". A satisfying stocking filler for a worthy cause.
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