For those unaware, Chris Ruggiero takes his audiences on a journey through the golden age of rock and roll, breathing new life into the timeless music of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

Chris has been described as an “old soul” at only 23 years old, whose approach to his concert appearances is more in line with that of a bygone era than it is the artists of his generation.

Chris says, “I try to make every move and sing every song with a touch of class that reminds the audience of a time when entertainers put their heart and soul into their songs and delivering an exceptional concert was paramount.”

On his latest album, Christmas with Chris Ruggiero, Chris delves deeper into jazz, pop and classical themes as he reinvents a dozen Christmas classics with the helps of some of the most storied and well-respected arrangers and musicians in the country.

1. This Christmas
2. Sleigh Ride
3. Merry Christmas Darling
4. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
5. Grown-Up Christmas List (feat. Darlene Love)
6. The Christmas Song
7. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
8. Please Come Home For Christmas
9. It’s Christmas Once Again
10. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (feat. Wayne Bergeron)
11. I’ll Be Home for Christmas
12. Silent Night

This most perfectly manicured and wholly heartfelt new album opens on the pure vocal and percussional gossamer of This Christmas and the festively free flowing Sleigh Ride, and then slows things down for the dulcet balladry found of Merry Christmas Darling, but picks the pace back up on the vibrantly dutiful Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), a simply divine Grown-Up Christmas List (featuring Darlene Love), and then we get a warm and cozy The Christmas Song.

Up next is the majestically-sculptured, joyously abounding It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year and that is in turn backed by the low slung, blues-soul of Please Come Home For Christmas, the most perfect balladry of It’s Christmas Once Again is along next, together with the finger-snapping, percussion-imbued Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (courtesy of trumpeter Wayne Bergeron), the album rounding out on the soulfully harmonized I’ll Be Home for Christmas, closing on a dutiful Silent Night.

Chris Ruggiero - The Christmas Song (Official Video)

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