Chris Isaak

Chris Isaak returns to his retro roots with a warm mix of old-style country, Hawaiian and rockabilly Christmas tunes (going so far as to channel Ricky Nelson on the opener). Five Isaak originals complement the beloved holiday classics, with darker undercurrents seeping into "Washington Square" as well as the dead-on "Christmas on TV."

Chris Isaak will be eternally indebted to Frank, Dino and those other Rat Pack types who
created lounge music, bachelor-pad keys and highballs in hand. And sometimes he sounds
like the very reincarnation of Elvis Presley. So when he decided to do a Christmas album,
Isaak cherry-picked from their repertoires, including "Blue Christmas," "Have Yourself a
Merry Little Christmas" and "Let It Snow." Opening with a disarmingly sweet intro... More >