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Michael McDonald "This Christmas - Live in Chicago"

One of the music world s most recognizable voices, Michael McDonald performs a special Christmas-themed episode of SoundStage on his new DVD This Christmas Live In Chicago.

Opening the show with the Doobie Brothers classic "It Keeps You Runnin", McDonald jumps into two selections from his solo career, before launching into a dozen Christmas songs. Many of these songs appeared on his 2009 holiday album This Christmas . The set ends with three Doobie Brothers classics and a cover of the Leonard Cohen classic Hallelujah is included as well.

TRACK LISTING 1. It Keeps You Runnin 2. I Keep Forgettin (Every Time You re Near) 3. Sweet Freedom 4. Every Time Christmas Comes Around 5. On This Night 6. This Christmas 7. Come, O Come Emanuel 8. Wexford Carol 9. Christmas On The Bayou 10. I ll Be Home For Christmas 11. That s What Christmas Means To Me 12. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 13. Peace 14. White Christmas/ Winter Wonderland 15. Minute By Minute 16. What A Fool Believes 17. Takin It To The Streets Bonus: Hallelujah

Harry Connick Jr.: Harry for the Holidays

Harry Connick Jr. "Harry for the Holidays" DVD was released October 19, 2004 on Sony Music Video. Harry Connick, Jr.'s holiday special with his Big Band and a string section was filmed in high definition video at the historic Bowery Savings Building/Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City in October 2003. The special first aired on NBC and features musical guests Marc Anthony and Kim Burrell as well as comedy sketches with Whoopi Goldberg and Nathan Lane. This DVD includes a bonus song ("I Pray On Christmas") plus 20 minutes of material not previously broadcast, including interviews and outtakes of Harry and his special guests.

Harry Connick Jr. "Harry for the Holidays" DVD is both a traditional and musically adventurous Christmas television special, shot in high definition and originally broadcast on NBC in 2003. The unusual yet beautiful setting is the historic interior of the Bowery Savings Building/Cipriani 42nd Street; one can see an occasional car flash by through windows behind Harry Connick Jr. and his Big Band. Harry Connick's program includes holiday standards but his arrangements are novel, cutting against the melodiousness of the likes of "Silver Bells" or "Frosty the Snowman" with edgy strings, sizzling brass, and complex rhythms. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and "The Happy Elf" swing like nobody's business, while "Silent Night" shifts from blues to ballad to gospel in a collaboration between Connick, Marc Anthony, and Kim Burrell. Whoopi Goldberg and Nathan Lane turn up for some cute sketches, and there's a bonus: Connick and Burrell doing the lovely "I Pray on Christmas," not seen in the NBC broadcast.

Harry Connick Jr. "Harry for the Holidays" DVD: ORDER IT NOW.