CeCe Winans ‘Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album’ Review
4.0 Overall Score

Label:

(PureSprings Gospel/Thirty Tigers)

For Fans Of:

Whitney Houston, BeBe Winans

We Like:

“The Grace Of The Father”
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CeCe Winans ‘Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album’ Review

CeCe Winans
Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album
(PureSprings Gospel/Thirty Tigers)

A vocalist who needs no introduction, legendary vocalist CeCe Winans is back with her first Christmas album since 1998 with Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album. The recording manages to capture a bright, festive note while consistently grounding itself in the real reason for the season—the hope and joy found in the birth of Christ.

Winans makes this a family affair, with five originals written by her son Alvin Love III. “It’s Christmas” captures the hustle and bustle of the holidays over against a Motown flavored backdrop as “Giving Season” mines familiar orchestral seasonal vibes while Winans sings, “Joy is for those who are free.”

The real show-stealer here is “The Grace Of The Father,” a song whose rousing choral backing and arrangement are worthy of Bing and the Andrew sisters and delivers a theologically charged message. The covers are no disappointment either, with the artist lending a magical touch to “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” and putting a signature spin on a hybrid of “Feliz Navidad/O Holy Night.”

Packed with plenty of Christmas cheer, CeCe Winans’ Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album is one of the best gifts you’ll open this year.

–Andrew Greenhalgh

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Andrew Greenhalgh is a guy who loves music in all shapes and forms and who has a special place in his heart for CCM. He's channelled that love of music into a journeyman writing career, having work published with outlets like StereoSubversion, The Sound Opinion, CCM Magazine, and Relevant. When he's not searching out the latest and greatest song to hit the airwaves, he can be found on the sands of southwest Florida playing beach volleyball or throwing another slab of ribs on the smoker.

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