Results for "Hi-Lo's"

News: Video / DVD

Backgrounder: - Happen to Bossa Nova (1963)

July 4, 2025

For July 4th, America's birthday, I thought The Hi-Lo's Happen to Bossa Nova (Reprise), from 1963, would be a fitting Backgrounder. It's summery, breezy and my favorite Hi-Lo's album. Arranged by Chuck Sagle, the Hi-Lo's are in top form and in sync with the surfy feel of the bossa nova, BG/G. That's short for “Before Getz/Gilberto," ...

Article: Album Review

Accent: Christmas All the Way

Read "Christmas All the Way" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
November 26, 2019

A rhetorical question: what makes a great Christmas album? We know all or most of the chestnuts, both commercial and religious. The Drummer Boy flams, someone's dreaming white, and another will be home in their dreams. The annual marathon Yuletide programs rely heavily on the tried and true with an occasional novelty thrown in. Classical purists ...