According to Billboard, Sheryl Crow has recorded a special Christmas album, to be sold exclusively via greetings tat giant Hallmark. The LP will feature festive standards like 'O Holy Night' and 'White Christmas', but also a new track called 'Hello Friend', which the singer says is "about people coming back together at Christmas, which I think is really poignant".
On her reasons for making the record, she said: "I had been wanting to do this for a while, so when the opportunity came up I just kind of jumped at it. I love Christmas music; every year we have this ritual after the Christmas Eve service, 40 or 50 people come over the house and we play Christmas music. We pretty much rely on the same Christmas music every year, and every year I've said, 'I'm gonna make some Christmas music of my own'".
"The album is just gorgeous," she continued. "It's kind of a humble record; it's very sweet and innocent and a little bit of a throwback to maybe the '60s or '70s in production. It's definitely a departure from any Christmas record I've ever heard".