Free Veggie Tales Christmas CD

Are your kids into Veggie Tales?  My kids loved them when they were younger and still think the songs are funny.    You can download the Christmas CD free from amazon by clicking under the photo.  It includes 16 songs. 

The Incredible Singing Christmas Tree

Malea McGuinness "Close As Air" CD Review and Giveaway *3 Winners*

 Have you heard of Malea McGuinness?   I admit that I had not before being asked to review her new CD "Close As Air" which is her second CD.  She has been described as "a passionate pop/rock singer-songwriter".   As I reviewed her CD I agree that she falls into a pop/rock genre, although some of the songs reminded me a bit of folk/country also.   Not the old-fashioned kind of country so much as what some of the country artists are doing now in crossover music.   She definitely has a full and rich voice that could handle any sort of musical genre.  Some of the songs, such as "Moving On",  had me head bopping to them and some of them, such as "Stars" touched my heart.   You should listen to her songs and see if she's a new artist that you would like to check out too.  Here's a link to a YouTube video of her singing the title track "Close As Air".



Some Interesting Tid-Bits About Malea McGuinness

• Previously, Malea has shared the stage with an eclectic range of artists: Gavin Degraw, The Crash Test Dummies, Augustana, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Ambrosia, Kevin Bacon, Donovan, Tyrone Wells, Terri Nunn, Roger Clyne and the Peace Makers, Boy Hits Car, Todd Rundgren, Ed Burns and The Blue Jackets, Green River Ordinance, Willie Porter, Uncle Daddy.
• While attending college, Malea starred in the Broadway revival of 'The King and I'. 
• Malea has her own signature model acoustic and electric guitars with Korea-based company, Peerless Guitars.
• She is half Korean and half Irish.
• Malea is an extremely active animal rights activist, and regularly collaborates with humane societies and rescue organizations all over the country. Currently, she serves as a guest blogger on PetLvr.com: http://www.petlvr.com/blog/
  

You can preview her songs here on amazon 
Or download the MP3 of the title track  Close As Air
or the track Spinning

You can visit her site at Maleamusic.com
You can connect with Malea on Facebook

Three readers of Pammie in Jammies will get the opportunity to win a copy of her new CD, "Close As Air".

MANDATORY ENTRY:
Listen to the preview of her songs on Amazon and let me know which one is your favorite.

EXTRA ENTRIES:

• "Like" Malea on Facebook.
• Leave a comment on her Facebook wall that Pammie in Jammies sent you.  
• Follow me on GFC (2 entries so leave 2 comments)
• Subscribe to my email newsletter and confirm it in the email you'll receive (worth 2 entries so leave two comments)
• Enter any other open giveaway.  
• Subscribe to swagbucks and leave your first name and last initial in your post.   (worth  5 entries so leave five comments)  You can read more about it and sign up through  THIS POST  .  You must be participating and I will verify.

RULES:
Giveaway begins now and will close on  Thurs. Sept. 9th at 10PM EST.   Winners will be notified by email and must respond within 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen.   Limited to US entries only.

Sex and the City 2 Soundtrack Giveaway

Are you a Sex and the City fan from the TV series?   Did you see the first movie?   Are you waiting impatiently to see SATC 2?   Sex and the City 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be released on May 25th and the film is in theaters May 27th.  Well if you're a fan, then you're in luck!   One2One Network has arranged for one of my lucky readers to win a soundtrack for themselves!

Features of the Soundtrack:

• The soundtrack features a brand-new duet “Love is Your Color” by Grammy and Academy Award® winner Jennifer Hudson, along with global superstar, multi-platinum recording artist and three-time Grammy Award nominee Leona Lewis 

• Soundtrack includes a new song by platinum-selling CeeLo and International superstar Dido also contributes an exclusive new track.

• Grammy, Emmy, Golden Globe, Tony and Academy Award® winner Liza Minnelli covers Beyonce’s chart-topper “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)  

• 12-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys performs her own extraordinary new version of the Blondie classic “Rapture”.

• The soundtrack also features the stars of Sex and the City 2, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon, performing the Helen Reddy classic “I Am Woman.”.

Tracklisting:

1. Alicia Keys “Rapture”
2. Dido “Everything to Lose”
3. Cee Lo “Language of Love”
4. Erykah Badu “Window Seat”
5. Natacha Atlas “Kidda”
6. Michael McGregor “Euphrates Dream”
7. Liza Minnelli “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
8. Ricki-Lee "Can't Touch It"
9. Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down"
10. Jennifer Hudson and Leona Lewis "Love Is Your Color"
11. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon “I Am Woman”
12. Sex and the City Men’s Choir “If Ever I Would Leave You”
13. Sex and the City Men’s Choir “Sunrise, Sunset”
14. Sex and the City Men’s Choir “Till There Was You”
15. Shayna Steele, Jordan Ballard, Kamilah Marshall “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”
16. Liza Minnelli with Billy Stritch “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye”
17. Cyndi Lauper “True Colors”
18. Aaron Zigman “Divas and Dunes”

Here's a link to AMAZON   where you can listen to the songs and see which ones you like, or where you can order an MP3 download of some of the songs or purchase the CD.

Here's a link to the  FACEBOOK page where you can check out what others are saying and add your own comment.

 My thoughts:
My daughter is home from college so we sat together to listen to the CD and critique the tracks.   We both agreed that our favorites were the Alicia Keyes song "Empire State of Mind", and the Jennifer Hudson and Leona Lewis song "Love Is Your Color".   We are both also big musical fans, so we both loved all three of the songs by the Sex and the City Men's Choir. 

Win it!

One reader of Pammie in Jammies will win their own copy of the Sex and the City 2  Soundtrack.  

Mandatory Entry:

For your mandatory entry tell me which of the characters you most resemble and why you think so.

Extra Enties:

1.  Tell me which song from the soundtrack  you're most interested in hearing.

2.  Public follower of my blog (worth 2 entries so post two times saying you're a follower).

3.  Enter any other open giveaway on my blog listed in the left sidebar.   One entry per giveaway entered.  

Rules:

The giveaway starts now and will end on  June 10 at 10PM.  Winner will be chosen by random.org and notified via email.   Thank you to One2One Network for this giveaway.   Good luck!

Disclosure:   I received a copy of the CD myself to facilitate the review.   I received no other compensation and was not influenced in my discussion of the product.