![]() ![]() “One of the guys who volunteers there and is a friend of ours said, ‘If you ever made a Christmas album, I’d be all over that.’ That was more than five years ago, but it’s been stuck in the back of our minds,” Blair said. Rolling Boxcar International’s “Adeste” has been in the works for a year or nearly a decade, depending on whether you want the long version or the short version of the story, Richard Blair said.īlair and Angelo LaMarca have provided music for Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley’s Christmas Eve service for several years. It can be heard on all streaming services, and CD copies are available at her shows and at Record Connection in McKinley Heights. The EP became her chance to sing it, and bandmate and producer Pete Drivere came up with an arrangement that wouldn’t be out of place on an album by one of the metal bands Campana loves.Ĭampana will play a “Rocker for Christmas” EP show on Dec. However, Campana got sick and missed the winter concert. It originally was a warm up song, but Campana talked the choir teacher into including it in the main program. “Winter Walk” is a song written by John Riggio that she first sang in 6th grade choir. The other cover is a more obscure choice that is personal to Campana. He doesn’t discriminate.”Ĭampana goes traditional with “O Holy Night,” which she said is both her mother’s and her grandmother’s favorite Christmas song. “My younger brother is gay, and he is told way more than he should that you’re wrong, you’re an abomination. ![]() “God gave us the gift of love when he gave Jesus to us, but he also gave us the ability to love, to fall in love. “I’m a very faithful person, but I’m not judgmental,” she said. The other original on the EP is “Gift of Love.” “I was on cloud 9, more like cloud 50,” she said. He also showed her his text messages with his bandmate Davis. Campana said he was singing the song to anyone who would listen and telling them he was in the lyrics. Last weekend she went to hear Welch speak and got to talk to him backstage. She had a title and her first song, and she’s already gotten a thumbs up from two of the artists mentioned in it. “Oh my gosh, I want a rocker for Christmas,” Campana said. ![]()
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