Winter, Adrienne Pierce (Insect Girl)

This Canadian songstress, recently dumped by a major label, put this holiday EP out for 2008. Four originals, "All That We Want," "Raise Our Voices Up," "Making Angels" and "Joy Is Within Reach" are joined by a cover of "Christmas Time Is Here" and "Put a Little Love In Your Heart," the Jackie DeShannon song that became associated with the holiday through the Annie Lennox/Al Green duet in the movie "Scrooged." Pierce has a "girly" voice and she sets it to mainly upbeat sounds, a trait that got her onto the soundtrack of "Grey's Anatomy" (that show's coming up a lot here lately). "Making Angels" is the single here, with its distorted piano and electronic drums propelling the tune along nicely.