The Little St. Nick Lowe, or (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Boughs of Holly?
Chris Klimek
Nick Lowe tells me he "was sort of snobby" initially when his label approached him about doing a Christmas album.
My interest in Christmas music could not be called casual, and I've long admired the songwriting of Nick Lowe, the onetime Jesus of Cool. So his first -- and probably last, but who can say? -- holiday album, Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection for All the Family, is pitched squarely at me. I talked to him about it for Sunday's Washington Post.
It's my first Post byline in a good while. Nice to be back.