There will be a guaranteed Christmas atmosphere and a lot of swing when soul and gospel king Samuel Ljungblahd and Sweden's sharpest big band, Bohuslän Big Band, release a new Christmas album. The album "The Soul of Christmas" contains a mixture of well-known Christmas classics and the two completely newly-written Christmas songs, "Believing in Christmas" and "Gift of Love". On two tracks, they also get reinforcement from the supergroup The Mamas.

The Soul of Christmas is a heartfelt mix of Motown-scented soul, gospel and jazz where Christmas classics are interspersed with newly written material. It is not the first time Samuel Ljungblahd has worked together with the Bohuslän Big Band. Over the years, they have performed several acclaimed Christmas concerts together and when they now make an release together, they are joined by the three fantastic voices of The Mamas.

Samuel Ljungblahd is described as Sweden's uncrowned soul and gospel king. He has released several albums, toured and made a number of acclaimed appearances in various television productions over the years. Perhaps he received the most attention when he sang the exit march at the wedding of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia in front of tens of millions of television viewers and got the whole church, including the royal family, to dance and clap their hands.